Ethics of resource allocation and rationing medical care in a time of fiscal restraint - US and Europe

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Teutsch, Steven ^a   Rechel, Bernd ^b,c  

^a LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Europe; Health care policy; Public health; Rationing; Resource allocation; United States

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; LAW; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867634929     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: 21076952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03391667     Document Type: Review

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