Mitigating the moral risks of private medicine in public hospitals (SHARAP) through regulation and accountability
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Cherny, Nathan I
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Harefuah 2011 May; 150(5): 426-31, 492
Abstract
SHARAP (the Hebrew acronym for private medical service) is an arrangement that allows patients in certain Israeli hospitals to choose their physicians in return for a fee paid, either privately or through some form of parallel insurance. At present, SHARAP is legally precluded from government hospitals but the issue is a source of public debate and the introduction of SHARAP into public hospitals owned by the government and health funds is supported by the Israel Medical Association and MK Yakov Litzman. While advantages to patients, hospitals and medical practitioners are acknowledged, these arrangements carry moral risks related to justice and fair allocation of resources, problems relating to conflicts of interests, the potential for exploitation of patients by physicians with private privileges and the potential for corrupt behaviors.
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