Setting Limits Fairly
Author | : Norman Daniels |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2002-02-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199749034 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199749035 |
Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Download or read book Setting Limits Fairly written by Norman Daniels and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-02-14 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central idea for this book is that we lack consensus on principles for allocating resources and in the absence of such a consensus we must rely on a fair decision-making process for setting limits on health care. The authors characterize key elements of this process in a variety of health care contexts where such decisions are made- decisions about insurance coverage for new technologies, pharmacy benefit management, the design of physician incentives, contracting for mental health care by public agencies, etc.- and they connect the problem in the U.S. with the same problem in other countries. They provide a cogent analysis of the current situation, lucidly review the usual candidate solutions, and describe their own approach, which represents a clear advance in thinking. Their intended audience is international since the problem of limits cuts across types of health care systems whether or not they have universal coverage.