Statistic Sources

Kaiser Health News, “Studies Highlight High Medicare Costs for People in Nursing Homes”, October 12, 2010.

CMS Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office and Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, “Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Nursing Facility Residents,” PowerPoint Slides, April 24, 2012.

US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Vital and Health Statistics, Series 3, Number 38, “Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the Unites States: Data From the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2013-2014; February 2016.

Kaiser Health News, “Studies Highlight High Medicare Costs for People in Nursing Homes,” October 12, 2010.