Aging America: Trends and Projections : an Information Paper to the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989 - 152 pages |
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Page 25
... Medicare legislation , and inflation . In recent years , there has been a growing perception that the economic status of the elderly as a group has improved significant- ly , and that they now have economic resources approximating those ...
... Medicare legislation , and inflation . In recent years , there has been a growing perception that the economic status of the elderly as a group has improved significant- ly , and that they now have economic resources approximating those ...
Page 49
... Medicare as well ) ( table 2-11 ) . By contrast , only 15 percent of the elderly benefit from nonhealth in - kind benefits - and only 4 percent benefit from more than one of these benefits . Energy as- sistance and food stamps are the ...
... Medicare as well ) ( table 2-11 ) . By contrast , only 15 percent of the elderly benefit from nonhealth in - kind benefits - and only 4 percent benefit from more than one of these benefits . Energy as- sistance and food stamps are the ...
Page 59
... Medicare ( chart 2-21 ) . Despite the fact that older households have lower incomes and fewer household members , urban elderly units spent over three times as much as their younger counterparts on health insurance ( $ 641 v . $ 302 ) ...
... Medicare ( chart 2-21 ) . Despite the fact that older households have lower incomes and fewer household members , urban elderly units spent over three times as much as their younger counterparts on health insurance ( $ 641 v . $ 302 ) ...
Page 95
... Medicare , the average number of physician con- tacts and the percentage of persons 65 and over reporting that they had seen a physician in the last year have increased significantly , particularly for persons with low income.22 TABLE 4 ...
... Medicare , the average number of physician con- tacts and the percentage of persons 65 and over reporting that they had seen a physician in the last year have increased significantly , particularly for persons with low income.22 TABLE 4 ...
Page 96
... Medicare and Medicaid in 1966 , from 2.5 to 5 percent of the over - 65 population . Nursing home residents are disproportionately very old , female , and white . Nearly 84 percent of nursing home residents are with- out a spouse , as ...
... Medicare and Medicaid in 1966 , from 2.5 to 5 percent of the over - 65 population . Nursing home residents are disproportionately very old , female , and white . Nearly 84 percent of nursing home residents are with- out a spouse , as ...
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65 and older age group Aging World annual assets average Barbara Boyle benefits budget Bureau of Labor Canada caregivers Center for Health Chart compared Congressional Research Service Consumer Expenditure Survey consumer units Current Population Reports Current Population Survey Data prepared decline developed countries DEVELOPED WORLD elderly and nonelderly elderly persons elderly population Employment estimated families Fund health care Health Statistics heart disease Hispanic origin hospital housing increase Japan Kevin G Kinsella labor force participation Labor Statistics living Male Female median income Medicaid Medicare million National Center nursing home older persons older population older workers pension percent of older percentage persons 65 PERSONS AGE 65 Population Reports Series poverty level poverty rate projected race retirement SELECTED COUNTRIES Social Security Source spent spouse Sweden Taueber Torrey total support ratio U.S. Bureau U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Department United Kingdom Unpublished data unrelated individuals veterans West Germany younger