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Acta bioethica

   
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Between equality and efficiency in medical care

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This work considers the allocation methods of scarce medical resources budgeted for "health economics". Costbenefit models and the criteria QALY (Quality-Adjusted Life-Years) are analyzed as allocation methods that propose to resolve ethical dilemmas related to an economic distribution that seems to prioritize efficient results over more equitable, but inefficient, results.

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