Qualitative analysis of Medicare claims in the last 3 years of life: a pilot study
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A study of end-of-life care in the case of chronically ill older people indicates that identifying a single cause of death based on vital statistics is not the most appropriate method for determining Medicare claims.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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MediCaring: development and test marketing of a supportive care benefit for older people
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Development and test marketing of a supportive care benefit for older people, experimentally dubbed MediCaring, is discussed. Preferences of older Medicare beneficiaries were assessed relative to this plan which would emphasize more home-based and supportive health care and discourage hospitalization and aggressive treatment. Most of the focus group participants older than 80 favored the program and those ages 65-74 wanted access to all possible medical treatment and saw MediCaring as suitable for people older than they were.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1999
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