The general issues of equity and efficiency are placed at
the center of the analysis of resource allocation problems
in health care. We examine them using axiomatic bargaining
theory. We study different solutions that have been proposed
and relate them to previous literature on health care allocation.
In particular, we focus on the solutions based on axiomatic
bargaining with claims and suggest that they may be particularly
appealing as distributive criteria in health policy. Finally, ...
The general issues of equity and efficiency are placed at
the center of the analysis of resource allocation problems
in health care. We examine them using axiomatic bargaining
theory. We study different solutions that have been proposed
and relate them to previous literature on health care allocation.
In particular, we focus on the solutions based on axiomatic
bargaining with claims and suggest that they may be particularly
appealing as distributive criteria in health policy. Finally,
we present the results of a survey that tries to elicit moral
intuitions of people about resource allocation problems and
their different solutions.
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