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Future Long-Term Care Needs in Maryland's 7th Congressional District

House Committee on Government Reform
Abstract
The House Committee on Government Reform investigated future long-term care needs for Baltimore area residents in response to rising long term care costs and the severe financial burden faced by the elderly population. They estimated that nearly 1/3 of the population was likely to stay in a nursing home at some point, with hundreds of thousands of residents requiring long-term care. Moreover, they estimated that the cost of long-term care would rise faster than the inflation rate, resulting in hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents forced to rely on Medicaid to cover their care expenses.
Date
1999-06-14
Document Type
House Minority Staff Report
Serial Number
Document Length
10 pages
Congress
106
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Staff Reports
PAP Major Code
3: Health
PAP Minor Code
334: Long-term Care, Home Health, Hospice, and Rehabilitation Services
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