Decisions, Decisions: Observations of Resource Allocation Under Consumer-Directed Care.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Resource trade-offs are a universal feature of decision-making in healthcare. Public funding for home care is an example of a complex resource allocation decision, requiring balance between the needs of the individual and the capacity of the welfare system to meet those needs across the population. Under consumer-directed care policies, responsibility for resource allocation decisions rests with the care recipient, but there is no existing measure of allocative efficiency resulting from these consumer-led decisions. Our research considers resource allocation decisions by home care package recipients under consumer-directed care and evaluates the consistency of consumer-directed resource allocation with medically identified recommendations. Method: Retrospective

SUBMITTER: Kenny D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11899287 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature