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cord-256011-0cr4ejxu	de Castro-Hamoy, Leniza	Age Matters but it should not be Used to Discriminate Against the Elderly in Allocating Scarce Resources in the Context of COVID-19	2020-06-16		.txt	text/plain	4410	185	51	This paper examines the fairness of recommendations contained in resource allocation guidelines in the Philippines that have implications for the way elderly patients could be treated or excluded from some forms of critical care treatment in the context of the ongoing Corona virus emergency. Anticipating a surge in demand for ventilators and other critical care equipment at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many institutions, agencies, and responsible authorities have had to issue guidelines or recommendations for the allocation of scarce medical resources in their respective territories or jurisdictions. After starting with an examination of the principle of net utility, the commentary goes on to explore and clarify what the TFG means by "maximizing prognosis." It emphasizes the importance of invoking short-term-rather than long-term-prognosis as a criterion to determine a patient's ability to benefit from the use of critical care resources during the period of scarcity.	./cache/cord-256011-0cr4ejxu.txt	./txt/cord-256011-0cr4ejxu.txt