Financial Hardships Of Medicare Beneficiaries With Serious Illness.

Autor: Kyle MA; Michael Anne Kyle ( mkyle@hbs. edu ) is a doctoral student at Harvard Business School and the Interfaculty Initiative in Health Policy, Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts., Blendon RJ; Robert J. Blendon is the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, in Boston, Massachusetts., Benson JM; John M. Benson is a senior research scientist in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health., Abrams MK; Melinda K. Abrams is senior vice president, Delivery System Reform and International Innovations, at the Commonwealth Fund, in New York City., Schneider EC; Eric C. Schneider is senior vice president for policy and research at the Commonwealth Fund.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Health affairs (Project Hope) [Health Aff (Millwood)] 2019 Nov; Vol. 38 (11), pp. 1801-1806.
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00362
Abstrakt: In a national survey, seriously ill Medicare beneficiaries described financial hardships resulting from their illness-despite high beneficiary satisfaction with Medicare overall and the fact that many have supplemental insurance. About half reported a serious problem paying medical bills, with prescription drugs proving most onerous.
Databáze: MEDLINE