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Comparative Study
. 1984 Fall;6(1):1-29.

Demographic characteristics and health care use and expenditures by the aged in the United States: 1977-1984

D R Waldo, H C Lazenby
Comparative Study

Demographic characteristics and health care use and expenditures by the aged in the United States: 1977-1984

D R Waldo et al. Health Care Financ Rev. 1984 Fall.

Abstract

In recent years, increasing attention has been given to the use and financing of health care for the aged. The authors of this article summarize much of the data related to that use, and present original estimates of health spending in 1984 on behalf of the aged. The estimates are designed to indicate trends in health expenditures and are tied to aggregate personal health care expenditures from the National Health Accounts.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Age-adjusted death rates for persons 65 years of age or over, by sex: United States, 1940-78
Figure 2
Figure 2. Percent of persons assessed in fair or poor health by age: United States, 1978
Figure 3
Figure 3. Medicare utilization by the aged: decedents last year of life vs. survivors in 1978
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