Health Professional vs Layperson Values and Preferences on Scarce Resource Allocation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

COVID-19 prompted rapid development of scarce resource allocation (SRA) policies to be implemented if demand eclipsed health systems' ability to provide critical care. While SRA policies follow general ethical frameworks, understanding priorities of those affected by policies and/or tasked with implementing them is critical.

Objective

To evaluate whether community members and health care profesionals (HCP) agree with SRA protocols at the University of California (UC).

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study used social media and community-partnered engagement to recruit participants to a web-based survey open to all participants aged older than 18 years who wished to enroll. This study was fielded between May and September 2020 and queried parti

SUBMITTER: Buhr RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10933708 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature