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Macroallocation
A proper procedure and protocol that can be followed in distributing healthcare-related materials such as personnel, facilities, funds, and other necessary equipment that fall under healthcare resources are inevitable. But while there are arguments over the best approach method to be utilized, there arises a high demand for scarce healthcare since every individual requires healthcare. In such scenarios, the meager resources available must be distributed in a properly laid down procedure (Rescher, 175). If the criteria are more explicit, there is a more significant likelihood that rationing would be applied. Over the years, healthcare has remained to be a limited resource, which registered unlimited demand. An elaborate national policy on healthcare insurance is part of healthcare success, which is well maintained. Due to the scarce nature of medical resources, a medical insurance policy covering individuals at high risk and a law that compels all medical institutions to give equal chances to all individuals diagnosed with critical medical conditions is essential.
There has been increased interest in proper personal and public health within the past 100 years and resulted in the formulation and development of several health insurance forms. The well-known and much more understood shortage of kidneys for transplantation may cause even much suffering and death. In the 1960s, the insurance came from health interaction between the employer-sponsored insurance plans. Individuals were entitled to insurance programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. Although there is an availability of varied insurance options, healthcare demand has gone up drastically towards the uncontrollable figures and exceeds the available resources. Several individuals in the United States, including children, still lack medical insurance or access to Medicare easily. In many other advanced countries, including those with universal health insurance, healthcare is always a challenge, and therefore formulating strategies to manage the allocation of resources is challenging (Eike ‐Henne, 419). Just the same way maintaining the already acquired healthcare materials within the safest hands possible can be very challenging.
The allocation of healthcare resources entails the distribution of health materials among varied people and diverse uses. When such kinds of resources become scarce, a decision has The strategies used rationing of healthcare resources can be categorized into three levels. The allocation of resources is determined through legislation, health insurance plans, and the project’s mandate to be adjusted at the policy level. The macro allocation strategies are about to impact and control the allocation of resources. In macro allocation strategies, it is the mandate of physicians. With advancements in technology, the special distribution by default is made using policies, clinical practice guidelines, and well-laid protocols (Hauptman, 428). On the contrary, in micro allocation, physicians have to decide which treatment would best fit the patient before administering the treatment, which is in the patient’s best interest, while balancing the treatment value in cases where distribution strategies are otherwise considered harmless.
It can be argued that the major problem associated with the healthcare resource allocations is with the provider’s personal preferences and absolute bias alongside existing resources, which can influence decisions made to them. In most cases, one would find out that without a framework that relies on ethical structures or morals, the decisions may result in a marked wide variability among patient-to-patient. In this case, a serious challenge is to make consistent decisions in an ethically and morally upright way. Although making decisions has grown very difficult, the government needs to enact insurance policies to safeguard patients’ interest upon diagnosis. In this regard, an insurance policy covering individuals at high risk should be enacted by the government.
In conclusion, therefore, I suggest that a law compelling medical institutions to give equal priority to all individuals diagnosed with critical medical conditions should be enacted alongside a universal medical insurance policy for such groups of people. For instance, assuming a preference was given to an individual with multiple organ failure and unfortunately, a fatality occurs, this puts the other individuals who were sidelined at greater risk as they continue to wait in the queue.
Works cited
Eike ‐Henne R W.(2020) kluge Organ Donation and Retrieval Whose Body Is It Anyway?
Available at http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/377/2018/02/3
Organ-Donation-and Retrieval-Whose-Body-Is-It-Anyway.pdf
Rescher, Nicholas. “The Allocation of Exotic Medical Lifesaving Therapy.” Ethics, vol. 79, no. 3,
1969, pp. 173–186. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2379841. Accessed 16 Nov. 2020
Hauptman PJ, O’Connor KJ. Procurement and allocation of solid organs for transportation. Engl Jmed., 1997.