Medicare Beneficiary Grassroots Rights and Protections Outreach Project for Vulnerable Populations
Subtitle: the frail and/or over-85 vulnerable elderly populations study
By: RAND
Contributors: Beckett, Megan; Rand Corporation; United States. Health Care Financing Administration
Publisher: RAND
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [Santa Monica, California?]
Language: eng
Subjects: Frail elderly; Health and hygiene; Information resources; Older people; Services for; Bibliography; Abstracts; Statistics; Medicare beneficiaries; Medicaid beneficiaries; Consumer protection
Other titles: Frail and/or over-85 vulnerable elderly populations study.
Notes: Cover title.

"The analyses upon which this publication is (in part) based were performed as a special project under Contract 500-96-P618. The special project, entitled 'Medicare Beneficiary Grassroots Rights and Protections Outreach Project for Vulnerable Populations-the Asian, American Indian and Eskimo Populations in the States of Washington, Idaho and Alaska study, and the over-85 Medicare/Medicaid national population study,' is sponsored by the Division of Member Rights and Protections, Health Care Financing Administration ..."--Disclaimer.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Disclaimer; title: Annotated bibliography : selected literature on health and health care issues of the frail and oldest elderly / Marjorie L. Pearson ; with the assistance of Jennifer R. Levin, Roberta Shanman, Danielle Letourneau; title: A demographic profile of the frail elderly and over 85 population in the U.S. / Megan Beckett, Marjorie Pearson; title: Report on the support systems available to and utilized by the frail and oldest elderly / Megan K. Beckett, Marjorie L. Pearson; title: Comprehensive environmental scan report / Marjorie L. Pearson, Danielle L. Letourneau, Jennifer R. Levin; title: Communicating rights and protections to the frail and oldest elderly : recommendations / Marjorie L. Pearson [and 4 others].