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To evaluate the limitations of existing management and financing models for long-term care and identify systemic reforms needed to support disabled and elderly populations.

January 14, 1982New England Journal of Medicine

Management and Financing of Long-Term-Care Services

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HRHirsch S. RuchlinMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center JMJohn N. MorrisHebrew SeniorLife GEGerald M. EggertUniversity of Rochester

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Health policy analysis reveals systemic inadequacies in long-term care financing for vulnerable older adults, highlighting the urgent need for community-based service reform.

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To evaluate the limitations of existing management and financing models for long-term care and identify systemic reforms needed to support disabled and elderly populations.
Conceptual and policy review analyzing the delivery, financing mechanisms, and organizational frameworks of medical, rehabilitative, and custodial services.
Substantial expenditures have failed to resolve widespread inadequacies and dissatisfaction with existing long-term care facilities and services.
Primary systemic deficiencies include a marked shortage of community-based care alternatives and inefficient mechanisms for allocating housing and healthcare resources.

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Ruchlin et al. (1982) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1b0bd05ac37ececec21401 https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198201143060212

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Health policy analysis reveals systemic inadequacies in long-term care financing for vulnerable older adults, highlighting the urgent need for community-based service reform.

Management and Financing of Long-Term-Care Services

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Management and Financing of Long-Term-Care Services

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