Woolf Steven H, Stange Kurt C
School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
Am J Prev Med. 2006 Jul;31(1):99-102. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.03.010.
Limited resources make it impossible to deliver all healthcare services to all people. Therefore, it is vital for the nation to adopt rational methods for setting priorities. The work of the National Commission on Prevention Priorities takes such an approach in ranking the relative importance of effective preventive services, and it carries important implications for policymakers, clinicians, and patients. The crisis facing health care requires society to function as a community to use limited resources in ways that maximize the public good.
资源有限使得无法为所有人提供所有医疗服务。因此，国家采用合理的方法来确定优先事项至关重要。国家预防优先事项委员会的工作在对有效预防服务的相对重要性进行排名时采用了这样一种方法，并且它对政策制定者、临床医生和患者都具有重要意义。医疗保健面临的危机要求社会作为一个共同体，以最大限度地实现公共利益的方式来利用有限的资源。
