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Intensive Care for the Aged in a Swedish Community Hospital

For several years, a debate has been under way regarding the advantages of increasingly costly intensive care. In the US, it has been calculated that approximately 10% of medical care costs are associated with intensive care. Debate has developed concerning the ethical implications of a growing intensive care sector, with an emphasis on the issue of quality of life. The discussion has also taken up the consequences of the growing potential for caring for increasingly aged indi-viduals. To provide a basis for this discussion, we have reviewed a study of the advantages and costs of intensive care for the aged at a Swedish community hospital. Parts of this paper were presented at the Swedish Surgical Association's autumn meeting in Nassjo, August 1981 (3, 6).