Resource Allocation + PROMs

Question 1

What are the two forms of rationing?

Answer 1

Explicit
Implicit

Question 2

What is explicit rationing?

Answer 2

The use of institutional procedures
for the systemic allocation of resources
within health care system

Question 3

What is implicit rationing?

Answer 3

The allocation of resources
through individual clinical decisions
without the criteria for those decisions being explicit

Question 4

What are some negatives of implicit rationing?

Answer 4

Open to abuse

Can lead to inequities and discrimination

Based on perceptions of social deservingness