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The realities of rationing in health care

Rationing of scarce health-care resources is distressing. Clinicians therefore require clear guidance, which should be developed systematically and transparently through multi-stakeholder engagement. Rationing is seldom required in high-income settings but is often necessary in low-income settings....

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Autores principales: Moosa, Mohammed R., Luyckx, Valerie A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7883325/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33589744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41581-021-00404-8
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description Rationing of scarce health-care resources is distressing. Clinicians therefore require clear guidance, which should be developed systematically and transparently through multi-stakeholder engagement. Rationing is seldom required in high-income settings but is often necessary in low-income settings. Global solidarity and health system strengthening are required to reduce the need for rationing.
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spelling pubmed-78833252021-02-16 The realities of rationing in health care Moosa, Mohammed R. Luyckx, Valerie A. Nat Rev Nephrol Comment Rationing of scarce health-care resources is distressing. Clinicians therefore require clear guidance, which should be developed systematically and transparently through multi-stakeholder engagement. Rationing is seldom required in high-income settings but is often necessary in low-income settings. Global solidarity and health system strengthening are required to reduce the need for rationing. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-02-15 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7883325/ /pubmed/33589744 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41581-021-00404-8 Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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