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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
