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Book/Printed Material Prescription drugs, medical care, and health outcomes a model of elderly health

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Title

  • Prescription drugs, medical care, and health outcomes a model of elderly health

Summary

  • "There is much debate about whether the Medicare Prescription Drug Bill - the greatest expansion of Medicare benefits since its creation in 1965 - will improve the health of elderly Americans, and how much it will cost. We model how insurance affects medical care utilization, and subsequently, health outcomes over time in a dynamic model with correlated errors. Longitudinal individual-level data from the 1992-1998 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey provide estimates of these effects. Simulations over five years show that expanding prescription drug coverage would increase drug expenditures by between 12% and 17%. However, other health care expenditures would only increase slightly, and the mortality rate would improve"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

  • Zhou, Yang
  • Gilleskie, Donna B.
  • Norton, Edward C.
  • National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2004

Headings

  • -  United States.--Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
  • -  Medicare
  • -  Older people--United States--Pharmaceutical assistance
  • -  Pharmaceutical services insurance--United States
  • -  Prescription pricing--United States

Notes

  • -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 1/11/2005.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Also available in print.
  • -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  • -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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  • HB1

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  • 2005615461

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Zhou, Yang, Donna B Gilleskie, Edward C Norton, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. Prescription Drugs, Medical Care, and Health Outcomes a Model of Elderly Health. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005615461/.

APA citation style:

Zhou, Y., Gilleskie, D. B., Norton, E. C. & National Bureau Of Economic Research. (2004) Prescription Drugs, Medical Care, and Health Outcomes a Model of Elderly Health. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2005615461/.

MLA citation style:

Zhou, Yang, et al. Prescription Drugs, Medical Care, and Health Outcomes a Model of Elderly Health. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2005615461/>.