Our parents, ourselves : health care for an aging population / Julie P.W. Bynum, [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bynum, Julie P. W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health services administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Lebanon, N.H. : The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, 2016.

Summary:

Preface -- Introduction -- Who Are the Older Adults in American Health Care? -- Americans Age 75 Years and Older -- Geographic Distribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Race -- Fee-for-Service Care for Medicare Beneficiaries -- Medicare Beneficiaries Living in Nursing Homes -- Medicare Beneficiaries who are Eligible for Medicaid -- Medicare Beneficiaries who are Dual-Eligible and Living in Nursing Homes -- Home and Community-Based Services Investments and Nursing Home Use among Dual-Eligibles -- How Do Older Americans Interact with the Health Care System? -- Number of Contact Days -- Predominant Provider of Care -- Number of Unique Clinicians -- Annual Wellness Visits -- Number of Days Spent in an Inpatient Setting -- Which Areas Still Need Improvement? -- Screening for Prostate Cancer in Men Age 75 and Older -- Screening for Breast Cancer in Women Age 75 and Older -- Late Hospice Referral at the End of Life -- Feeding Tube Placement in People with Dementia -- Days Spent in the Intensive Care Unit in the Last Six Months of Life -- In Which Areas Are We Making Progress? -- Use of High-Risk Medications -- Comprehensive Diabetes Testing -- Preventable Hospital Admissions -- Thirty-Day Readmission Rates -- High Cost, High Need: Older Adults with Multimorbidity and Dementia -- Contact with the Health Care System -- Use of Inpatient Services -- The Challenge of Care Coordination -- Opportunities in Primary Care for Care Coordination and Advance Care Planning -- Urgent Need for Improvement in Medication Management -- A Path Forward -- Methods -- Demographic Measures -- Interactions with the Health Care System -- Screening and End-of-Life Care -- Areas Showing Progress -- Special Populations -- Appendix Tables -- References.

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