1. Allocation of Health Care Resources By: Ronald F. White, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
College of Mount St. Joseph

2. Introduction

3. Allocation
Allocation
Micro-allocation
Macro-allocation

4. Justice in Allocation Patterned Systems Unpatterned Systems Merit
Need-
Equality
Utility
Unpatterned Systems
Libertarian
Market-Based

5. Issues
What kinds of health care resources, if any, are subject to patterned allocation?
Needs
What are the consequences of patterned health care allocation?
What kinds of health care resources, if any, are subject to unpatterned allocation?
Wants
What are the consequences of unpatterned health care allocation?
What are the political ramifications of patterned and unpatterned health care allocation?