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- Title
How Should Critical Medications Be Rationed During Shortages?
- Authors
Fox, Erin R.; Wynia, Matthew K.
- Abstract
When any drug is in short supply, it must be rationed. Recent increases in the frequency of shortages require more rationing by clinicians. Most health systems have policies on managing drug shortages, but transparency of criteria according to which specific scarce medications should be rationed--and by whom--are rare. The COVID-19 pandemic offered several examples of clinical and ethical need to develop and implement clear, fair strategies for distributing medications in short supply. Lessons from the pandemic should inform strategies for managing drug shortages now and in the future.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HEALTH services accessibility; CONTINUING education units; HEALTH facility administration; RISK management in business; INVENTORY shortages; COVID-19 vaccines; HEALTH planning; ETHICAL decision making; RACISM; DRUGS; HEALTH equity; HEALTH care rationing; ECONOMIC aspects of diseases; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
AMA Journal of Ethics, 2024, Vol 26, Issue 4, p334
- ISSN
2376-6980
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/amajethics.2024.334