title: Allocation of scarce resources: a challenge for American medicine.
abstract: We must decide as a society how much we can afford, or at least are willing to spend, on health care as opposed to other goods. More importantly, how shall we decide which individual medical needs are to be met?
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D003675:Defensive Medicine; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D010819:Physician's Role; D013727:Terminal Care; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States