Drawing the line : healthcare rationing and the cutoff problem / Philip M. Rosoff.

Unlike the rest of the advanced industrialized world, the United States does not have a national healthcare system that guarantees that all residents have access to medical services. Over the past century a number of unsuccessful attempts have been made to create and implement a unified, coordinated...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosoff, Philip M. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Health care rationing > United States.
Medical care, Cost of > United States.
Health Care Rationing.
Health Care Costs.
Consensus.
United States.
Health care rationing.
Medical care, Cost of.
Physical Description:xv, 312 pages ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Healthcare rationing and the cutoff problem
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The problem
  • Characteristics used as cutoff points
  • Needs, wants, preferences and demands
  • Prediction, prognosis and uncertainty
  • Rules, rescues and miracles
  • Luck.