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Swan, James H.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1990
Of 189 nursing homes, 83 percent reported that Medicare's hospital Prospective Payment System (PPS) affected patient needs, 53 percent said it affected patients and services provided, and 25 percent said it affected referrals to hospitals. PPS effects depended on facility factors of size, Medicare certification, tax status, and on local market…
Descriptors: Health Care Costs, Health Insurance, Long Term Care, Nursing Homes
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
There is disagreement about who is to be the primary payer when dual coverage exists under Medicare and a employer-sponsored group health plan for federal, state, and local government employees after the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986. Medicare administrators of the Health Care Financing Administration interpret the Act as applying to…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Employees, Insurance
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American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1974
Statement prepared by American Occupational Therapy Association's Government Affairs Section and reviewed for technical accuracy by the Social Security Administration. (J/A)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Medical Services, Occupational Therapy
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Isaacs, Joseph C. – Journal of Medical Education, 1978
A survey conducted by the Department of Teaching Hospitals of the Association of American Medical Colleges is reported that shows income, expense, and general operating data for university-owned teaching hospitals. Sixty-one hospitals reported data that were keyed to Medicare cost reports. Self-pay and Medicare maintained their places as leading…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Higher Education, Hospitals, Income
Weeks, William B.; Lee, Richard E.; Wallace, Amy E.; West, Alan N.; Bagian, James P. – Journal of Rural Health, 2009
Context: Unplanned readmission within 30 days of discharge is an indicator of hospital quality. Purpose: We wanted to determine whether older rural veterans who were enrolled in the VA had different rates of unplanned readmission to VA or non-VA hospitals than their urban counterparts. Methods: We used the combined VA/Medicare dataset to examine…
Descriptors: Veterans, Hospitals, Medical Care Evaluation, Risk
Sambamoorthi, Usha; Shea, Dennis; Crystal, Stephen – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: The burden of prescription drug costs on Medicare beneficiaries has become a critical policy issue in improving the Medicare program, yet few studies have provided detailed and current information on that burden. The present study estimates total and out-of-pocket expenditures for prescription drugs and the burden of these costs in…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Income, Drug Use, Health Conditions
Bookman, Ann; Kimbrel, Delia – Future of Children, 2011
Although most Americans know that the U.S. population is aging, they are far less informed about the reality of providing elders with personal care, health care, and social support. Families--particularly women--have always been critical in providing elder care, but the entry of so many women into the paid labor force has made elder care…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Family Work Relationship, Older Adults, Aging (Individuals)
Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Bureau of Health Professions. – 1988
This report provides information on approved educational activities for nursing and other nonphysician health professions for which reimbursement is made to hospitals under the Medicare program. Information was summarized from an examination of existing data and a special study of the variations that exist in hospital educational activities. The…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Hospitals
Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Watanabe-Galloway, Shinobu; Sun, Junfeng; Qiu, Fang; Boilesen, Eugene; Thorson, Alan G. – Journal of Rural Health, 2009
Background: There are no studies of rurality, and other determinants of colorectal cancer (CRC) stage at diagnosis with population-based data from the Midwest. Methods: This retrospective study identified, incident CRC patients, aged 19 years and older, from 1998-2003 Nebraska Cancer Registry (NCR) data. Using federal Office of Management and…
Descriptors: Cancer, Insurance, Identification, Patients
Gluck, Michael E.; And Others – 1989
This study examined the implications of potential Medicare coverage for the use of preventive services by analyzing current use and and the determinants of that use by the elderly. Trends in available data suggested that the use of preventive services varies widely according to the type of service and that the rates of use of specific services…
Descriptors: Government Role, Health Education, Health Services, Older Adults
Holmes, Monica; And Others – 1978
Existing data are summarized and original data provided on minority participation rates in alternative services among the elderly. Data from several federally-funded programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, are presented. A group of 32 counties in the US, representing a universe of counties in which minorities constitute a large proportion of…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Services, Federal Programs, Medical Services
Pink, George H.; Holmes, G. Mark; D'Alpe, Cameron; Strunk, Lindsay A.; McGee, Patrick; Slifkin, Rebecca T. – Journal of Rural Health, 2006
Context: There is a growing recognition of the need to measure and report hospital financial performance. However, there exists little comparative financial indicator data specifically for critical access hospitals (CAHs). CAHs differ from other hospitals on a number of dimensions that might affect appropriate indicators of performance, including…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Health Care Costs, Medical Services, Rural Areas
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Larkin, Heather – Social Work, 2004
Social justice is a core value to the mission of social work. Older people are among the most vulnerable populations for whom social workers are called on to advocate. Although Medicare prescription drug coverage has been a top legislative issue over the past few years, such a benefit expansion has yet to be implemented. This article examines the…
Descriptors: Social Work, Justice, Substance Abuse
Waldman, H. Barry; Perlman, Steven P.; Cinotti, Debra A. – Exceptional Parent, 2009
Repeated studies of graduating dental students indicate limited preparation to provide services for individuals with special healthcare needs. By the end of the 1990s and into the present decade, more than half of the U.S. dental schools provided less than five hours of class room presentations and about three quarters of the schools provided 0-5…
Descriptors: Dental Schools, Disabilities, Dentistry, Health Services
Mueller, Curt; Schur, Claudia – Journal of Rural Health, 2004
Rural impacts of a Medicare drug benefit will ultimately depend on the number of elderly who are currently without drug coverage, new demand by those currently without coverage, the nature of the new benefit relative to current benefits, and benefit design. Purpose: To enhance understanding of drug coverage among rural elderly Medicare…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Urban Areas, Health Insurance, Expenditures