Resource allocation decisions under pandemic conditions: A cross-sectional survey of Ontario physicians.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced physicians to confront difficult choices regarding the allocation of scarce resources, such as ventilators and critical care beds. Developing policies to guide the allocation of such resources has proven challenging. An understanding of physicians' attitudes and beliefs surrounding resource allocation could help inform policymaking. As a replication and extension of a survey of Ottawa physicians conducted in 2020, we surveyed physicians across Ontario, Canada in April 2021. This survey examined physicians' sense of preparedness to allocate critical care resources during the pandemic, attitudes concerning resource allocation policy, and approaches to resource allocation decision-making. Of the 253 responses included for analysis, the majority (67%) of respon

SUBMITTER: Rivera RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10545276 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature