Gesundheitspolitische Entscheidungen zwischen Rationierung und Rationalisierung - am Beispiel Erythropoietin bei Tumoranämie

The debate on rationalisation vs. rationing of health care interventions is of great importance for the shaping of social and health care policies. Nevertheless, concrete evaluations mostly deal with health interventions in the grey zone between rationing--withholding effective measures--and rationalisation--avoiding ineffective interventions. The assessment of erythropoietin in tumour anaemia is presented as an example: the results of the...