The moral relevance of personal characteristics in setting health care priorities

The moral relevance of personal characteristics in setting health care priorities.

This paper discusses the moral relevance of accounting for various personal characteristics when prioritising between groups of patients. After a review of the results from empirical studies, we discuss the ethical reasons which might explain-and justify-the views expressed in these studies. The paper develops a general framework based upon the causes of ill health and the consequences of treat...

Setting health care priorities in Oregon.

Setting health care priorities in Pakistan.

OBJECTIVE To describe a health priority setting exercise in Pakistan and its relevance to traditional medical care and care providers. METHODS Literature search of local and regional data was performed to identify priority health problems, those with high disease burden and with cost-effective interventions. RESULTS Major causes of ill-health were communicable (diarrhoea, respiratory infect...

Priorities and priority-setting in health care in the Netherlands.

Since 1990, the priority-setting has become one of the key issues in making choices in health care. In 1991, the now famous Dunning Report was presented to the Dutch Cabinet. One of its main conclusions was that health services should satisfy four criteria: necessary care, effectiveness, efficiency, and individual responsibility. Priority-setting can be done either by excluding medical treatmen...

Setting priorities in health

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the Nuffield Trust for giving us the opportunity to undertake this research work, with particular thanks to the Efficiency research programme steering group for their expert advice and guidance, and the reviewers for their very helpful and detailed comments. We would also like to thank those who helped develop and pilot the electronic survey. Finally, we ...