A Model Hospital Policy and Allocation Framework for COVID-19 Medications

A multidisciplinary team, including economists from Boston College, created a model hospital policy and allocation framework to assist hospitals and health systems with allocating scarce medications to treat patients with COVID-19. Economics Professors Utku Ünver, Tayfun Sönmez, and Bumin Yenmez' contributions included their research paper "Leaving No Ethical Value Behind: Triage Protocol Design for Pandemic Rationing" which proposed an innovative reserve system model for rationing medical resources. Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh