医疗保健中的年龄配给：有缺陷的政策，个人美德。

Age-rationing in health care: flawed policy, personal virtue.

作者信息

Churchill Larry R

机构信息

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.

出版信息

Health Care Anal. 2005 Jun;13(2):137-46. doi: 10.1007/s10728-005-4477-9.

DOI:10.1007/s10728-005-4477-9

PMID:16013527

Abstract

The age-rationing debate of fifteen years ago will inevitably reemerge as health care costs escalate. All age-rationing proposals should be judged in light of the current system of rationing health care by price in the U.S., and the resulting pattern of excess and deprivation. Age-rationing should be rejected as public policy, but recognized as a personal virtue of stewardship among the elderly.

摘要

随着医疗保健成本的攀升，十五年前关于年龄配给的辩论将不可避免地再度出现。所有年龄配给提案都应根据美国当前按价格配给医疗保健的体系以及由此产生的过度与匮乏模式来评判。年龄配给作为一项公共政策应被摒弃，但应被视作老年人个人的节俭美德。