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Home Care Expenditures

David Terry   ( 23 February 2007 )

Home Care Expenditures 23 February 2007
David Terry, SVP Business Development Harborside Healthcare Send letter to journal: Re: Home Care Expenditures dterry{at}hbrside.com David Terry	I have a question about the home care expenditure data in this paper. Specifically, do the expense trends reported in this article include the costs of "Private Pay" home care? My hypothesis is that the figures reported as "Out of Pocket" expenses for Home Care are related to co-pays and deductibles for care that is mainly paid for by other sources. That would mean that home care that is 100% paid for by the consumer is not included in these figures. My question is - is that hypothesis correct? Thank you for your assistance.