Saving Dollars, Saving Lives: The Importance of Prevention in Curing Medicare : Hearing Before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, Washington, DC, June 30, 2005, Том 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006 - 97 страници |
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... receiving Social Security benefits on the basis of a disability , are entitled to Medicare benefits regardless of age . 7. See Box I for the definition of chronic conditions used in this paper . Table 2 . HIGH - COST MEDICARE ...
... receiving Social Security benefits on the basis of a disability , are entitled to Medicare benefits regardless of age . 7. See Box I for the definition of chronic conditions used in this paper . Table 2 . HIGH - COST MEDICARE ...
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... received , the high- and low - cost groups were similar in that they both visited physicians regularly ( see Table 4 ) . The vast majority of Medicare beneficiaries in both groups saw a physician in 2001 ; however , among high - cost ...
... received , the high- and low - cost groups were similar in that they both visited physicians regularly ( see Table 4 ) . The vast majority of Medicare beneficiaries in both groups saw a physician in 2001 ; however , among high - cost ...
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... received in a pa- tient's last year of life , which often postpones death for only a short time . Indeed , the high mortality rate among high - cost beneficiaries reported in Figure 2 confirms that a sizable fraction of spending by high ...
... received in a pa- tient's last year of life , which often postpones death for only a short time . Indeed , the high mortality rate among high - cost beneficiaries reported in Figure 2 confirms that a sizable fraction of spending by high ...
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... . It is important to note that improving the care received by high - cost beneficiaries in itself may be a worthwhile objective , even if it fails to reduce costs . MEYER ET AL . Background The VA Florida - Puerto 30.
... . It is important to note that improving the care received by high - cost beneficiaries in itself may be a worthwhile objective , even if it fails to reduce costs . MEYER ET AL . Background The VA Florida - Puerto 30.
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... received a remarkable number of awards and a flood of national publicity for our wellness and em- ployee development initiatives . We earned that recognition by man- aging our health care costs ; at the same time , we improved the ...
... received a remarkable number of awards and a flood of national publicity for our wellness and em- ployee development initiatives . We earned that recognition by man- aging our health care costs ; at the same time , we improved the ...
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Страница 35 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Страница 35 - With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side'; His youthful hose well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound : Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness, and mere oblivion ; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every thing.
Страница 15 - Technology for his counsel during the research and for reviewing the draft of the report. (The assistance of external reviewers implies no responsibility for the final product, which rests solely with CBO.) V.
Страница 94 - Hospital diagnoses, Medicare charges, and nursing home admissions in the year when older persons become severely disabled.
Страница 14 - Numbers in the text and tables may not add up to totals because of rounding, Some of the figures in Chapter 2 a0d Appendix D use shaded vertical bars to indicate periods of recession.
Страница 61 - ... Self-care education for the beneficiary (through approaches such as disease management or medical nutrition therapy) and education for primary caregivers and family members. "(C) Education for physicians and other providers and collaboration to enhance communication of relevant clinical information. "(D) The use of monitoring technologies that enable patient guidance through the exchange of pertinent clinical information, such as vital signs, symptomatic information, and health self-assessment....
Страница 24 - Patterns of functional decline at the end of life. Journal of the American Medical Association, 289( 18), 2387-2392.
Страница 25 - CRS based on data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Note: Amounts are based on three-year averages ending in the years shown and are weighted by beneficiary demographics and count.
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