Arcangelo V
Nurs Forum. 1994 Jan-Mar;29(1):25-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6198.1994.tb00148.x.
The need to decrease healthcare costs is urgent. One method of decreasing costs that has been proposed is age-based rationing. With the burgeoning number of Americans over 65 comes increased spending for health care. It is thought by some that this increase represents disproportionate spending, and that the money should be spent on health care for the young. Another school of thought is that the elderly have a right to health care just as any other group. The author believes that age may have to be one consideration for allocation of resources but not the only one.
降低医疗成本的需求迫在眉睫。一种已被提出的降低成本的方法是基于年龄的医疗资源配给。随着65岁以上美国人数量的迅速增加，医疗保健支出也在增加。一些人认为这种增加代表了不成比例的支出，这笔钱应该花在年轻人的医疗保健上。另一种观点是，老年人和其他任何群体一样有权获得医疗保健。作者认为年龄可能是资源分配时需要考虑的一个因素，但不是唯一的因素。
