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Resource Allocation

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Definition: Societal or individual decisions about the equitable distribution of available resources.  for health care resource allocation, use HEALTH CARE RATIONING; use both terms only when a discussion of health care resource allocation is accompanied by a more theoretical discussion of the concept of equity in the distribution of limited resources   
Examples Health Care Rationing
Other names Resources Allocation; Resource Allocations; Allocations, Resource; Allocation, Resource; Allocation of Resources

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