title: "Medicalization" of community services for the elderly.
abstract: Research on medical care cost containment has indicated that the community-based service system is undergoing a process of restructuring within the context of an increasingly competitive environment and strong pressures to "medicalize" medical care services.
authors.affiliation: Gerontological Services Administration Program, New School for Social Research, New York.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Estes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D003164:Competitive Bidding / Q000639:trends; D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans