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Previous Volume 341:1324-1328 October 21, 1999 Number 17

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In January 1999, President Bill Clinton placed the issue of long-term care on the nation's health care agenda. He proposed that families be given a $1,000 annual tax credit to help pay for home health care visits, adult day care, and other needed long-term care.

Long-term care ranks high on the list of our health care system's failings.¹ Many elderly people spend their life savings to pay for assistance in the home or for nursing home care. Family members (usually women) make personal and financial sacrifices to care for a disabled spouse or parent.² Over a million people live in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Problems of Long-Term Care

On Lok Senior Health Services

The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly

Costs of Care under PACE

Do PACE Programs Limit Care?

Obstacles to the Spread of the PACE Model

Incorporating Community Physicians

Reductions in Capitation Rates

Offering PACE to Higher-Income People

Conclusions

References

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