Ferguson Christine C
Department of Health Policy, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 Sep-Oct;26(5):1358-65. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.5.1358.
In an environment of limited resources, the question of who is deserving and undeserving of assistance becomes critical. Policymakers' biases about whether a health condition is self-inflicted, as well as their perceptions about whether treatments are truly effective, play a major role--often unstated--in the allocation of resources.
