Disability | Distress | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
A | B | C | D | |
None | Mild | Moderate | Severe | |
From Menzel PT. Strong medicine:the ethical rationing of health care. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990:82–3 (reprinted with kind permission from the publisher). | ||||
1. No disability | 1.000 | 0.995 | 0.990 | 0.967 |
2. Slight disability | 0.990 | 0.986 | 0.973 | 0.932 |
3. Severe social disability or slight impairment at work | 0.980 | 0.972 | 0.956 | 0.912 |
4. Choice of work severely limited | 0.964 | 0.956 | 0.942 | 0.870 |
5. Unemployable but able to perform a few simple tasks | 0.946 | 0.935 | 0.900 | 0.700 |
6. Confined to chair or wheelchair | 0.875 | 0.845 | 0.680 | 0.000 |
7. Confined to bed | 0.677 | 0.564 | 0.000 | −1.486 |
8. Unconscious | −1.028 | – | – | – |