| Title | Out-of-Pocket Medical Spending and Charon's Obol |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2013 |
| Authors | McWilliams, JM |
| Journal | Journal of General Internal Medicine |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | 169-71 |
| Keywords | Healthcare, Medicare/Medicaid/Health Insurance, Public Policy |
| Abstract | McWilliams discusses the implications of a study by Kelley et al in which they used nationally representative survey data from the Health and Retirement Study to examine out-of-pocket household spending on medical care for 3,209 Medicare beneficiaries in the last 5 years of life. Reforming Medicare and financing long-term care to fulfill this promise is thorny business, and the stakes are high for getting it right. |
| Notes | Copyright - Society of General Internal Medicine 2013 Language of summary - English Pages - 169-71 ProQuest ID - 1278862739 Document feature - References Last updated - 2013-02-06 Place of publication - Oxford Corporate institution author - Mcwilliams, J Michael DOI - 2874842341; 74969942; 67145; GNLM; 23129165; SPVLGNLM116062822265 DOI - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-012-2265-4 |
| URL | http://search.proquest.com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/docview/1278862739?accountid=14667 |
| Endnote Keywords | Medical Sciences/medicare/Public Policy/Out of pocket costs/Long Term Care |
| Endnote ID | 69776 |
| Citation Key | 7912 |
