Treatment disparities based on age exist.
A recent study indicated that those patients who were very old (i.e. over 90) did not receive the same treatment per heart guidelines when admitted to the emergency room.
The reason? Seems it was based on their age alone. Although, case review has indicated that other than bleeding, the very old did just as well when state of the art practice was provided, as it was for their younger counter parts.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April, 2007
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