Making Medical Spending Decisions: The Law, Ethics & Economics of Rationing Mechanisms

by Mark A. Hall

Book Overview

A fresh and comprehensive exploration of how health care rationing decisions are made, this book offers not specific criteria for rationing--like age or quality of life--but a comparative analysis of three alternative decision makers: consumers paying out of pocket, government and insurance officials setting limits on treatments and coverage, and physicians making decisions at the bedside. Hall's analysis reveals that none of these alternatives is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195092198
• ISBN13: 9780195092196
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"