Groenewoud A Stef, Westert Gert P, Kremer Jan A M
Radboud University Medical Center, Scientific Center for Quality of Healthcare, PO Box 9101, 6500, HB, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Apr 27;19(1):256. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4081-6.
Value Based competition in Health Care (VBHC) has become a guiding principle in the quest for high quality health care for acceptable costs. Current literature lacks substantial ethical evaluation of VBHC.In this paper we describe how a single-minded focus on VBHC may cause serious infringements upon at least four medical ethical principles: 1) it tends to neglect patients' personal values; 2) it ignores the intrinsic value of the caring act; 3) it disproportionately replaces trust in professionals with accountability, and 4) it undermines solidarity.Health care needs a next step in VBHC. We suggest a 'Values-Driven Health Care' (VDHC) approach that a) takes patients' personal values as prescriptive and guiding; b) holds a value account that encompasses health care's intrinsic (gift) values; c) is based upon intelligent accountability that supports trust in trustworthy professionals, and d) encourages patients to raise their voices for the shared good of health care.
基于价值的医疗保健竞争(VBHC)已成为以可接受成本追求高质量医疗保健过程中的一项指导原则。当前文献对VBHC缺乏实质性的伦理评估。在本文中,我们描述了对VBHC的单一关注如何可能至少严重侵犯四项医学伦理原则:1)它往往忽视患者的个人价值观;2)它忽视了关怀行为的内在价值;3)它过度地用问责制取代了对专业人员的信任;4)它破坏了团结。医疗保健在VBHC方面需要更进一步。我们建议采用一种“价值驱动的医疗保健”(VDHC)方法,该方法a)将患者的个人价值观作为规范性和指导性的;b)持有一个包含医疗保健内在(馈赠)价值的价值账户;c)基于支持对值得信赖的专业人员的信任的明智问责制;d)鼓励患者为医疗保健的共同利益发声。