Medicare matters what geriatric medicine can teach American health care / Christine K. Cassel.
| Author/creator | Cassel, Christine K. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press ; New York ; Milbank Memorial Fund, |
| Description | xiii, 254 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | California/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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-241) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005011748 |
| ISBN | 0520246241 (cloth : alk. paper) |