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."
