International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Healthcare Priority-Setting: Chat-Ting Is Not Enough; Comment on “Swiss-CHAT: Citizens Discuss Priorities for Swiss Health Insurance Coverage”

Document Type : Commentary

Author
Leonard M. Fleck
Center for Ethics, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
10.15171/ijhpm.2018.66
Abstract
CHAT has its limits. It is a three-hour exercise. However, the real world problems of healthcare rationing and priority-setting are too complex for a three-hour exercise. What is needed, as a supplement, are sustained processes of rational democratic deliberation that can address the challenges to healthcare justice posed by costly emerging medical technologies, such as these targeted cancer therapies.

Keywords
Rationing
Priority-Setting
Rational Democratic Deliberation
Healthcare Justice
Cost-Effectiveness
Subjects
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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 7, Issue 10
2018
Pages 961-963

  • Received Date 30 May 2018
  • Revised Date 15 July 2018
  • Accepted Date 16 July 2018
  • First Published Date 01 October 2018
  • Published Date 01 October 2018