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Session: Cost and Functional Use Patterns of Rural Medicare Participants: Research and Policy Implications
5110.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Cost and Functional Use Patterns of Rural Medicare Participants: Research and Policy Implications
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Nancy A. Miller, PhD
12:30 PMApproaches to delay functional decline in a rural Medicare population  [ Recorded presentation ]
Brenda R. Wamsley, PhD, Hongdao Meng, PhD, Bruce Friedman, PhD, MPH, Gerald Eggert, PhD
12:45 PMCost and Effectiveness of a Health Promotion Nurse Intervention among Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Conditions
Hongdao Meng, PhD, Brenda R. Wamsley, PhD, Bruce Friedman, PhD, MPH, Gerald Eggert, PhD. Awards: James G. Zimmer New Investigator Research Award (less than 5 years after completing terminal degree) - Recipient
1:00 PMProcess evaluation of a preventive home vsiting program to prevent functional decline in high-risk medicare beneficiaries  [ Recorded presentation ]
Dianne Liebel, RN, MSEd, Bruce Friedman, PhD, MPH, Nancy Watson, RN, PhD, Bethel Powers, RN, PhD
1:15 PMA comparison of healthcare costs of cognitively intact versus cognitively impaired Medicare beneficiaries
Bruce Friedman, PhD, MPH, Brenda R. Wamsley, PhD, Hongdao Meng, PhD, Gerald Eggert, PhD
1:30 PMCost and functional use patterns of rural Medicare participants: Research and policy implications
Gerald Eggert, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Gerontological Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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