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Will You Still Need Me? The Health and Financial Security of Older Americans

This month, Sara R. Collins, Ph.D., Karen Davis, Ph.D., Cathy Schoen, M.S., Michelle M. Doty, Ph.D., Sabrina K. H. How, and Alyssa L. Holmgren, discuss

CME credit is no longer available for this conference.

Course Authors

Sara R. Collins, Ph.D., Karen Davis, Ph.D., Cathy Schoen, M.S., Michelle M. Doty, Ph.D., Sabrina K. H. How, and Alyssa L. Holmgren

Sara R. Collins, Ph.D., is senior program officer for health policy, research and evaluation; Karen Davis, Ph.D., is president; Cathy Schoen, M.S., is vice president for health policy, research and evaluation; Michelle McEvoy Doty, Ph.D., is a senior analyst for health policy, research and evaluation; Sabrina K. H. How is a research associate for the Commission on a High Performance Health System; and Alyssa L. Holmgren is a program assistant, all at The Commonwealth Fund, New York.

The authors report no commercial conflicts of interest.

Release Date: 09/20/2005

 
Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:

  • Discuss older Americans' concerns with respect to financial and health security

  • Discuss the relationships between health status and economic status

  • Discuss the attitudes and opinions of older Americans with respect to proposed new health strategies.

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This conference may include discussion of commercial products and services.

The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the sponsor or its publisher. Please review complete prescribing information of specific drugs or combination of drugs, including indications, contraindications, warnings and adverse effects before administering pharmacologic therapy to patients.

 

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