title: Incontinence. Implications for health care policy.
abstract: The impact of health policies on the delivery of health services to the elderly must be considered a high priority by public policy makers. Incontinence is symptomatic of a major health policy crisis in the care of the elderly.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid; D006278:Medicare; D014481:United States; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000191:economics* / Q000534:rehabilitation