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How Health Care Can Be Cost-Effective and Fair (Hardcover)
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How Health Care Can Be Cost-Effective and Fair (Hardcover)
Series: POPULATION LEVEL BIOETHICS SERIES
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Methods designed to guide the allocation of healthcare so as to
maximize population health have been criticized as fundamentally
unfair. In a closer analysis of this ethical critique of the use of
cost-effectiveness author Daniel M. Hausman responds to the main
complaints about the unfairness of cost-effectiveness, while also
recognizing that there should be other factors-especially in cases
of discrimination-guiding health-related treatment. Central to How
Health Care Can Be Cost-Effective and Fair is whether
cost-effective allocation of healthcare violates ethical
constraints. Several commentators argue that using cost-effective
reasoning to guide the distribution of healthcare is fundamentally
unfair, not just because it does not take distribution into
account, but because it fails to prioritize the severity of illness
and fails to give everyone, and especially disabled people and
those from historically underprivileged populations, a fair chance
of being treated. While Hausman recognizes the complexity and
shortcomings of cost-effective reasoning, he maintains that it
should be a leading principle in the allocation of health-related
resources. In Hausman's view, many values-such as compassion,
freedom, respect, and solidarity should govern healthcare in
addition to promoting well-being and treating individuals fairly.
In its efforts to promote population health fairly, healthcare
should respond to and respect individuals' values and choices.
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