Health Care Costs of Older Persons with Cognitive Impairments.

Coughlin, Teresa A.; Liu, Korbin

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ERIC Number: EJ396258

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Health Care Costs of Older Persons with Cognitive Impairments.

Coughlin, Teresa A.; Liu, Korbin

Gerontologist, v29 n2 p173-82 Apr 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. (Author/BHK)

Descriptors: Health Care Costs, Home Programs, Long Term Care, Mental Disorders, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Residential Care, Use Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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