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When rationing becomes inevitable in a pandemic: A discussion on the ethical considerations from a public health perspective

Public Health in Practice, 2022
Objectives: Coronavirus Disease 2019 has presented extreme difficulties to healthcare resource allocation worldwide. Health resources, particularly during a pandemic, are limited even in developed countries.
Yuk-Chiu Yip, Ka-Huen Yip, Wai-King Tsui
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Ethics and health care 'underfunding' [PDF]

, 2001
There are continual “crises” in health care systems worldwide as producer and patient groups unify and decry the “underfunding” of health care. Sometimes this cacophony is the self interest of profit seeking producers and often it is advocacy of unproven
Maynard, A.
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"Saying no is no easy matter" A qualitative study of competing concerns in rationing decisions in general practice

BMC Health Services Research, 2005
Background The general practitioner in Norway is expected to ensure equity and effectiveness through fair rationing. At the same time, due to recent reforms of the Norwegian health care sector, both the role of economic incentives and patient autonomy ...
Norheim Ole, Carlsen Benedicte
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Rationing for medicines by health care providers in Indonesia National Health Insurance System at hospital setting: a qualitative study

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2019
Background Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Indonesia is planned to be fully implemented in 2019 through the National Health Insurance (NHI) launched in January 2014.
Endang Yuniarti, Yayi Suryo Prabandari, Erna Kristin, Sri Suryawati   +3 more
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A Prospective Determination of the Incidence of Perceived Inappropriate Care in Critically Ill Patients

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2014
BACKGROUND: Health care providers’ perceptions regarding appropriateness in end-of-life treatments have been widely studied. While nurses and physicians believe that rationing and other cost-related practices sometimes occur in the intensive care unit ...
Rohit K Singal, Robert Sibbald, Brenda Morgan, Mel Quinlan, Neil Parry, Michael Radford, Claudio M Martin   +6 more
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Ethical Issues in COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]

Hospital Practices and Research, 2020
The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19) is the most current life-threating disease that affect health and economic sectors in the world. This pandemic raises weighty and urgent ethical issues that affected patients, health care provider and health ...
Mohsen Saberi Isfeedvajani, Foroozan Fares, Zahra Ismaili Shahroudi Moqaddam   +2 more
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The Relationship Between Preoperative Oxford Hip and Knee Score and Change in Health-Related Quality of Life After Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: Can It Help Inform Rationing Decisions?

Arthroplasty Today, 2020
Background: In countries with publicly funded health care, there is an increasing need for explicit rationing for total joint arthroplasty (TJA). The Oxford Hip and Knee Scores (OHS/OKS) have been used to set access thresholds for TJA despite not being ...
David P. Gwynne-Jones, MA, BM, BCh, FRCS, FRACS (Orth), Trudy Sullivan, PhD, Ross Wilson, PhD, J. Haxby Abbott, PhD, FNZCP   +3 more
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COVID-19: instruments for the allocation of mechanical ventilators—a narrative review

Critical Care, 2020
After the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic, the elaboration of comprehensive and preventive public policies became important in order to stop the spread of the disease.
Marcelo José dos Santos, Maristela Santini Martins, Fabiana Lopes Pereira Santana, Maria Carolina Silvano Pacheco Corrêa Furtado, Fabiana Cristina Bazana Remédio Miname, Rafael Rodrigo da Silva Pimentel, Ágata Nunes Brito, Patrick Schneider, Edson Silva dos Santos, Luciane Hupalo da Silva   +9 more
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Healthcare Ethics During a Pandemic [PDF]

, 2020
As clinicians and support personnel struggle with their responsibilities to treat during the current COVID-19 pandemic, several ethical issues have emerged.
Iserson, Kenneth V.
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Fórum: racionamento dos cuidados de saúde. Introdução Forum: rationing health care services. Introduction

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2008
O racionamento explícito dos cuidados de saúde é um dos temas mais importantes em discussão nos meios acadêmicos e políticos nos países desenvolvidos e em desenvolvimento.
Micaela Moreira Pinho
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