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rule of rescue: a standalone construct

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Health economics

the strong pull to save identifiable people in immediate danger regardless of cost, which conflicts with cost-effectiveness priorities.

In health economics, rule of rescue refers to the strong pull to save identifiable people in immediate danger regardless of cost, which conflicts with cost-effectiveness priorities. This meaning comes from McKie (2003) in Social Science & Medicine.[1]

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cost4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs save1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

McKie, J., & Richardson, J. (2003). The Rule of Rescue. Social Science & Medicine, 56(12), 2407-2419. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0277-9536(02)00244-7

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