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To the Editor: Recent regulatory changes have allowed a larger number of Medicare beneficiaries to receive more covered home health care visits, some over lengthy episodes of care. However, a focus on visits rather than patients or episodes of care appears to have led Welch et al. (Aug. 1 issue)¹ to announce prematurely the conversion of Medicare to a long-term care entitlement. As with other health care services, a relatively small number of patients are responsible for a large proportion of home health care visits and expenses covered by Medicare, while a substantial majority receive smaller amounts of care. In . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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