Hidden bedside rationing in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional survey among physicians in internal medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare rationing can be defined as withholding beneficial care for cost reasons. One form in particular, hidden bedside rationing, is problematic because it may result in conflicting loyalties for physicians, unfair inequality among patients and illegitimate distribution of resources. Our aim is to establish whether bedside rationing occurs in the Netherlands, whether it qualifies as hidden and what physician characteristics are associated with its practice.

Methods

Cross-sectional online questionnaire on knowledge of -, experience with -, and opinion on rationing among physicians in internal medicine within the Dutch healthcare system. Multivariable ordinal logistic regression was used to explore relations between hidden bedside rationing and physician charac

SUBMITTER: de Ruijter UW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7967991 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature