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Perhaps no other part of the health-care system generates as much frustration as does the organization and financing of long-term care (LTC) for the elderly. The disabled elderly and their families confront a fragmented delivery and financing system, a relative lack of noninstitutional services, long waiting lists for institutional placement, mediocre-quality care, and financing hardship (Vladeck, 1980). Public financing, primarily through Medicaid, is perceived as both overly expensive and inadequate.
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Wiener, J.M., Hanley, R.J., Spence, D.A., Murray, S.E. (1993). Financing and Use of Long-Term Care for the Elderly. In: Manton, K.G., Singer, B.H., Suzman, R.M. (eds) Forecasting the Health of Elderly Populations. Springer Series in Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9332-0_13
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