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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2003
• 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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""
• 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.: 9910455834303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II