Is it Necessary to Ration Health Care?

Penelope M. Mullen

Public Money & Management, 1998, vol. 18, issue 1, 52-58

Abstract: Although there have been restrictions on access to health care since the inception of the National Health Service (NHS), there has been increasing debate on rationing and priority-setting following the changes introduced from 1991. Much of this debate has been fuelled by the fact that local Health Authorities (HAs), working with limited budgets to purchase health care services for their local population, must set priorities in order to remain within their budget. Some commentators go further and argue that health care rationing is both necessary and inevitable. Others suggest that acceptance of the necessity of rationing may be self-defeating, and question the underlying assumptions. This article reviews some of the arguments and asks whether health care rationing is really necessary.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00104

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