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Health Status and Medical Treatment of the Future Elderly Final Report

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...

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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
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Summary: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 effects of changes in health status and disease treatment on future health care costs. This report describes the development of the FEM and its application in four key clinical areas.
ISBN:TR169CMS
9780833057983
9780833036537
Access:Open Access

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