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Vol. 54 No. 1 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2005.406
Strategie allocative per la persona nella economia sanitaria
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The Author faces the issue of the allocation of the health resources adopting a solidarity ethical perspective. Particularly, it is underlined that Italian health care system involve an expense more and more in charge of the citizen, above all for subjects with chronic pathologies. In fact, a survey by WHO highlights that in Italy the sick affected by serious pathologies (disability, mental disease) receive less care than patients with slight/moderate diseases: therefore, the so called "Matthew effect". In this perspective, the "clinical severity" criterion is overcome by the economical one, the perspective payment system of health care services is utilized in improper way and penalizes the health maintenance organization that dedicate great attention to chronic sick. On the other hand, the medicine has indubitable limits: resources, but above all, the probabilistic nature of outcomes and the finite nature of man. The article considers some tools used for the evaluation of effectiveness and the efficiency of health interventions (QALYs, EQALYs, UVG, UVH, ROSES), bringing out strengths and weaknesses. Finally, it is always necessary to refer to a solidarity criterion, adopting a rigorous logics of care and personalized care: this approach would allow a better use of resources.
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Strategie allocative per la persona nella economia sanitaria. (2005). Medicina E Morale, 54(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2005.406
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