Medicare Expenditures Among Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia
Open Access
- 9 May 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Internal Medicine
- Vol. 171 (9), 824-830
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2010.478
Abstract
Dementia is a leading cause of death among older Americans.1 In 2000, 5 million adults in the United States had dementia, and projections predict 13 million by 2050.2 Health care expenditures for dementia are estimated to total $172 billion in 2010.2 These costs will rise as the number of persons living to experience the end stage of this disease increases.Keywords
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