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Global Budgets and Rationing

Rationing in Medicine: Cost Containment versus Quality Improvement

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Part of the book series: Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung ((ETHICSSCI,volume 13))

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In Germany there is an ongoing discussion about future problems of the allocation of resources. All the experts discussing this topic have to acknowledge that the German health care system, which was designed 120 year ago, is still functioning, but nobody currently, knows how it still works and how long it will work.

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Szymkowiak, C. (2002). Global Budgets and Rationing. In: Breyer, F., Kliemt, H., Thiele, F., Wütscher, F. (eds) Rationing in Medicine. Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04798-9_10

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