Elderly may be subject to medical age bias
BALTIMORE (UPI) — U.S. researchers say seriously injured
people age 65 and older are 52 percent less likely than others of being
taken to a trauma center.
The researchers say elderly patients are undertriaged — with only 17.8
percent being taken to a designated trauma center — compared to 49.
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