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Peer reviewedCoughlin, Teresa A.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1992
Using data from 1981-82 Channeling Demonstration project, examined types of health care costs (hospital, physician and ancillary care, nursing home, and prescription medicine) that contributed to overall expenses to determine sources of financially catastrophic health care expenses among disabled elderly persons. Found expenses for prescription…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Financial Problems, Health Care Costs, Nursing Homes
Peer reviewedCoughlin, Teresa A.; Liu, Korbin – Gerontologist, 1989
Analyzed relationship between cognitive impairment and use and cost of health care, examining data from 1981-1982 Long-Term Care National Channeling Demonstration Project. Results indicated a substantial cost difference between money spent on home, institutional or nursing home care for cognitively intact and cognitively impaired persons.…
Descriptors: Health Care Costs, Home Programs, Long Term Care, Mental Disorders
