Recent Findings in Nursing Philosophy Described by Researchers from University of Patras (The gap between macroeconomic and microeconomic health resources allocation decisions: The case of nurses)

2019 SEP 23 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Daily -- Data detailed on Nursing - Nursing Philosophy have been presented. According to news reporting originating in Patras, Greece, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “The allocation of healthcare resources takes place at two distinct levels. At the macroeconomic level, policymakers decide on budgets, staffing, cost-effectiveness thresholds, clinical guidelines and insurance payments; at the microeconomic level, healthcare professionals decide on whom to treat, what the appropriate treatment is, how much time and effort should each patient receive and how urgent the need for care is.”

Financial support for this research came from European Cooperation in Science and Technology.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the University of Patras, “At both levels, there is a constant social need for just allocation. Policymakers are mostly guided by abstract principles of justice, thinking in terms of groups of patients, epidemiological data, impersonal statistics and economic costs. On the other hand, healthcare professionals understand the need for justice at a more personal level, as they interact with patients and, in a sense, put theory into practice. Nurses hold a unique position in healthcare systems, as, traditionally, they are closer to patients than other health professionals. This means that they have a firsthand view of the effect that their decisions have on specific patients and, therefore, nurses tend to get more influenced by their personal feelings, values and beliefs at the microeconomic level.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “This presentation shall examine the gap between abstract macroeconomic and concrete microeconomic health resources allocation decisions, with a particular emphasis on the role of the nurse.”

For more information on this research see: The gap between macroeconomic and microeconomic health resources allocation decisions: The case of nurses. Nursing Philosophy, 2019;():e12283. Nursing Philosophy can be contacted at: Blackwell Publishing Inc, 350 Main St, Malden, MA 02148, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Nursing Philosophy - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1466-769X)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting M. Igoumenidis, Dept. of Nursing, University of Patras, Patras, Greece. Additional authors for this research include P. Kiekkas and E. Papastavrou.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/nup.12283. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

The publisher of the journal Nursing Philosophy can be contacted at: Blackwell Publishing Inc, 350 Main St, Malden, MA 02148, USA.

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