Open AccessEconomic Incentives and Use of the Intensive Care Unit
Author(s) -
Ari B. Friedman
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2014.4959
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , otorhinolaryngology , psychiatry
Drs Gooch and Kahn1 pointed out an intriguing example of economic incentives driving widely varying intensive care unit (ICU) admission criteria. However, their concept of “demand elasticity” conflated 2 distinct economic phenomena, normal demand and supplier-induced demand, leading them to a draconian policy prescription.
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