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December 1982 (Volume 60)
Quarterly Article
Judith Feder
William Scanlon
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Medicare covers only a narrowly defined portion of nursing home care. Its beneficiaries are dependent on an industry oriented toward other patients, thereby forcing Medicare to forgo both intended access and savings. Solutions to problems of disparate availability under a federal program require changes in federal policy and administration.
Author(s): Judith Feder; William Scanlon
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Volume 60, Issue 4 (pages 604–632) Published in 1982
