自愿辅助死亡和安乐死对成本和资源的影响是什么?
Peter Hudson1, David Marco2, Richard De Abreu Lourenco3
1Centre for Palliative Care, c/o St Vincent's Hospital and The University of Melbourne, 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Vic. 3065, Australia; and End of Life Research Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
概括
尽管在整个澳大利亚合法化,但自愿辅助死亡 (VAD) 的成本尚不清楚. 这项研究强调了需要明确的成本概要,以确保对VAD实施进行适当的资源配置.
科学领域:
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 抚慰性护理是一种缓解性护理.
- 医学伦理 医学伦理
背景情况:
- 自愿协助死亡 (VAD) 立法现在已在所有澳大利亚州颁布.
- 尽管全球实施,但与VAD相关的具体成本仍然不太清楚.
- 准确的成本评估对于有效的资源分配和政策评估至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定和概述与自愿辅助死亡相关的共同资源影响和成本.
- 为了解决VAD实施费用的经验数据缺乏的问题.
- 为未来关于VAD资金的研究和政策制定提供信息.
主要方法:
- 进行了快速的文献审查.
- 进行了灰色文献搜索,以收集相关数据.
- 潜在的成本被表格化为未来的评估.
主要成果:
- 发现,关于VAD实施的实际成本,经验上有充分的细节很少.
- 编制了与VAD相关的潜在成本的综合清单.
- 调查结果表明,缺乏关于VAD支出的公开信息.
结论:
- 关于实施自愿辅助死亡的成本,公开可访问的信息存在严重差距.
- 对多学科从业者和决策者来说,清楚地概述VAD成本至关重要.
- 充分分配VAD服务的资源需要对相关的财务影响有透明的了解.
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