Medicare beneficiaries' out-of-pocket spending for health care

Medicare beneficiaries' out-of-pocket spending for health care

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Insight on the issues (AARP Public Policy Institute)
Contributor(s):
Noel-Miller, Claire.
AARP (Organization)
Public Policy Institute (AARP (Organization))
Publication:
Washington, D.C. : AARP Public Policy Institute, c2012
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Cost Sharing
Financing, Personal
Medicare -- economics
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
The Medicare program pays for certain health care services for adults age 65 and older and for younger individuals with certain disabilities. The program pays a portion of costs for the inpatient and outpatient health care services beneficiaries receive, as well as prescription drugs. While Medicare is a vital program that helps older adults pay for needed health care services, it typically requires significant cost sharing from beneficiaries. This report assesses the out-of-pocket (OOP) spending burden on Medicare beneficiaries, using data from the most recent Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS), the 2007 Cost and Use File.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101585632 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101585632