Health Beyond 50: More Highlights
- • Compared to older people, individuals ages 50 to 64 are more skeptical about the health care system and are more likely to go online for medical information and to want a say in treatment decisions.
- • The 50-to-64 age group is most likely to use alternative treatments like acupuncture.
- • Consumer preferences are starting to influence health services such as assisted living, more flexible managed care and alternative medicine.
- • Non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics are more likely than whites to report not having seen a health professional in the past year and are most likely to use emergency rooms.
- • Medicare beneficiaries without medigap insurance are nearly twice as likely as those who have it to report not having a prescription filled.
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