Choices in Health Care
The Netherlands Government Committee on Choices in Health Care. 162 pages. The Netherlands: Ministry of Welfare, Health and Cultural Affairs, P.O. Box 5406, 2280 HK Rijswik, The Netherlands; 1992.
A review of the technical and economic pressures that influence the kinds of medical care a society can consider supporting; attention to the balance between "solidarity" and individual responsibility; analysis of potential priorities; consideration of "rationing" and appropriate and inappropriate care; and a closing section on the Committee's recommendations on the main issues. The focus is, naturally, on Dutch considerations, but attention is given to views and policies in some other countries. Opens with a 14-page executive summary. A short bibliography.
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