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From kaisernetwork.org Daily Reports : IN THE JOURNALS
Health Affairs Nov./Dec. Issue Examines Chronic Illness in America
The following are highlights from the table of contents of the latest
edition of Health Affairs, available Nov. 13 :
Population Change: A special section on the aging population and its
projected health care needs. Articles include: "Declining Disability
Among the Elderly;" "Population Change: Friend or Foe of the Chronic
Care System?"
Medicine & Chronic Illness: "No Toyotas in Health Care: Why Medical Care
Has Not Evolved to Meet Patients' Needs;" "Perspective: Making a
Business Case for High Quality Chronic Illness Care;" "Improving Chronic
Illness Care: Translating Evidence into Action;"
Long Term Care: "Consumer Directed Services at Home: A New Model for
Persons with Disabilities;" "Choosing Long Term Care Insurance;"
"Long-Term Care: A Public Responsibility; "What Older People Want From
Long-Term Care, And How They Can Get It;" "Regulating U.S. Nursing
Homes: Are We Learning From Experience?;"
Coordination of Care: "Changing the Chronic Care System to Meet People's
Needs;"
Commentary: "You Can't Get There From Here: Obstacles to Improving Care
of the Chronically Ill;"
Health Tracking: "Marketwatch: The Health Status of Workers Who Decline
Employer-Sponsored Insurance;" "Trends: The Near-Elderly, Early
Retirees, And Managed Care;" "Trends: Calm Before the Storm: Expected
Increase In The Number of Uninsured Americans;"
Datawatch: "Comparing the National Economic Burden of Five Chronic
Conditions;" "Disability Profile and Health Care Costs of Medicare
Beneficiaries Under Age Sixty-Five;" "Aging Out of Coverage: Young
Adults With Special Needs;" "Out-of-Pocket Medical Spending for Care of
Chronic Conditions;" "Health Status and The Cost of Expanding Insurance
Coverage."
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