Medicare matters what geriatric medicine can teach American health care / Christine K. Cassel.

Author/creator Cassel, Christine K.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press ; New York ; Milbank Memorial Fund,
Descriptionxiii, 254 p. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesCalifornia/Milbank books on health and the public ; 14
Contents Medicare and the social contract -- Longevity and health -- Ensuring quality of care for elderly patients -- Care management: the key to modern geriatric medicine -- Palliative care -- Medicare coverage: gaps, limits, and anomalies -- Why sixty-five? the case for lowering the age of Medicare eligibility -- Insurance: concepts and changes -- Prescription drugs: the challenge remains -- Politics: reforming Medicare reform -- Rationing is inevitable -- The social contract.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-241) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005011748
ISBN0520246241 (cloth : alk. paper)