1. What drives health care spending?: Can we know whether population aging is a 'red herring'? Publication: Chestnut Hill, MA : Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, c2009 Subject(s): Health Expenditures -- statistics & numerical dataHealth Expenditures -- trendsLongevityMortalityPopulation DynamicsTerminal Care -- economicsAge FactorsAgingBudgetsForecastingHealth TransitionLife ExpectancyHumansUnited States
2. Caring for an aging America: invited testimony : House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies : hearing on "Health Care Access and the Aging of America" Publication: [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2007] Subject(s): Age DistributionHealth Services Accessibility -- statistics & numerical dataHealth Services for the Aged -- statistics & numerical dataLong-Term Care -- statistics & numerical dataPopulation DynamicsActivities of Daily LivingAgedAged, 80 and overChronic Disease -- epidemiologyForecastingHealth Manpower -- statistics & numerical dataHealth Services Needs and Demand -- statistics & numerical dataHome Care Services -- statistics & numerical dataInsurance Coverage -- statistics & numerical dataLong-Term Care -- trendsLong-Term Care -- utilizationMedicaid -- statistics & numerical dataMedicare -- statistics & numerical dataNursing Homes -- statistics & numerical dataQuality of Health CareHumansUnited States
3. A healthier America: 10 top priorities for prevention Publication: Washington, DC : Trust for America's Health, March 2008 Subject(s): Health PlanningHealth PolicyPreventive Health Services -- methodsBioterrorism -- prevention & controlCommunicable Disease Control -- methodsCommunicable Diseases, Emerging -- prevention & controlConsumer Product SafetyDisaster Planning -- methodsDisease Outbreaks -- prevention & controlEconomic CompetitionEmergency Medical Services -- organization & administrationEnvironmental Exposure -- prevention & controlEnvironmental MonitoringFood SupplyHealth BehaviorHealth Care CostsHealth Services for the AgedIncome -- classificationInfection ControlInsurance, Health -- economicsMinority GroupsObesity -- epidemiologyObesity -- therapyPopulation DynamicsPoverty AreasResidence CharacteristicsSecurity MeasuresSmoking PreventionSocial ResponsibilitySocioeconomic FactorsTobacco Use Disorder -- prevention & controlHumansUnited States