Health Affairs September 13, 2024
In 2020, there were 23 million adults older than 75 in the US, and this group is growing at an annual rate of 2.13 percent. In 2019, a person who reached the age of 65 could expect to live for an additional 19.6 years.
These trends are important because, while most Medicare beneficiaries are healthy and functional, many—particularly those 75 and older—have considerable morbidity, diminished quality of life, and a high degree of caregiver burden. Growing numbers of medically complex Medicare beneficiaries, particularly of advanced age, provide a firm rationale for developing core measures for tracking and improving the quality of care this population receives.
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