COVID-19 Pandemic Healthcare Resource Allocation, Age and Frailty.
New Bioeth
; 27(2): 127-132, 2021 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1207208
ABSTRACT
The current coronavirus pandemic presents the greatest healthcare crisis in living memory. Hospitals across the world have faced unprecedented pressure. In the face of this tidal wave of demand for limited healthcare resources, how are clinicians to identify patients most likely to benefit? Should age or frailty be discriminators? This paper seeks to analyse the current evidence-base, seeking a nuanced approach to pandemic decision-making, such as admission to critical care.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Health Care Rationing
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Triage
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Critical Care
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Frailty
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
New Bioeth
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
20502877.2021.1917101
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