xsHealth equity and distributive justice considerations in critical care resource allocation

Panagis Galiatsatos; Allen Kachalia; Harolyn M E Belcher; Mark T Hughes; Jeffrey Kahn; Cynda H Rushton; Jose I Suarez; Lee Daugherty Biddison; Sherita H Golden

doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30277-0

xsHealth equity and distributive justice considerations in critical care resource allocation

Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Aug;8(8):758-760. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30277-0. Epub 2020 Jun 22.

Authors

Panagis Galiatsatos¹, Allen Kachalia², Harolyn M E Belcher³, Mark T Hughes⁴, Jeffrey Kahn⁵, Cynda H Rushton⁶, Jose I Suarez⁷, Lee Daugherty Biddison⁸, Sherita H Golden⁹

Affiliations

¹ Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Medicine for the Greater Good, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Center for Diversity in Public Health Leadership Training, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁵ Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁷ Division of Neurosciences Critical Care, Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
⁸ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
⁹ Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

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MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Critical Care
Health Care Rationing
Health Equity*
Healthcare Disparities
Humans
Organ Dysfunction Scores*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Resource Allocation*
SARS-CoV-2
Triage*
United States / epidemiology