title: The economic status of the oldest old.
abstract: Proposals to shift more of Medicare's costs to beneficiaries raise the question of whether the oldest old--the heaviest users--have the resources to bear these costs. Information on cash income, assets, other economic resources, and in-kind benefits provides an assessment of the economic status of the very old. When all factors and adjustments are considered, the oldest old, as a group, are shown to have substantially lower economic status than the young old.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005382:Financing, Personal / Q000191:economics; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States