Age as a Basis for Healthcare Rationing
- 1 December 1996
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drugs & Aging
- Vol. 9 (6) , 399-402
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00002512-199609060-00002
Abstract
Age alone is a poor marker of disability. Decision making in medicine should be based on potential benefit to the individual. Most healthcare expenditure on the elderly is for routine care, which few...Keywords
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