Polarized Citizen Preferences for the Ethical Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in 20 Countries.

ABSTRACT: Objective. When medical resources are scarce, clinicians must make difficult triage decisions. When these decisions affect public trust and morale, as was the case during the COVID-19 pandemic, experts will benefit from knowing which triage metrics have citizen support. Design. We conducted an online survey in 20 countries, comparing support for 5 common metrics (prognosis, age, quality of life, past and future contribution as a health care worker) to a benchmark consisting of support for 2 no-triage mechanisms (first-come-first-served and random allocation). Results. We surveyed nationally representative samples of 1000 citizens in each of Brazil, France, Japan, and the United States and also self-selected samples from 20 countries (total N = 7599) obtained thr

SUBMITTER: Awad E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9326829 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature