Applying the ethical principles of resource allocation to drugs in limited supply during a public health crisis

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Ha Eun Kong, Emory University; Jane M. Grant-Kels, University of Connecticut; Benjamin Stoff, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2020-07-01
• Publisher: Mosby-Elsevier
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2020 by the American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2020.04.078
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
• Volume: 83
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: 170
• End Page: 171
• Grant/Funding Information: None
• Keywords: Bioethics; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Science & Technology; Resource allocation; Public health; Drugs; Dermatology
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Epidemiology; Health Sciences, Health Care Management; Health Sciences, Public Health

Abstract

Drug shortages occur for many reasons, including production delays, material shortages, surging demand, and hoarding. During shortages, health care systems must determine how to fairly distribute these scarce resources to patients