Guidelines For Care Of Elderly Patients Ignored

 Guidelines for the treatment of older patients with respiratory conditions are routinely ignored. Research published in the open access journal BMC Health Services Research shows that recommended treatments are given to only a small minority of eligible patients.

Benjamin Craig from the Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, USA, led a team who investigated the treatment of nearly 30,000 patients across the US. According to Craig, "Despite the proliferation of numerous guidelines for the management of adults with obstructive respiratory diseases, we found major disparities between the actual care given and that which is recommended".

Norman DeLisle, MDRC
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