Judgement Analysis of the Clinical Policies of Cardiologists, Care of the Elderly Specialists and General Practitioners, 2002

The main aims of the study were to measure the extent of any inequalities in treatment between age groups within the NHS in relation to cardiovascular disease, which has multi-risk profiles, involving the use of expensive medical technologies. The objectives were to measure and analyse i) actual decisions and ii) tacit and stated (theoretical) clinical decision policies, in the face of risk of arterial disease by age of the patient.