Medicine
Health Care Resource Allocation
MEDC 60402 | 50 Units
- Elective Type: Non-Clinical
- Primary Instructor: Dr. Elmer Abbo
- Contact: Elmer Abbo, M.D., J.D. | 4-2790 | eabbo@medicine.bsd.uchciago.edu
- Location on first day: Law School - Room E
- Included in Lottery: No
- Last Reviewed: February 11, 2008
Overview
The seminar will search for a solution to the problem of the allocation of scarce health care resources. Drawing from relevant case law and statutes in addition to literature from the fields of health law, policy, and economics as well as medicine and medical ethics, this course will analyze various decision-makers (patients, employers, insurers, government, and physicians) for their suitability to make health care rationing decisions. Specific areas of law that will be addressed as they relate to allocation decisions, include the corporate practice of medicine doctrine, the Medicare Fraud and abuse statutes, patient autonomy law in the contxt of end-of-life medical care, medical malpractice, health maintenance organization liability, disability law, medical necessity law, and non-profit law. Particular attention will be given to contractual solutions to the rationing dilemma and their own barriers to implementation.
Objectives
To understand the complexity of the problem of the allocation of health care resources and to gain an appreciation of the advantages and disadvantages of different allocation arrangements by surveying a range of relevant health law issues.
Evaluation
Students will have the option of taking a final written exam or writing a perper on a related topic of their choice.
Offered:
- Spring
Schedule Notes
Monday, 4:00 - 6:00pm.
Course Limitations and Prerequisites
Maximum Students Enrolled: 10
- Eligibility:
- First year
- Second year
- Fourth year
- Prerequisites:
- None