3023.0: Monday, November 13, 2000: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Culture, Medicare and Long Term Care Financing

Learning Objectives: 1) To recognize important issues related to the services provided by Medicare and Medicaid. 2) To recognize the importance of cultural issues in acces and provision of care. 3) Particular understanding of issues related to minority groups
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Board 1The Extent of Crimes Against the Elderly and Their Perception of Crimes in West Virginia
Betty Jane Cleckley, PhD, Girmay Berhie, PhD
Board 2A profile of Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes: Are they receiving optimal diabetes care?
Riad G. Dirani, PhD
Board 3Assessing and Developing the Cultural and Linguistic Competence of Medicaid Providers Serving Latinos in Colorado - Withdrawn
Barbara Sanchez-Martin, MA
Board 4Employer versus employee perceptions of long-term care insurance
Aaron Liberman, PhD, Sharon D. Morrison, PhD
Board 5An examination of low-income, older women's intentions to have a mammogram and use Medicare Part B to pay for screening mammograms
Heather M. Brandt, MSPH, CHES, John R. Ureda, DrPH, Ann L. Coker, PhD, Conrad Otterness, MPH
Board 6Factors Associated with Low Mammography Rates Among Elderly Blacks
Alma, R Jones, MD
Board 7Medicare managed care: Population-based outcomes management targeting the preventable burden of disability and disease in the elderly
Carolyn C. Cannuscio, ScD, David Martin, MD, DeAnn Warfel, JD, Robin Turpin, PhD, James Murray, PhD, Mark Beers, MD, Fran Kaiser, MD, Steven Teutsch, MD, Mark Berger, MD
Board 8Medicare managed care: using the PRA in predicting outcomes
Raymond E. Yeh, MPH, MBA, Jaramillo Beatriz, DrPH, Percival Mary, MS, CPHQ
Board 9Reducing Educational Barriers Created by Low Literacy in African Americans with Diabetes
Betty Fomby, PhD
Board 10Trends in Medicare hospice duration of stay in the Northeast
Miriam K. Campbell, PhD, MPH
Sponsor:Gerontological Health
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Disability Forum; Health Administration

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA