Ethics of resource allocation: instruments for rational decision making in support of a sustainable health care

Ethical cautions in the use of outcomes

Ethical cautions in the use of outcomes for resource allocation in the managed care environment of mental health

✍ Douglas P. Olsen 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 504 KB

Increasingly, resources are being allocated through competitive contracting based on outcome data. This context for outcome research renews ethical concern about the nature of outcome data in the field of mental health. The epis-temolo~ of mental illness creates special concerns regarding outcome me