Efficiency is not enough. Ethical analysis and recommendations for the allocation of scarce resources in a pandemic situation

Copyright © 2020 SESPAS. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved..

OBJECTIVE: To develop a support tool to decision-making in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic.

METHOD: Different ethical recommendations that emerged in Spain on prioritizing scarce health resources in the COVID-19 pandemic first wave were searched; it was conducted a narrative review of theoretical models on distribution in pandemics to define an ethical foundation. Finally, recommendations are drawn to be applied in different healthcare settings.

RESULTS: Three principles are identified; strict equality, equity and efficiency, which are substantiated in specific distribution criteria.

CONCLUSIONS: A model for the distribution of scarce health resources in a pandemic situation is proposed, starting with a decision-making procedure and adapting the distribution criteria to different healthcare scenarios: primary care settings, nursing homes and hospitals.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Gaceta sanitaria - 35(2021), 6 vom: 04. Nov., Seite 525-533

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

La eficiencia no basta. Análisis ético y recomendaciones para la distribución de recursos escasos en situación de pandemia

Beteiligte Personen:

Hortal-Carmona, Joaquín [VerfasserIn]
Padilla-Bernáldez, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Melguizo-Jiménez, Miguel [VerfasserIn]
Ausín, Txetxu [VerfasserIn]
Cruz-Piqueras, Maite [VerfasserIn]
López de la Vieja, María Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Puyol, Àngel [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-Arias, David [VerfasserIn]
Tamayo-Velázquez, María-Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Triviño, Rosana [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ética de la salud pública
Eficiencia en salud
Equidad en salud
Health efficiency
Health equity
Journal Article
Pandemia
Pandemics
Public health ethics
Racionamiento
Rationing
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 27.10.2021

Date Revised 15.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.gaceta.2020.07.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320711641