Alzheimer's Disease
Costs Of Caring For Patients In California Projected To Triple By 2040
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, May 27th, 2001
Similarly, costs of caring for Alzheimer's disease patients in California institutions will increase 84% by 2020 and an additional 61% by 2040 - assuming the supply of nursing home beds meets the projected demand.
This increase reflects the number of California residents who are projected to succumb to Alzheimer's disease in the next 40 years, said Patrick Fox, PhD, director of the UCSF Institute for...
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