De facto health-care rationing by age. The law has no remedy.
Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio 45401-0927, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018579:Patient Selection; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment