The economics of ageing: on the attitude of Swedish people to the distribution of health care resources between the young and the old.
Health Policy
; 37(3): 153-61, 1996 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
The Swedish Priorities Investigation [1] proposes that no account should be taken of a patient's age when allocating health care resources. Measures to save an old person's life are to be given the same priority as measures to save a young person's life. In the present study it is shown that the attitude of the Swedish population to this age-related problem is dramatically different from that laid down in the priorities investigation. On average, people are willing to sacrifice thirty-five 70-year-olds to save one 30-year-old. It is also shown that a measure which increases life-expectancy by 1 year, conditional on having survived until the age of 75 years, is given a low weighting. The (maximum) insurance premium the average Swede is willing to pay for such a programme is about 700 pounds.
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Assunto principal:
Envelhecimento
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Alocação de Recursos para a Atenção à Saúde
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Atitude Frente a Saúde
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Valor da Vida
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Policy
Assunto da revista:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article
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