Managing Older Adults with Presumed COVID-19 in the Emergency Department: A Rational Approach to Rationing

Tony Rosen; Lauren E. Ferrante; Shan W. Liu; Emily A. Benton; Mary R. Mulcare; Michael E. Stern; Kevin Biese; Ula Hwang; Martine Sanon

doi:10.1111/jgs.16651

Managing Older Adults with Presumed COVID-19 in the Emergency Department: A Rational Approach to Rationing

Tony Rosen, Lauren E. Ferrante, Shan W. Liu, Emily A. Benton, Mary R. Mulcare, Michael E. Stern, Kevin Biese, Ula Hwang, Martine Sanon

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1631-1635
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Volume	68
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16651
State	Published - 1 Aug 2020

Keywords

COVID-19
Emergency Department
Older adults
Rationing
Resource allocation

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