Rationing of Health Care

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Rationing of Health Care

Introduction

Rationing has always been present in medical practices . Rationing of health care is the withholding of potentially beneficial medical services to an individual because those services were not intended to be provided for everybody but to those capable of payment for a particular

br medical service . Usually this is implemented in areas where there is limited resources and budget allocated for Medical services and care ADDIN EN .CITE Aaron20051 143Henry J AaronHealth Care Rationing : What it Means2005may 16 The Brookings Institutionhttp /www .brookings .edu /comm /policybriefs /pb147 .htm (Aaron , 2005

With this action , individuals and institutions that are involved in this kind of practice are being criticized . Institutions like private enterprises dealing with health insurance policies like HMO 's

Health Care Rationing

Rationing of health services is one of the approach and policies implemented by most countries . The primary intention for this is the conservation of limited resources for medical services and to ensure that service is available when it is most needed

There was one definition which described rationing as to ration health care is to withhold at least some medical services from at least some individuals who would probably benefit from them , because we have decided not to buy those services for everybody who needs them ADDIN EN .CITE The truth about health care rationing2000may 16http /www .yourdoc torinthefamily .com /grandtheory /section2_1 .htm "The truth about health care rationing 2000 . And there are even critics regarding calling this procedure as rationing ' instead using other terms like resource allocation ' due to the negative connotation derived from the term rationing

Health care rationing is manifested in several forms . The primary form of rationing is self rationing . Here the individual gauges the cost of having medical service compared to the expected benefits ADDIN EN .CITE GoodmanJohn C GoodmanGerald L MusgraveHealth Care Rationing2001http /www .ncpa .org ncpa /w /w50 .html (Goodman Musgrave , 2001 . He or she is given the choice if the service they want to avail is worth the money time and effort that they would exert

Bureaucratic rationing is when government or policy making bodies impose policies and guidelines for medical and health services . Mostly affected with this type is the allocation of funds and limits on the number of health care provider and facilities ADDIN EN .CITE GoodmanJohn C GoodmanGerald L MusgraveHealth Care Rationing2001http /www .ncpa .org ncpa /w /w50 .html (Goodman Musgrave , 2001

Another form of health rationing practice which is the most criticized is in the form of health maintenance organizations or HMO 's ADDIN EN .CITE FriedenbergRichard M FriedenbergRationing in Health Care : Changing the Patterns of Health CareRadiologyRadiology3 (Friedenberg , 2003

Rationing of medical service has been one of the s of discussion in the ethical arena of Medical services . The debate on...