Table 1.

Terms used to refer to age-related differential healthcare delivery or receipt

Age bias	Foregone care	Withholding effective treatment
Age-related	Gaps	Overlooked group
Age-dependent	Guideline deviation	Over-use
Ageism	Incomplete diagnostic assessment	Poorer access to appropriate care
Ageist in terms of access to provision	Inequality/inequalities	Poor quality of care
Ageist neglect	Inequity/inequitable	Relinquishment of care
Barriers to care	(In) appropriate care	Reluctance
Decreased use	Less likely to receive	Restriction in access
Denial of treatment	Limited use	Relative neglect
Difference/differences	Lower use	Risk-treatment paradox
Disparity/disparities	Low levels of receipt	Structural inequalities
Differential/differentials	Misfit between care and needs	Sub-optimal management
Disadvantaged	Not receiving adequate investigations and community therapy	Treated less aggressively
Discrimination	Universal access	Under-treatment
Disproportionate	Unmet need	Under-utilisation/under-use
Dissimilarities in care/utilisation	Variations	Under-representation
Discrepancy	Variability	Unfair system
Denied access	Variations based on non-clinical factors	Uneven distribution
Equity in access
Equity/equitable