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Aging
The SCAN Foundation Announces New Grants Aimed at Refocusing the Debate About Healthcare for Seniors
December 5th, 2008
As part of its mission to spur research and reform about critical healthcare issues facing America's growing senior population, The SCAN Foundation announced it has awarded nearly $1.4 million in grants aimed at recasting the dialogue between health professionals, policymakers, and the public about how to provide long-term healthcare. The grants were made to Health Affairs to fund two (2) special projects related to long-term care and to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to develop a special section on aging for submission to JAMA (the Journal of the American Medical Association). "More and more seniors are dissatisfied with the present model of care,"...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-12-05)
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