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Managed Care For the Elderly

nditures in the United States. Total health care expenditures in the United States in 1994 approximated $900 billion. Thus, total chronic care costs in 1992 approximated $300 billion. Individuals requiring chronic care as often perceived by others as being a drain on societal resources (Rosen, Fanshel, & Lutz, 1995, pp. 111-112, 240).

Most of the 10 percent of the population requiring long-term care for chronic ailments are elderly. As an example, where only 10 percent of the total population requires long-term care, 50 percent of those individuals aged 80 years or older require long-term care. The great majority of the elderly between the ages of 65 and 80 years old (which is the age group comprising the great majority of the elderly population segment), however, are not chronically ill, and, thus, do not require long-term care. One aspect of ageism, however, attempts to label all elderly persons as chronically ill persons requiring long-term care, where, in fact, most are vigorous and healthy, and require little more medical attention than do persons in other age groups (Minahan, 1995, p. 163).

Most of the health care services received by persons aged 65 years old and older in the United States are funded by the federal Medicare program. Medicare was enacted in 1965 as a uniform health care services financing program for individuals eligible for federal benefits under the social security program. All persons, regardless of financial situation, are eligible for participation in the Medicare program at age 65. Certain other persons afflicted by specified medical problems and disabilities are eligible for participation in Medicare regardless of age or financial condition. The proposed research, however, will focus on the primary objective of Medicare which is the financing of health care services for elderly persons (Cockerham, 1996, p. 253).

It is important to understand that the Medicare program does not provide any ...

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