Long-term care and medicare policy : can we improve the continuity of care? / / David Blumenthal ... [et al.], editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/6/0973
• Soggetto topico: Medicare; Long-term care of the sick - United States - Finance; Long-term care of the sick - Government policy - United States; Long-term care insurance - United States
• Altri autori: BlumenthalDavid <1948->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Overview""; ""PART ONE - Chronic and Long-Term Care: What Are the Needs?""; ""2 Long-Term-Care Needs of Elders and Persons with Disability""; ""3 Reality of Caring for the Long- Term- Care Population""; ""4 Planning for and Financing Long- Term Care""; ""Commentary on Part One""; ""PART TWO - Care for the Elderly and Disabled under the American Social Contract""; ""5 Evolution of the American Social Contract for Care""; ""6 Medicare Coverage for Chronic Conditions: The HIV- AIDS Example""; ""Commentary on Part Two"" ; ""PART THREE - Prospects for Long-Term-Care Policymaking at State and Federal Levels""""7 Perspective on the Politics of Long- Term Care""; ""8 The View from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation""; ""9 The Role of States in Long- Term- Care Reform""; ""10 Long-Term-Care Policy in the New Reality""; ""Commentary on Part Three""; ""PART FOUR - Building on Experience: What Have We Learned about Meeting Needs for Chronic and Long- Term Care?""; ""11 Ensuring Quality in Long- Term- Care Settings"" ; ""12 Importance of Interdisciplinary Teams to Support Self- Care: The Example of Kaiser Permanente""""13 Chronic- Care Initiatives: What We Have Learned and Implications for the Medicare Program""; ""Commentary on Part Four""; ""PART FIVE - Visions for the Future: How Might We Meet Tomorrow's Needs for Chronic and Long- Term Care?""; ""14 Private Long-Term-Care Solutions: The Government as Employer""; ""15 The Life Care Annuity: A Better Approach to Financing Long-Term Care and Retirement Income""; ""16 Long-Term Care for the Elderly: Lessons from Abroad"" ; ""17 Caring Communities: What Would It Take?""""18 Meeting Tomorrow's Need for Chronic and Long- Term Care""; ""Commentary on Part Five""; ""Epilogue""; ""19 National Policymakers on Long- Term- Care Policy""; ""Contributors""; ""Conference Program""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: As the population ages, policymakers must evaluate the nation's readiness to assist a growing group of people with conditions requiring chronic and long-term care. Based on the 2002 annual meeting of the National Academy of Social Insurance, this new volume offers a variety of viewpoints from policymakers, researchers, and experts who examine how well the needs of the elderly and disabled Americans are being met by today's financing and delivery systems, in light of potential reform options. Particular attention is paid to care coordination issues--namely, the impact of acute-care policies on long-term and chronic care--to draw attention to how the segmentation of healthcare provision can create disruptions in patient care. Authors address the advantages and disadvantages of varying levels of state, federal, and private involvement in long-term care. Clearly, for people to access appropriate long-term care today and tomorrow, a careful balance of financing sources and integrated health care must be achieved. Researchers, analysts, and policymakers, therefore, will find this volume useful to informing thoughtful analysis of important long-term care issues.
• Titolo autorizzato: Long-term care and medicare policy
• ISBN: 0-8157-1014-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818832403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II