title: [Rationing health care by thresholds for clinical benefit and its acceptance by the German population].
abstract: Fair rationing in publicly accessible health care has become a subject of current international debate. One suggestion is to cut reimbursement for any medical intervention below some threshold of small clinical benefit. One can further differentiate between thresholds of small expectable clinical benefit as such and thresholds of low chances for clinical success. Public acceptance of both types of thresholds has been tested in a population survey. Results are presented and discussed in this paper. (As supplied by publisher).
authors.affiliation: Institut für Ethik, Geschichte und Theorie der Medizin, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. bseifert@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: Bettina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schöne-Seifert
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: Adele
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diederich
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings / Q000191:economics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D005858:Germany; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006292:Health Priorities / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D016896:Treatment Outcome