Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Parts 1-3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 |
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... percent as compared to an average increase of 2.5 percent in the period 1960-65 . Hospital daily charges which have been rising about 6 percent per year between 1960 and 1965 went up 16.5 percent in 1966. Physicians ' fees which had ...
... percent as compared to an average increase of 2.5 percent in the period 1960-65 . Hospital daily charges which have been rising about 6 percent per year between 1960 and 1965 went up 16.5 percent in 1966. Physicians ' fees which had ...
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... percent . In the past physicians ' fees have tended to increase faster when other prices in the economy were ... percent in 1966 in contrast to an average of 4.7 percent per year between 1960 and 1965 . The influence of medicare on ...
... percent . In the past physicians ' fees have tended to increase faster when other prices in the economy were ... percent in 1966 in contrast to an average of 4.7 percent per year between 1960 and 1965 . The influence of medicare on ...
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... percent figure that I mentioned , the 40 percent of all medical costs of the elderly that are covered under this program would be increased , we think , to about 50 percent . Senator SMATHERS . Say that again . Mr. DAVID . Yes , sir ...
... percent figure that I mentioned , the 40 percent of all medical costs of the elderly that are covered under this program would be increased , we think , to about 50 percent . Senator SMATHERS . Say that again . Mr. DAVID . Yes , sir ...
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... percent of the costs of the elderly are covered . The items not covered include such things as drugs , eye glasses , hearing aids , psychiatric care and hospital care beyond 90 days . Also excluded are expenses deriving from the ...
... percent of the costs of the elderly are covered . The items not covered include such things as drugs , eye glasses , hearing aids , psychiatric care and hospital care beyond 90 days . Also excluded are expenses deriving from the ...
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... percent had some de- ficiency and that 89 percent of the extended care facilities needed to improve their operations to meet medicare's quality goals . With this information in hand , we developed a program of con- sultation and ...
... percent had some de- ficiency and that 89 percent of the extended care facilities needed to improve their operations to meet medicare's quality goals . With this information in hand , we developed a program of con- sultation and ...
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Page 614 - For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
Page 457 - In a joint effort, the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare...
Page 209 - Smith observed that the division of labor is limited by the extent of the market.
Page 189 - ... by less than the standard error. The chances are about 95 out of 100 that the difference would be less than twice the standard error. The...
Page 188 - The standard error is primarily a measure of sampling variability, that is, of the variations that occur by chance because a sample rather than the whole of the population is surveyed. As calculated for this report, the standard error also partially measures the effect of response and enumeration errors, but it does not measure as such, any systematic biases in the data.
Page 188 - Reliability of the Estimates. Since the estimates are based on a sample, they may differ somewhat from the figures that would have been obtained if a complete census had been taken using the same schedules, instructions and enumerators.
Page 197 - ... 12-18% in blood grouping and typing; by 20-30% in hemoglobin measurements; by 40-80% in differential characterization of blood cells; and by 2030% in measurement of serum electrolytes. There also exists considerable variation In results from laboratory to laboratory. This information imlicutes that erroneous results are obtained in more than 25% of all tests analyzed by these studies.
Page 370 - American patent system and the need for legislative reform to eliminate the opportunity for misusing patents, stated: "* * * but we must be careful not to throw out the baby with the bath water.
Page 332 - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in cooperation with the Department of Defense and the Veterans...
Page 189 - The memory factor in data derived from field surveys of income probably produces underestimates, because the tendency is to forget minor or irregular sources of income. Other errors of reporting are due to misrepresentation or to misunderstanding as to the scope of the income concept.