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].U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 - 846 pages |
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... increase . Isn't it wasteful , for example , to require individuals to cross entire cities by bus in order to get an X - ray or some kind of laboratory test , when neighborhood health centers could provide one - stop service more ...
... increase . Isn't it wasteful , for example , to require individuals to cross entire cities by bus in order to get an X - ray or some kind of laboratory test , when neighborhood health centers could provide one - stop service more ...
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... increases in medical prices were the largest in many years . In 1966 the index of medical prices increased 6.6 percent as compared to an average increase of 2.5 percent in the period 1960-65 . Hospital daily charges which have been ...
... increases in medical prices were the largest in many years . In 1966 the index of medical prices increased 6.6 percent as compared to an average increase of 2.5 percent in the period 1960-65 . Hospital daily charges which have been ...
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... increase faster when other prices in the economy were increasing rapidly as they did in 1966. If the anticipation of ... increase their charges sooner than they otherwise would have in the absence of medicare . After an initial upsurge ...
... increase faster when other prices in the economy were increasing rapidly as they did in 1966. If the anticipation of ... increase their charges sooner than they otherwise would have in the absence of medicare . After an initial upsurge ...
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... increase in physicians ' fees has not significantly affected the elderly . The coinsurance provisions of Medicare ... increased because of the payments of customary charges under Medicare . Many elderly persons pre- viously were paying ...
... increase in physicians ' fees has not significantly affected the elderly . The coinsurance provisions of Medicare ... increased because of the payments of customary charges under Medicare . Many elderly persons pre- viously were paying ...
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... increased demands for medical care . The Department of Health , Educa- tion and Welfare is convinced that beside an increase in traditional professional health workers , there is a need for significant increase in the number and kinds ...
... increased demands for medical care . The Department of Health , Educa- tion and Welfare is convinced that beside an increase in traditional professional health workers , there is a need for significant increase in the number and kinds ...
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