RATIONING HEALTH-CARE RESOURCES

Authors
WARREN JM
Citation
Jm. Warren, RATIONING HEALTH-CARE RESOURCES, Canadian family physician, 40, 1994, pp. 123
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Canadian family physician → ACNP
ISSN journal
0008350X
Volume
40
Year of publication
1994
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-350X(1994)40:<123:RHR>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The quality-adjusted life-year, an economic tool for allocating health care resources, lets researchers compare the cost-effectiveness of di fferent therapies for virtually any disease. It purports to describe q uantity of life, with an adjustment for quality of life, as a function of financial cost. Its goal is to maximize health care efficiency, bu t its methodology does not adequately meet the needs of older patients .