These days, Medicare and our health care system push people on a quest to reverse aging using aggressive tests and treatments that can harm more than help. Elderly patients are defined as lists of diseases and numbers that can be fixed, rather than as whole persons who need much more persona...
Medicare, access to care, and health among the elderlyLipton, Brandy
The paper analyzes medical care demand of the Chinese elderly, the influence of medical care insurance system on the elderly, and impacts of population aging on the Medicare insurance. The study suggests that the medical care expenditure of retired elderly on full pay should be covered by social...
If the care received by vulnerable older people concurrently enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid was evaluated on a grading scale, it would squeak by with a barely passing mark, a new UCLA study has found. Ad Using quality-of-care measurements developed by the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders ...
In addition, Medicare pays little for long-term care; and about 45% of long-term care is paid for out-of-pocket by the elderly and their families. Alternative approaches are desperately needed of Medicare if our elderly are to survive. 展开 关键词:...
the domestic health care market has been affected by the medicare card ban in drug stores, the “100-day action” and the formal implementation of the cross-border e-commerce law, and the market growth has been slowing down....
erly workers.(News) Medicare pay bill passes; Plan tackles health care bills for elderly workers.(News)Medicare pay bill passes; Plan tackles health care bills for elderly workers.(News)Geisel, Jerry
Use of Veterans Affairs Medical Care by Enrollees in Medicare HMOs. The article presents a letter to the editor concerning research on patients who use Veteran Health Administration (VA) services while being simultaneously ... DeVito,Carolee,A.,... - 《New England Journal of Medicine》 被引量...
The development of the Medicare Prospective Payment System based on diagnosis-relating groupings is reviewed. Special emphasis is placed on analysis of the provisions that have a potential impact on geriatric medicine and on the care of the frail elderly. The authors conclude that in its present ...
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