Medical and Long-Term Care Costs When Older Persons Become More Dependent

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ID11037578
AuthorsJack M Guralnik (0000-0001-5108-7263, Jack M. Guralnik is with the Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Md. Lisa Alecxih is with The Lewin Group, Falls Church, Va. Laurence G. Branch is with Duke University Center on Aging and Human Development, Durham, NC. Joshua M. Wiener is with The Urban Institute, Washington, DC.), Lisa Alecxih (Jack M. Guralnik is with the Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Md. Lisa Alecxih is with The Lewin Group, Falls Church, Va. Laurence G. Branch is with Duke University Center on Aging and Human Development, Durham, NC. Joshua M. Wiener is with The Urban Institute, Washington, DC.), Laurence G Branch (Jack M. Guralnik is with the Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Md. Lisa Alecxih is with The Lewin Group, Falls Church, Va. Laurence G. Branch is with Duke University Center on Aging and Human Development, Durham, NC. Joshua M. Wiener is with The Urban Institute, Washington, DC.), Joshua M Wiener (0000-0002-4926-968X, Jack M. Guralnik is with the Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Md. Lisa Alecxih is with The Lewin Group, Falls Church, Va. Laurence G. Branch is with Duke University Center on Aging and Human Development, Durham, NC. Joshua M. Wiener is with The Urban Institute, Washington, DC.)
Year2002
Volume92
Issue8
Pages1244-1245
Publication date2002-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.92.8.1244
PMID12144976
OpenAlexW2003418939
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited3

Loss of independence in older persons places considerable financial burden on them, their families, and the health care system. This study estimated the additional medical and long-term care costs that occur during the year when older persons make the transition to dependency at home or move to a nursing home

Dependency (UML) · Family medicine · Health care · Independence (probability theory) · Long-term care · Medical care · Medical costs · Nursing homes · Political science · Term (time) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Nursing · Gerontology

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