Costs and Delivery of Health Services to Older Americans: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, First [and Second] Session[s].U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 |
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In the absence of medicare the 1966 acceleration in hospital costs would not have been surprising . Rising prices in tight labor markets were bound to exert pressure on those costs . Further collective action on the part of nurses ...
In the absence of medicare the 1966 acceleration in hospital costs would not have been surprising . Rising prices in tight labor markets were bound to exert pressure on those costs . Further collective action on the part of nurses ...
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The program is financed , we believe , on a conservative basis and even though hospital costs in 1966 did increase by 161/2 percent or so , this is within the range of the estimates made on the costs of the program , and there is no ...
The program is financed , we believe , on a conservative basis and even though hospital costs in 1966 did increase by 161/2 percent or so , this is within the range of the estimates made on the costs of the program , and there is no ...
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Alvin M. DAVID FROM SENATOB SMATHERS IN CONNECTION WITH HEARINGS ON Costs and DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES TO OLDER ... in use seems to have occurred where the beneficiary pays a share of the cost compared with where he does not .
Alvin M. DAVID FROM SENATOB SMATHERS IN CONNECTION WITH HEARINGS ON Costs and DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES TO OLDER ... in use seems to have occurred where the beneficiary pays a share of the cost compared with where he does not .
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One point to consider in this connection is that a reduction in cost - sharing which carried with it a substantial increase in premiums might have the effect of reducing enrollment in medical insurance with the entire medical care costs ...
One point to consider in this connection is that a reduction in cost - sharing which carried with it a substantial increase in premiums might have the effect of reducing enrollment in medical insurance with the entire medical care costs ...
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effect of eliminating the initial $ 40 deductible and the $ 10 daily coinsurance for the 61st through 90th days was an increase in the level - cost of .14 % of taxable payroll . This represents a relative increase in cost of 11 % .
effect of eliminating the initial $ 40 deductible and the $ 10 daily coinsurance for the 61st through 90th days was an increase in the level - cost of .14 % of taxable payroll . This represents a relative increase in cost of 11 % .
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| Title | Costs and Delivery of Health Services to Older Americans: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, First [and Second] Session[s]. Volumes 1-3 of Costs and Delivery of Health Services to Older Americans: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health of the Elderly of the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Ninetieth Congress, First [and Second] Session[s], United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health of the Elderly Issues 1-3 of Costs and Delivery of Health Services to Older Americans: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, First [and Second] Session[s], United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health of the Elderly |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health of the Elderly |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 Jul 2008 |
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