Will elderly patients stand aside for younger patients in the queue for cardiac services?

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9177, 1999, Pages 467-470

  Mariotto, Aldo ^a,c   De Leo, Diego ^b   Dello Buono, Marirosa ^d   Favaretti, Carlo ^d   Austin, Peter ^d   Naylor, C David ^d  

^a Medical Directorate   (Italy)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Unita per Valutazione della Tecn S   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033533189     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)12192-X     Document Type: Article

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