A mathematical approach for establishing treatment priorities among patients
| Autor: | Joseph S. Pliskin, Clyde H. Beck |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
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Medical algorithm
Index (economics) Medical treatment business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Affect (psychology) medicine.disease Transplantation Issues ethics and legal aspects Identification (information) Consistency (database systems) Philosophy of medicine medicine Medical emergency business Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Metamedicine. 1:29-38 |
| ISSN: | 1573-1200 0166-2031 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf00883517 |
| Popis: | Medical decision making often utilizes subjective observations to arrive at concrete judgments. The decisions frequently affect who receives scarce medical treatments and, thus, who lives or dies. In this paper, a model health status index is described. It is specific for the problem of choosing patients for hemodialysis or transplantation. Such a health status index may be designed for any medical decision involving such issues as drug treatment priorities, identification of salvageable patients, and selection of patients for scarce medical treatment. This index (1) incorporates a physician's own medical criteria and values, (2) can be modified as the data base improves, (3) assures consistency from decision to decision, and (4) can be developed and used without the help of a mathematician or computer. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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