Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has already stressed health care systems throughout the world, requiring rationing of medical equipment and care. The authors discuss the ethical values relevant to health care rationing and provide six recommendations to guide fair allocation of scarce medical resources during...

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Published inNew England Journal of Medicine Vol. 382; no. 21; pp. 2049 - 2055
Main Authors Emanuel, Ezekiel J, Persad, Govind, Upshur, Ross, Thome, Beatriz, Parker, Michael, Glickman, Aaron, Zhang, Cathy, Boyle, Connor, Smith, Maxwell, Phillips, James P
Format Journal Article Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 21.05.2020
Subjects
Betacoronavirus
Bioethical Issues
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - therapy
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Health care
Health Care Rationing - ethics
Health Care Rationing - methods
Health Policy
Health Workforce - statistics & numerical data
Hospital Bed Capacity - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Medical equipment
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - therapy
Resource Allocation - ethics
Resource Allocation - methods
SARS-CoV-2
Therapists
United States - epidemiology
Ventilators, Mechanical - supply & distribution
United States
United States > US
Italy
China
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Summary:The Covid-19 pandemic has already stressed health care systems throughout the world, requiring rationing of medical equipment and care. The authors discuss the ethical values relevant to health care rationing and provide six recommendations to guide fair allocation of scarce medical resources during the pandemic.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMsb2005114