Resident medical care utilization patterns in continuing care retirement communities.
This article presents the findings of an evaluation of medical care service utilization by two elderly cohorts: one living in continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) and the other living in traditional community settings. CCRC residents' overall use of Medicare-covered medical services did not differ significantly from that of the traditional community-residing elders. Both groups incurred annual per capita expenditures of approximately $2,000. In their last year of life, however, CCRC residents displayed significantly lower expenditures for hospital care ($3,854 versus $7,268) but higher expenditures for Medicare or non-Medicare-covered nursing home care ($5,565 versus $3,533).
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Cornell University Medical College, New York 10021.
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D000368:Aged; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016852:Housing for the Elderly / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*