RT Book, Section
A1 Alkema, Gretchen E.
A1 Chernof,, Bruce Allen
A2 Williams, Brie A.
A2 Chang, Anna
A2 Ahalt, Cyrus
A2 Chen, Helen
A2 Conant, Rebecca
A2 Landefeld, C. Seth
A2 Ritchie, Christine
A2 Yukawa, Michi
SR Print(0)
ID 1100070586
T1 Public Policy Intersecting with an Aging Society
T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Geriatrics, 2e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179208-0
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100070586
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  continuum  of  care  that  supports  older  Americans  is  at  a  crossroads.  The  major  policy  initiatives  framing  financing  and  system  design  in  both  the  public  and  private  sectors  are  approximately  50  years  old  and  were  designed  for  a  very  different  time  and  population.  When  the  Medicare  and  Medicaid  programs  became  law  in  1965,  the  average  life  expectancy  in  the  United  States  was  70  years  (Figure  76–1),  and  most  hospitals  did  not  have  technologies  to  significantly  prolong  life  following  a  life-threatening  incident.