Date of Award

1-1-2012

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Public Administration and Policy

Content Description

1 online resource (xi, 141 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Thomas R Stewart

Committee Members

Jeryl L Mumpower, James Holzworth

Keywords

Health Policy, Rationing, Trade-offs, Values, Health care rationing, Health services administration, Health planning, Medical care, Cost of, Medical policy

Subject Categories

Medicine and Health Sciences | Public Administration

Abstract

The purpose of my research is to investigate "double rationing" which entails rationing at two levels of the health care system. At one level, policy makers prioritize treatments that will be covered under a publicly financed health care system. At a lower level, doctors or other health care professionals prioritize patients in need of scarce medical treatments. Traditionally, research focusing on health care rationing has treated these two activities as if they were separate and unrelated events. This research considers the effects of lower level prioritization activities on the ability of policy-makers to achieve their own (and arguably, societal) health policy objectives.

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