Prioritization strategy |
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Ranking | Survivala | Youthb | HCWsc | Sickestd | First Ine | Lotteryf | VIPg | Otherh |
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1 | 46.3% | 10.3% | 22.6% | 11.1% | 4.0% | 2.4% | 0.5% | 2.9% |
2 | 25.4% | 31.2% | 16.1% | 14.0% | 7.6% | 3.2% | 1.3% | 1.3% |
3 | 13.8% | 26.7% | 27.3% | 14.1% | 8.1% | 7.2% | 1.7% | 1.0% |
4 | 5.9% | 14.6% | 15.1% | 23.2% | 18.3% | 15.1% | 7.0% | 0.8% |
5 | 4.9% | 8.6% | 8.1% | 18.4% | 27.8% | 22.3% | 8.7% | 1.1% |
6 | 1.7% | 6.2% | 7.6% | 11.3% | 24.2% | 30.0% | 17.2% | 1.7% |
7 | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2.9% | 6.7% | 9.2% | 17.5% | 51.0% | 8.7% |
8 | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 2.4% | 12.6% | 82.5% |
Average Ranking | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 7.5 |
- Survey question: “Imagine you were required to make your institution’s policy on how to ration scarce life-saving resources to patients. Of the following SEVEN approaches, please rank in order how you might prioritize patients. Please mark 1 for your first choice, 2 for your second choice, 3 for your third choice, etc.”
- aPrioritize people who are most likely to survive based on clinical picture regardless of other factors
- bPrioritize young people who have greater potential to live a longer life
- cPrioritize health care workers
- dPrioritize the sickest people regardless of other factors
- eUse a “First Come, First Served” approach until equipment runs out
- fUse a lottery system to give everyone a fair shot
- gPrioritize people who are important political, business, or cultural figures
- hAnother prioritization approach
