Access all ages: assessing the impact of age on access to surgical treatment

"Where there are allegations of rationing of interventions according to age, as opposed to clinical need and potential benefit, these should be investigated by the commissioners of that service and escalated to the NHS Commissioning Board where appropriate."

Access all ages: assessing the impact of age on access to surgical treatment
Royal College of Surgeons of England
October 2012

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Understanding patterns of health and social care at the end of life

"Individuals with the highest social care costs had relatively low average hospital costs - this was broadly the case irrespective of age, and suggests that use of social care may prevent the need for hospital care."

Understanding patterns of health and social care at the end of life
T Georghiou, S Davies, A Davies, M Bardsley
Nuffield Institute
October 2012

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