title: Dose response: intelligent rationing by physicians is the first step to a health-care system that society can afford.
authors.affiliation: Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Ubel
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000941:ethics*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection / Q000941:ethics; D010820:Physicians; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D040841:Resource Allocation / Q000941:ethics*; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States; D026712:Value of Life / Q000191:economics*