Rationing

Even the title is controversial. Some people prefer to call it priority setting. But anyone who pretends that any system does not ration healthcare is lying.

• Britain's Healthcare Lottery - Channel 4
• A code of conduct for private practice: recommended standards of practice for NHS consultants
• Core medical services - NHS Blog Doctor
• Doctors for Reform
• How much will Herceptin really cost? BMJ 2006
• Ex-NHS adviser slams cancer care lottery July 2006
• Great Expectations: Achieving a Sustainable Health System ippr 2007
• Health Select Committee: The Use of New Medical Technologies within the NHS 2005
• Healthcare funding review BMA etc Feb 2001
• How much will Herceptin really cost? BMJ 2006
• Mind the Gap: Sustaining Improvements in the NHS Beyond 2008 - BUPA
• Money should be 'no object' for NHS, says public August 2006
• NHS scandal: dying cancer victim was forced to pay The Times 2008
• Paying for statins BMJ Feb 2004
• Practice based commissioning
• Should patients be able to pay top-up fees to receive the treatment they want? BMJ 2008
• Standing Committee debate on the establishment of NICE 1999
• Topping up the NHS SHA 2008
• Viagra raises profile of health rationing debate David Hunter 1998
• The Oregon Health Plan

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