The researchers concluded that this represents a marked underuse of aspirin in this patient population. H ere are some stats about funding sources for long-term care that may surprise you. They were compiled by the American Academy for an Aging Society. Medicaid is the primary source of publicly financed long-term care. Medicare provides coverage for care in a skilled nursing facility for no more than 100 days, and only if it is preceded by at least a three-day hospital stay.
Private insurance finances a relatively small share of nursing facility and home health care.
Long-term care needs for the elderly are expected to double in the next 25 years, rising from 7.3 million people in 1994 to 14 million in 2020. These ties are a critical element in the transition that patients experience with terminal illness. However, the report also noted continuing problems in administering the Medicare hospice benefit in nursing facility settings. Karen Davie, president of the National Hospice Organization, said NHO is pleased with the overall findings of the report, though she said her organization agrees that more work needs to be done in crafting an appropriate solution to Medicare payment problems in nursing facilities. She also expressed her organization's concern that the OIG continues to question prognoses determined by attending physicians and hospital medical directors.