Why Is the Involvement of HECs Necessary in the Area

question 21

Multiple Choice

Why is the involvement of HECs necessary in the area of resource allocation?

• A) Administrative staff are often too busy with policy development to handle resource allocation on their own.
• B) Hospitals do not have enough funding to meet all demands and must make ethically complex decisions about how scarce resources are allocated.
• C) HECs are needed to mediate conflicts between hospital staff and patients over how hospital resources are allocated.
• D) Neither hospital administrators nor healthcare providers are qualified to make resource allocation decisions.

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