Health Status and Medical Treatment of the Future Elderly Final Report

• Main Author: Goldman, Dana P. (auth)
• Other Authors: Hurd, Michael D. (auth), Shekelle, Paul G. (auth), Newberry, Sydne (auth), Shang, Baoping (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2004
• Subjects: Medicolegal issues; Population & demography; Health Sciences; Population Studies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

To help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services more accurately predict future health care costs, RAND Health developed the Future Elderly Model (FEM). A demographic-economic model of health spending projections, the FEM enables the user to answer "what-if" questions about the effec...