Health status and medical treatment of the future elderly : final report / Dana P. Goldman [and others].

Published:: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2004]
Copyright Date:: ©2004
Physical Description:: xxxv, 228 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Additional Creators:: Goldman, Dana P. (Dana Paul), 1966- and Rand Corporation

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Contents:

Prospects for medical advances in the 21st century -- The medical expert panels -- The future elderly model (FEM) -- Health expenditures -- Health status -- The health status of future Medicare entering cohorts -- Scenarios -- Usefulness to the Office of the Actuary -- Conclusions.

Summary:

To help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services more accurately predict future health care costs, RAND Health developed the Future Elderly Model (FEM). A demographic-economic model of health spending projections, the FEM enables the user to answer "what-if" questions about the effects of changes in health status and disease treatment on future health care costs. This report describes the development of the FEM and its application in four key clinical areas.

Report Numbers:

RAND/TR-169-CMS

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ISBN:

083303653X (pbk.)
9780833036537 (pbk.)

Note:

"TR-169-CMS, August 2004, prepared for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services."

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-228).

Other Forms:

Also available in electronic form via the RAND Corporation Web site.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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