... , reducing hospital insurance coverage for rehabilitation after a stroke has resulted in shift of patients to long-term care facilities not staffed or equipped to provide the same therapies. Fuchs (1998) notes that in any one year, 5% of the population accounts for more than 50% of all health expenditures. More than one-third of all care is provided to persons over 65 ... value are not synonymous. Quality of life years is determined by the individual; we need to develop some common language or evaluation tool. What have we found? After an extensive literature review, Schuster, McGlynn an...

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