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Medicare's disabled beneficiaries
— the forgotten population in the debate over drug benefits | | Author(s) | Becky Briesacher, Bruce Stuart, Jalpa Doshi |
| Corporate Author | Commonwealth Fund |
| Publisher | The Commonwealth Fund; Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, New York, 2002 |
| Pages | 31 pp |
| Source | The Commonwealth Fund, One East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021-2692, USA. www.cmwf.org |
| Keywords | Social security benefits ; Health services ; Physical disabilities ; Needs [elderly] ; Drugs ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Researchers based at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy look closely at the needs and characteristics of Medicare's disabled beneficiaries and compare them with those of Americans aged 65+. Although the disabled use more medication than the over 65s, they have been largely neglected in the debate over a Medicare prescription drug benefit, and are likely to be disadvantaged in policy changes that appear more favourable to older people. Support for this research was provided by the Commonwealth Fund and the Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021023001 B |
| Classmark | JH: L: BN: IK: LLD: 7T |
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