Preface ix
1 Introduction and Summary of Recommendations 1
2 Social, Economic, and Demographic Changes Among the Elderly 52
3 Health Status and Quality of Life 65
4 Health Transitions and the Compression of Morbidity 94
5 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 108
6 Quality of Care 126
7 Long-term Care 135
8 The Financing of Health Care Services for the Elderly 150
9 Health Services Utilization 178
10 Enhancing the Utility of Statistical Systems 202
11 Statistical Methodology for Health Policy Analysis 236
References 259
Appendices
A Background Papers 279
B Effects of Budgetary Constraints on Federal Statistical Programs 281
C Descriptions of Data Bases Mentioned in the Panel's Recommendations
287
D Long-term Health Care Minimum Data Set 313
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E Acronyms 316
F Biographical Sketches 319