Cardiac surgery in elderly patients: benefits and resource priorities

Cardiac surgery in elderly patients: benefits and resource priorities

Discounting human costs, a popular past time among holders of the public purse, dependency in older people commonly requires continuing support from social service agencies or more frequent admission to nursing home care at a cost of approximately £20 000 (US$32 000) per year. [...]separate budget...

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Veröffentlicht in:Heart (British Cardiac Society) 1999-08, Vol.82 (2), p.121-122
1. Verfasser: PATHY, M S JOHN
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age
Aged
Cardiac Surgical Procedures - economics
Cardiovascular disease
Comorbidity
Coronary vessels
Costs and Cost Analysis
Heart Diseases - surgery
Heart surgery
Hospital costs
Humans
Intensive care
Life Expectancy
Medical prognosis
Mortality
Older people
Patient Advocacy
Patient Selection
Postoperative period
Quality of Life
Retirement policies
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Zusammenfassung:Discounting human costs, a popular past time among holders of the public purse, dependency in older people commonly requires continuing support from social service agencies or more frequent admission to nursing home care at a cost of approximately £20 000 (US$32 000) per year. [...]separate budget holding for health and social services distorts the true cost of the conservative versus surgical intervention equation.
ISSN:1355-6037
1468-201X
DOI:10.1136/hrt.82.2.121