Age as a criterion for setting priorities in health care? A survey of the German public view.

Although the German health care system has budget constraints similar to many other countries worldwide, a discussion on prioritization has not gained the attention of the public yet. To probe the acceptance of priority setting in medicine, a quantitative survey representative for the German public...

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Main Authors: Adele Diederich, Jeannette Winkelhage, Norman Wirsik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3164130?pdf=render