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P E Kalb1, D H Miller

  • 1Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn.

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|April 28, 1989
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Critical care resources are rationed in the US, often inequitably. Hospitals should implement formal guidelines or adjust supply and demand to ensure fair access to potentially beneficial treatments.

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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Management
  • Medical Ethics
  • Critical Care Medicine

Background:

  • Critical care resources in the United States are subject to rationing, meaning not all beneficial care is provided to all patients.
  • Rationing occurs frequently in some hospitals and intermittently in many others.
  • Current rationing practices are often subjective and potentially inequitable, with limited data supporting the benefits of critical care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the current state of critical care resource rationing in the US.
  • To evaluate the equity and subjectivity of existing rationing practices.
  • To propose strategies for addressing critical care rationing.

Main Methods:

  • Review of evidence on critical care resource allocation.
  • Analysis of the ethical implications of rationing critical care.
  • Discussion of potential solutions for managing critical care resources.

Main Results:

  • Critical care rationing is a reality in US hospitals, though its extent is uncertain.
  • Existing rationing methods are perceived as subjective and inequitable.
  • There is a lack of robust data to definitively support the benefits of critical care for all patients.

Conclusions:

  • Hospitals must address the inequitable denial of critical care.
  • Recommended actions include adopting formal rationing guidelines or actively managing supply and demand.
  • Implementation strategies for both approaches are discussed.
Keywords:
Health Care and Public Health

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