Is Global Budgeting the Way to Set Limits on Health Care for the Elderly?

Facing Limits ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 125-135
Author(s):  
Michael D. Reagan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Global Budgeting ◽  
The Way

PROFIT LEVELS STAGNATING AT HOSPITALS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 95 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-597
Author(s):  
J. F. L.
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Care Executives ◽  
Profit Margins ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
The Poor

Profit margins at most hospitals across the country declined or stagnated last year, reflecting growing pressure on them to reduce costs. And health care executives said many hospitals would be under even greater pressure in 1995 if Congress enacted proposals that would slash spending for medical care for the elderly and the poor. At investor-owned hospitals, the outlook is brighter, because many of them have moved aggressively to merge and cut costs. Profit at these hospitals has risen in the 1990s.

Chronic Wound Audit In A Department Of Health Care For The Elderly

1993 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Dickson ◽  
Gerry Bennett Consultant Physician
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Chronic Wound ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Department Of Health

Paternalism in Health Care for the Elderly

1997 ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
Ryuzo Sato ◽  
Elias Grivoyannis ◽  
Barbara Byrne ◽  
Chengping Lian
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care For The Elderly

Public-Sector Health Care Financing

2011 ◽  
pp. 256-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Åke Blomqvist
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Health Care Financing ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Related Issue ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
General Revenue ◽  
Public Sector Health

This article discusses the share of expenses that should be covered by the public plan and looks at how those revenues should be raised. It deals with a fundamental issue that must be addressed in a system where government takes a major role in health care financing. This issue is about the relative importance of the public plan and private payments as sources of funding. Another related issue is how the revenue to pay for public spending on health care should be raised. The article discusses financing through general revenue and compares it with various forms of social insurance. A related issue is the financing of health care for the elderly in a social insurance system. The third fundamental question, finally, concerns the way money should be spent. The article discusses the nature of the contracts between providers and the public plan.

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