title: [Rational therapy].
abstract: In a time of scarce resources, the demand for a rational therapy is important in the present discussion to reform the health system. This article describes rational therapy and introduces practical approaches like drug therapy, evidence-based medicine, and clinical practice guidelines. The development of efficient cost-benefit relations may lead to more rationalization in the health sector. It is important to attain acceptance also among the patients that rationing in the health system is a necessary measure in diagnosis and therapy.
authors.affiliation: Urologische Abteilung, Krankenhaus am Urban, Berlin.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weissbach
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013812:Therapeutics / Q000191:economics*
vernacular_title: Rationale Therapie.