American journal of public health (1971), 2002-08, Vol.92 (8), p.1244-1245
2002
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Medical and long-term care costs when older persons become more dependent
- Ist Teil von
- American journal of public health (1971), 2002-08, Vol.92 (8), p.1244-1245
- Ort / Verlag
- Washington, DC: American Public Health Association
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2002
- Link zum Volltext
- Quelle
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Loss of independence in older persons places considerable financial burden on them, their families, and the health care system. The additional medical and long-term care costs that occur during the year when older persons make the transition to dependency at home or move to a nursing home are estimated.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0090-0036eISSN: 1541-0048DOI: 10.2105/ajph.92.8.1244Titel-ID: cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_1447222
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Activities of Daily Living, Aged, Aging, Beneficiaries, Biological and medical sciences, Costs, Dental care, Dependency, Disability, Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data, Elderly people, General aspects, Health care, Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data, Health care expenditures, Health care policy, Health Care Surveys, Health Services for the Aged - economics, Home Nursing - economics, Humans, Interviews, Interviews as Topic, Long term care, Long term health care, Long-Term Care - economics, Medical sciences, Medicare, Medicare - economics, Medicare - statistics & numerical data, Nursing homes, Nursing Homes - economics, Older people, Personal health, Planification. Prevention (methods). Intervention. Evaluation, Population, Public health, Public health. Hygiene, Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine, Research and Practice, Surveys, Trends, United States, USA