ABSTRACT
Changes in the organization and financing of the health care system can have great consequences for the resource allocation problems. In discussions of resource allocation and setting limits, many problems concern justice between different groups, between generations, and sometimes within a single life. In the context of resource allocation, there are a number of obviously relevant factual premises. They include, for example, information concerning the health care options available, the cost and efficiency of the diagnostic and therapeutic options, the waiting time for certain treatments, as well as the needs of the population at large. Allocation of resources takes place on different levels. The politicians elected can influence resource allocation problems particularly on the political-administrative level and the general political level, i.e. when resources are allocated to different activities, and hospitals. Priorities have always been made, and resources have always been allocated to health care in one way or other.
