@article{1386211,
      recid = {1386211},
      author = {Rosoff, Philip M.,},
      title = {Rationing is not a four-letter word : setting limits on  health care /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages).},
      abstract = {"Most people would agree that the healthcare system in the  United States is a mess. Healthcare accounts for a larger  percentage of gross domestic product in the United States  than in any other industrialized nation, but health  outcomes do not reflect this enormous investment. In this  book, Philip Rosoff offers a provocative proposal for  providing quality healthcare to all Americans and  controlling the out-of-control costs that threaten the  economy. He argues that rationing--often associated in the  public's mind with such negatives as unplugging  ventilators, death panels, and socialized medicine--is not  a dirty word. A comprehensive, centralized, and fair system  of rationing is the best way to distribute the benefits of  modern medicine equitably while achieving significant cost  savings. Rosoff points out that certain forms of rationing  already exist when resources are scarce and demand high:  the organ transplant system, for example, and the  distribution of drugs during a shortage. He argues that if  we incorporate certain key features from these systems,  healthcare rationing would be fair--and acceptable  politically. Rosoff considers such topics as fairness,  decisions about which benefits should be subject to  rationing, and whether to compensate those who are denied  scarce resources. Finally, he offers a detailed discussion  of what an effective and equitable healthcare rationing  system would look like."--Provided by publisher.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1386211},
}