Medicare matters : what geriatric medicine can teach American health care /

Medicare matters : what geriatric medicine can teach American health care /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cassel, Christine K.
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press ; New York ; Milbank Memorial Fund, c2005.
Description:	xiii, 254 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 14
Subject:	Medicare. Geriatrics -- United States. Medical policy -- United States. Older people -- Medical care -- United States. Medicare. Geriatrics -- United States. Health Policy -- United States. Health Services for the Aged -- United States. Geriatrics. Medical policy. Medicare. Older people -- Medical care. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5771281

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ISBN:	0520246241 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-241) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures
Foreword
Introduction
1. Medicare and the Social Contract
2. Longevity and Health
3. Quality of Care
4. Care Management: The Key to Modern Geriatric Medicine
5. Palliative Care
6. Coverage
7. Why Sixty-five?
8. Prescription Drugs
9. Finance
10. Politics
11. Rationing is Inevitable
12. The Social Contract
Notes
Index