US State Government Crisis Standards of Care Guidelines: Implications for Patients With Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

State crisis standards of care (CSC) guidelines in the US allocate scarce health care resources among patients. Anecdotal reports suggest that guidelines may disproportionately allocate resources away from patients with cancer, but no comprehensive evaluation has been performed.

Objective

To examine the implications of US state CSC guidelines for patients with cancer, including allocation methods, cancer-related categorical exclusions and deprioritizations, and provisions for blood products and palliative care.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional population-based analysis examined state-endorsed CSC guidelines published before May 20, 2020, that included health care resource allocation recommendations.

Main outcomes and measures

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SUBMITTER: Hantel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7716254 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature