Growth in home health care fails to keep up with surging demand (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Growth in home health care fails to keep up with surging demand

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"Only 0.7 percent of physicians in Medicare provided home care regularly," said Nengliang "Aaron" Yao, PhD, a researcher with the University of Virginia School of Medicine's Section of Geriatric Medicine. "Targeted policies are needed to support home-based medical care."

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Dan Addison | UVA Communications

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