General healthcare preferences for people aged 50 and over in England: English longitudinal study of ageing
Nicholas Steel, Paola Zaninotto, Oby O. Enwo, James Banks · 2026
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Steel and colleagues report a 2026 study of general healthcare preferences among people aged 50 and over in England. The team used the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a national survey, and a short questionnaire covering six preference themes in about nine thousand respondents.
Themes covered risk, future focus, quality versus length of life, function versus looks, new treatments, and delegating decisions. Preferences varied widely, but patterns stood out. Women were less keen than men to hand decisions to doctors and more likely to put quality of life above length of life. People over 75 were more willing to delegate decisions and to avoid risks. Patterns can start a preference talk, but never replace asking the person.
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| CREATOR | Nicholas Steel, Paola Zaninotto, Oby O. Enwo, James Banks |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |