Health Care Rationing - Economics
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Preventing CVD in resource-poor areas: perspectives from the 'real-world'.

29 Jun 2009 An evolving epidemic of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is having a profound effect on the health of vulnerable populations in low-to-middle income countries with limited resources. Despite some encouraging signs (particularly initiatives from the ... Read more...

Market failure, policy failure and other distortions in chronic disease markets.

16 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: The increasing prevalence of chronic disease represents a significant burden on most health systems. This paper explores the market failures and policy failures that exist in the management of chronic diseases. DISCUSSION: There are many ... Read more...

[Extent and impact of bed rationing in German hospitals: results of a representative survey among physicians]

2 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Healthcare rationing is increasingly discussed among German physicians. However, in contrast to the relatively intense debates on how to prioritize and ration on the macro level of the health system, there is hardly any discussion on how ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Care Rationing - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Congratulations to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons for standing on principle. 29 Sep 2009
• Physicians' beliefs and U.S. health care reform--a national survey. 12 Sep 2009
• British lessons on health care reform. 7 Sep 2009
• Poverty, wealth, and access to pandemic influenza vaccines. 10 Aug 2009
• Delivering value for money. 30 Jul 2009
• Cost control--time to get serious. 27 Jul 2009
• Clarifying the principles of cost-effectiveness analyses. 19 Jul 2009
• [Psychiatric psychotherapeutic psychosomatic treatment by the hospital: framework for the development of a multi-sector budget for regional mandatory care] 4 Jul 2009
• Preventing CVD in resource-poor areas: perspectives from the 'real-world'. 29 Jun 2009
• Lenalidomide for the treatment of relapsed multiple myeloma. 29 Jun 2009
• Market failure, policy failure and other distortions in chronic disease markets. 16 Jun 2009
• [Extent and impact of bed rationing in German hospitals: results of a representative survey among physicians] 2 Jun 2009
• NICE wobbles. 30 May 2009
• Comorbidities, frailty, and "pay-off time". 30 May 2009
• Whence tendance? Accepting the responsibility of care for the chronic pain patient. 29 Apr 2009
• Just compassion: implications for the ethics of the scarcity paradigm in clinical healthcare provision. 30 Mar 2009
• Health care spending: how much is "too much"? Part II: personal costs and investment. 30 Mar 2009
• [Prioritisation in the German health care system--an issue in ophthalmology?] 15 Mar 2009
• [Medical ethics and economics in the era of insufficient resources] 27 Feb 2009
• Two birds, one stone: cover the uninsured by fixing Medicare. 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Health Care Rationing'

Definition: Planning for the equitable allocation, apportionment, or distribution of available health resources.

Descriptor UI: D015276

Alternative terms: Health Care Rationing; Rationing, Health Care; Healthcare Rationing; Rationing, Healthcare;

Related Mesh Headings: Patient Selection;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; methods;

Tree Number: I01.261.750.500; N03.349.270; N05.300.430.375;

History Note: 89