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ArticleThe New England journal of medicine2020

Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19.

Ezekiel J Emanuel, Govind Persad, Ross Upshur, Beatriz Thome, Michael Parker, Aaron Glickman, Cathy Zhang, Connor Boyle, Maxwell Smith, James P Phillips

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Article in The New England journal of medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 5 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 1,488 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04373135 nacompletednot on this map

A Study to Evaluate Health Behavior and Access Impacts Due to COVID-19 and for Community Engagement of Stakeholders Surrounding Scarce Resource Allocation Policy.

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of California, Los AngelesRan2020 to 2021Enrolled1,971ConditionsCovid-19, Critical Illness, Attitude of Health Personnel, Attitude to HealthArmsBrief educational video
NCT04542122 naunknown statusnot on this map

Moral Judgements and Choices of Caregivers in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: a Randomized Experimental Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity Hospital, CaenRan2020 to 2021Enrolled500ConditionsMoralsArmsChoices and judgements
NCT04834934 completednot on this map

Artificial Intelligence - SARS-CoV-2 Risk Evaluation

TypeobservationalSponsorIRCCS San RaffaeleRan2020 to 2021Enrolled2,000ConditionsCovid19
NCT04982770 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Medical Triage in a Time of Scarce Resources: a Randomized Controlled Study.

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity Hospital, CaenRan2021 to 2022Enrolled500ConditionsMorals, Covid19, Ethics, NarrativeArmsSurvey
NCT06084351 phase3withdrawnnot on this map

Phase 3 Open-Label Controlled Trial of Convalescent Plasma in Early COVID-19 Infection

TypeinterventionalSponsorLarkin Community HospitalRan2020 to 2020Enrolled0ConditionsCovid19ArmsConvalescent Plasma, Standard of Care
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Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ezekiel J EmanuelFrom the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (E.J.E., A.G., C.Z., C.B.); the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver (G.P.); the Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto (R.U.), and the School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON (M.S.) - both in Canada; the Preventive Medicine Department, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo (B.T.); the Wellcome Centre of Ethics and Humanities, the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (M.P.); and the Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC (J.P.P.).
Govind PersadFrom the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (E.J.E., A.G., C.Z., C.B.); the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver (G.P.); the Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto (R.U.), and the School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON (M.S.) - both in Canada; the Preventive Medicine Department, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo (B.T.); the Wellcome Centre of Ethics and Humanities, the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (M.P.); and the Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC (J.P.P.).
Ross UpshurFrom the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (E.J.E., A.G., C.Z., C.B.); the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver (G.P.); the Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto (R.U.), and the School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON (M.S.) - both in Canada; the Preventive Medicine Department, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo (B.T.); the Wellcome Centre of Ethics and Humanities, the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (M.P.); and the Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC (J.P.P.).
Beatriz ThomeFrom the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (E.J.E., A.G., C.Z., C.B.); the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver (G.P.); the Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto (R.U.), and the School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON (M.S.) - both in Canada; the Preventive Medicine Department, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo (B.T.); the Wellcome Centre of Ethics and Humanities, the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (M.P.); and the Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC (J.P.P.).
Michael ParkerFrom the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (E.J.E., A.G., C.Z., C.B.); the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver (G.P.); the Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto (R.U.), and the School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON (M.S.) - both in Canada; the Preventive Medicine Department, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo (B.T.); the Wellcome Centre of Ethics and Humanities, the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (M.P.); and the Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC (J.P.P.).
Aaron GlickmanFrom the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (E.J.E., A.G., C.Z., C.B.); the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver (G.P.); the Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto (R.U.), and the School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON (M.S.) - both in Canada; the Preventive Medicine Department, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo (B.T.); the Wellcome Centre of Ethics and Humanities, the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (M.P.); and the Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC (J.P.P.).
Cathy ZhangFrom the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (E.J.E., A.G., C.Z., C.B.); the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver (G.P.); the Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto (R.U.), and the School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON (M.S.) - both in Canada; the Preventive Medicine Department, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo (B.T.); the Wellcome Centre of Ethics and Humanities, the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (M.P.); and the Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC (J.P.P.).
Connor BoyleFrom the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (E.J.E., A.G., C.Z., C.B.); the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver (G.P.); the Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto (R.U.), and the School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON (M.S.) - both in Canada; the Preventive Medicine Department, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo (B.T.); the Wellcome Centre of Ethics and Humanities, the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (M.P.); and the Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC (J.P.P.).
Maxwell SmithFrom the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (E.J.E., A.G., C.Z., C.B.); the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver (G.P.); the Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto (R.U.), and the School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON (M.S.) - both in Canada; the Preventive Medicine Department, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo (B.T.); the Wellcome Centre of Ethics and Humanities, the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (M.P.); and the Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC (J.P.P.).
James P PhillipsFrom the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (E.J.E., A.G., C.Z., C.B.); the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver (G.P.); the Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto (R.U.), and the School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON (M.S.) - both in Canada; the Preventive Medicine Department, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo (B.T.); the Wellcome Centre of Ethics and Humanities, the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (M.P.); and the Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC (J.P.P.).

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

BetacoronavirusBioethical IssuesCoronavirus InfectionsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralCOVID-19Health Care RationingHealth PolicyHealth WorkforceHospital Bed CapacityHumansResource AllocationSARS-CoV-2United StatesVentilators, Mechanical

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PMID32202722

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