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Decisions Near the End of Life: Resources Allocation Implications for Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2009

Paul B. Hofmann
Paul B. Hofmann
Affiliation:
A Consultant at the Alta Bates Corporation, a Doctor of Public Health student in health policy and administration at the University of California, Berkeley, and Chair of the American Hospital Association's Technical Panel on Biomedical Ethics
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Heathcare spending, which was almost 13% of the gross national product last year, is estimated to jump to 14% in 1992. For the first time, hosital expenditures are projected to exceed $300 biilion, representing over 38% of the nation's total healthcare bill. In an effort to reduce federal and state budget deficits and to stimulate institutional cost containment, Medicare and Medicaid officials are becoming even more parsimonious in negotitation reimbursement levels.

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Special Section: Hospitals and Moral Imperatives
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , Summer 1992 , pp. 229 - 237
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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