On the possibility of a positive-sum game in the distribution of health care resources

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-338

  Cohen, Joshua ^a   Burg, Edwige ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Equality of opportunity; Fairness; Health care; Pareto efficiency

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; JUSTICE; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038713355     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.28.3.327.14586     Document Type: Review

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