title: The boomer challenge.
abstract: Hospitals and the rest of health care will have to make some major adjustments to meet the needs of the aging baby boom generation. The first article in our year-long series inventories the many challenges that lie ahead.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barr
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States