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March 1986 (Volume 64)
Quarterly Article
Mary Grace Kovar
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Policy debates about financing medical care for the elderly are often clouded by evidence drawn from averages based on aggregate data. The National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey enables examination of the circumstances of the 95 percent of the elderly who are not institutionalized. A significant portion of out-of-pocket charges falls on the poor; public expenditures are highly concentrated for the relatively few elderly in their last year of life. Medicare and Medicaid have successfully lessened the burden on families.
Author(s): Mary Grace Kovar
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Volume 64, Issue 1 (pages 100–132) Published in 1986
