BMC Medical Ethics is calling for submissions to our Collection on The ethics of the economics of healthcare. In this interdisciplinary Collection, we aim to highlight how financial considerations intersect and influence ethical decision-making in healthcare, and how ethical concerns are embedded into health economic principles. From healthcare financing, resource allocation and priority setting, to patient rights and healthcare disparities, we seek to explore the intricate relationship between resources, ethics, and quality of care.
We welcome submissions examining the economic dynamics of medical care, exploring the impact of diverse financing models and economic variables on healthcare delivery. Additionally, we encourage studies focusing on ethical frameworks guiding decision-making in clinical practice and health policy, ethical issues related to priority setting and the allocation of scarce resources, studies addressing issues such as healthcare disparities, and strategies to balance equity against efficiency in healthcare. Submissions that analyze the association between socio-economic gradients and health outcomes, policy interventions designed to mitigate these, and studies focused on other undesirable variations in the delivery, uptake, and impact of healthcare will aid this issue’s mission of advancing our understanding of fair and equitable access to quality care.
This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 1: No Poverty, SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being and SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities.
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