title: Resource allocation in integrated delivery systems and healthcare networks: a proposed framework to guide ethical thinking.
abstract: Drawing on a management perspective and the literature, this article suggests an ethical framework to be used at the meso or community level of resource allocation in a Canadian setting. The suggested framework enlarges on the program-level framework developed by Meslin et al primarily by building in stakeholder inclusiveness and public accountability, both of which are essential to resource allocation at the population-based level.
authors.affiliation: Sisters of Charity of Ottawa Health Service.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Macdonald
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000458:organization & administration*