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Suppose you are in charge of approving grants for a particular program. Presented to you are two applications: One attacks medical errors. The grant applicatio
by bradleyjg 11y ago
Suppose you are in charge of approving grants for a particular program. Presented to you are two applications:
One attacks medical errors. The grant application claims that it will prevent 10,000 deaths caused by medical error and the loss of 100,000 quality adjusted years of life.
The other attacks diabetes treatment non-compliance and the grant claims it will prevent 5,000 deaths caused by diabetes and the loss of 200,000 quality adjusted years of life.
All other things being equal, which one do you fund?
- venomsnake 11y agoWhat is treatment non compliance?
- bradleyjg 11y agoGenerally in this context, not taking insulin correctly for whatever reason.
- ars 11y agoThe first one. No question in my mind. You made it easy by having the larger number of lives saved together with the one where people are dying due to no fault of their own. (Also, I don't totally fault people for non-compliance - it's really hard to be perfectly compliant in any recommended thing. But I still prioritize it lower.)