Geriatrics
Uninsured adults aged 65 years and older have high health risks
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 30th, 2005
According to a study from the United States, "Some U.S. adults aged 65 years and older lack healthcare coverage. As a result, they may have unmet health needs and be vulnerable to excess morbidity and mortality. Due to their small numbers, little data on them exist. We used data from the 1996-2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing telephone survey operated by the state health departments with assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to examine a representative sample of adults 65 years old and older."
"We found that Blacks and Hispanics were...
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