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Evaluating Policy and Ethics in Health Care Systems and Policy

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Evaluating Policy and Ethics in Health Care Systems and Policy

The setting of health care policies requires health care personnel to consider using conventional

morals. In this case, ethics can be used in setting health care policy by making sure that there is

autonomy. This means that the strategies set will discourage any actions of the health care

professionals from coercing or persuading the patient to make a particular choice. Ethics can also

be used in setting the health care policy by making sure that there is justice (Harris, 2011). This

will mean that the approaches put in place will be fair, and any decision made will not burden the

patients or other stakeholders. There will also be equal distribution of new medicines and scarce

resources to all the hospitals for effective treatments of patients. Finally, ethics can be used in

setting up a health care policy by making sure that there is honesty. This means that in all the

strategies set, every plan of action will be truthful and have no intention of causing harm to any

person.

Efficiency is the most crucial aspect. This is because it will mean that the health care systems are

getting maximum benefits from scarce resources. Through it, the medical practitioners will have

an easy task taking care of the patients in that they will utilize the available equipment in making

sure that the patients receive the required medical care (Joumard, André & Nicq, 2010).

Therefore, the other aspects are essential, but efficiency is the most significant one since it

promotes good health and peaceful coexistence among people.

Joumard, I., André, C., & Nicq, C. (2010). Health care systems: efficiency and institutions.
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Harris, D. M. (2011). Ethics in health services and policy: A global approach (Vol. 43). John

Wiley & Sons.