The ethical implications of prospective payment and corporate medical practice: A research agenda |
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Authors: | Lu Ann Aday |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center, P.O. Box 20186, 77225 Houston, Texas |
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Abstract: | The major trends in the growth of prospective payment and the corporatization of medical practice in the United States are examined. In particular, the ethical implications of these changes in the context of the multiple system goals of access, cost containment, and quality are considered. Considerable concern is being expressed that with the dominant emphasis on cost containment, the principles of access and quality might be compromised. This paper formulates a research agenda to address this question, based on a review and synthesis of empirical evidence and hypotheses about the probable or actual impact of these changes on the multiple health system goals. A basic premise is that ethical judgments should be grounded in empirical evidence about what actually is or will be. |
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Keywords: | prospective payment DRGs corporate practice access costs quality |
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