title: Long-term care: protecting the elderly from going broke.
abstract: The costs of long-term care are a nightmare to contemplate, both for the elderly and for physicians who refer patients to nursing homes. Changes are afoot--but will they be adequate?
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005380:Financing, Government; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006291:Health Policy; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007353:Insurance, Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics; D011639:Public Opinion; D014481:United States