 | United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging - 1987 - 164 pages
...as often as the younger population, stay twice as long, and use twice as many prescription drugs.15 Health care utilization is greatest in the last year...risk of losing their independence, seven times the 14 National Center for Health Statistics: Health, United States, 1985. 15 National Center for Health... | |
 | 1989 - 166 pages
...often as the younger population, stay 50 percent longer, and use twice as many prescription drugs. ' 9 Health care utilization is greatest in the last year...risk of dying compared to persons 65 to 74 years of age.30 HOSPITAL USE The use of hospitals by older people, as measured by the number and rate of hospital... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging - 1990 - 140 pages
...Health care utilization is greatest in the last year of life and among the oldest of the old. Those age 85 and older have a three-fold greater risk of losing...of dying compared to persons 65 to 74 years of age. This growing elderly population is expected to place great burdens on Medicare and on Medicald (the... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging - 1990 - 128 pages
...cancer, cardiovascular diseases and AIDS research. (For long term care, see below) * The Frail Elderly. Health care utilization is greatest in the last year of life and among the oldest of the old. Those age 85 and older have a three-fold greater risk of losing their independence, seven times the... | |
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School, those 85 and older have a three-fold greater risk of losing their independence, seven times the chance of entering a nursing home and two-and-a-half times the risk of dying compared to persons 65 to 74 years of age. 