Problem
Excessive use of resources on expensive medical techniques
Other Names:
Prohibitive cost of high technology medical curesDiscriminatory use of medical resources to heal the privileged
Claim:
There is good reason to be concerned about a marketplace distribution that penalizes those with fewer resources. The advantages conferred by the administration of growth hormone (for short children), by virtue of its high price, will be limited to the well-to-do but then scruples about unfairness don't seem to bother us when it comes to cosmetic surgery, psychiatry or other expensive medical treatments. Broader Problems:
Excessive costsProliferation of technologyProhibitive medical expensesWaste of resourcesInequitable use of medical resourcesInappropriate emphasis on prestige technology Narrower Problems:
Genetic surgery Reduced By:
Ignorance of modern medical techniquesStrategies:
Reviewing advances in medical technologyRequiring that expertise meet needsGiving privilegesEqualizing privilegesRemoving privilegesReducing cost of high technology medical curesProviding high technology medical curesReducing discriminatory use of medical resources to heal the privilegedUsing expensive medical treatments Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
19.05.1999 – 00:00 CEST