Preventive Health Services for Medicare Beneficiaries: Policy and Research Issues

摘要

The Special Report analyzes policy and research issues raised in considering Medicare coverage of preventive services. Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) examines how decisions are currently made about coverage of specific preventive services under Medicare and lays out options for altering the process and criteria governing those decisions. The Special Report also reviews and critiques ongoing demonstration projects and summarizes the results of OTA studies of the costs and effectiveness of specific preventive services for the elderly.