Why is the aging population a concern for health care policy makers and providers?

What will be an ideal response?


Individuals age 65 and older who use more health care services than younger individuals will make up one-fifth of the population by 2050. Americans spend $12,271 per person on average for people age 65 and older versus $2,761 per person for people under age 65

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These arteries supply blood to the anterolateral wall of the left ventricle

A) temporal arteries B) posterior descending arteries C) diagonal arteries D) posterior interventricular arteries

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The federal—state program that provides medical benefits to specific groups of low-income people is ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Every surgical sponge is sewn or impregnated with a ___________ that helps identify its location in the wound in case it is retained or lost

A. thin steel wire C. wide blue thread B. radiopaque strip D. luminescent thread

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Opioid antagonists include all of the following, except:

A) nalmefene B) naltrexone C) naftifine D) naloxone

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