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- Misconceptions dampen sales of LTC. (long-term care insurance)
- Most Americans have avoided buying long-term care insurance, partly because they think it costs five times as much as it does, according to the authors of a new study. Survey participants estimated they would have to pay $177 a month for coverage, comMost Americans have avoided...
- Research articles 1996-05-27
- AARP survey sheds light on how informed LTCI buyers are
- AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO fine-tune existing long term care regulation, AARP, Washington, released a survey showing the importance that consumers place on having sufficient information to make informed long term care insurance purchases. AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO fine-tune existing long...
- Research articles 2004-10-04
- GE Center for Financial Learning National Survey Identifies Myths and Misperceptions About Long Term Care That are Costing Americans Dearly
- Business Editors
- Research articles 2002-09-25
- Despite Greater Need, Long-Term Care Sales Are Weaker Than Expected, A.M. Best Survey Shows
- OLDWICK, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 26, 1999--
- Research articles 1999-10-26
- Survey: nursing home costs average $203 per day.(HEALTH CARE: Special Section)
- The average daily cost of a private room in a nursing home in the United States is $203 per day or $74,095 annually; according to the annual MetLife Market Survey, of Nursing Home & Home Care Costs, conducted by the company's Mature Market Instit The average...
- Research articles 2005-10-17
- New York AARP Members Lobby to Save Medicaid; Survey Reveals AARP Members Oppose Medicaid Cuts/Changes to Long-Term Care
- ALBANY, N.Y., March 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today AARP volunteers from across New York lobbied their state legislators to stop Gov. Pataki's proposed changes to Medicaid long-term care services. Members, armed with a recent AARP survey, let legislators knoALBANY, N.Y., March 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today AARP volunteers from...
- Research articles 2004-03-31
- A Survey of Employers Offering Group Long-Term Care Insurance to Their Employees
- Private long-term care insurance provides one of the few available mechanisms for individuals to protect themselves against the catastrophic costs of long-term care. Long-term care LTC insurance sold through employers has advantages over policies available through the individual market that may increase sales, including Lower premiums due to more effective...
- White papers 2000-06-20
- Consumer Direction in Managed Long-Term Care: An Exploratory Survey of Practices and Perceptions
- This article presents results of a survey of the attitudes and practices of managed care organizations MCOs concerning consumer direction. The study focused on understanding several alternative measures of consumer direction and the factors that are associated with the MCOs concerning those measures. This study suggests managed care and consumer...
- White papers 2004-03-02
Additional Resources
- Can Pay-For-Performance Work in Health Care? You Bet.
- A nationwide health care study is finding that tying bonuses to certain medical steps can save millions of dollars and thousands of lives. The downside: More paperwork! ...
- Articles 2009-09-21
- Treatment of People With Mental Illness: A Decade-Long Perspective
- Many believe that managed behavioral health care has been associated with reduced access to care. Data from a variety of sources suggest that access has increased, although patterns of care and locations of treatment have changed. Data from Healthcare for Communities, a nationally representative community survey, show that access to...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Consumer-Directed Care's Achilles Heel
- Despite all the hype about consumer-directed care and the ability of financially motivated patients to make good health-care buying decisions, it’s long been known that most consumers don’t pay attention to the increasing amount of web-based information about doctors and hospitals. A new study by the Center for Studying Health...
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Chaperone Use During Intimate Examinations in Primary Care: Postal Survey of Family Physicians
- Physicians have long been advised to have a third party present during certain parts of a physical examination; however, little is known about the frequency of chaperone use for those specific intimate examinations regularly performed in primary care. This paper aims to determine the frequency of chaperone use among family...
- White papers 2005-12-21
- CEOs Favor McCain 4 to 1: Survey
- CEOs Favor McCain 4 to 1: SurveyRE: CEOs Favor McCain 4 to 1: SurveyYou have got to be kidding to be expecting a shift toward Democrat!RE: CEOs Favor McCain 4 to 1: SurveyI'm forwarding this link to the Obama campaign. I can't imagine a better reason for the employees...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Healthcare Roundup: Surgical Checklist Surges, Rockefeller Cues EHR Mandate, Health Plan Enrollment Drops, ASCs Suck Straw, and More
- Good start for safety measure â€" In January, the Institute of Healthcare Improvement announced that it was trying to get all U.S. hospitals to test a surgical checklist by April 1. The checklist for ORs and surgeons has been shown to reduce complications and mortality. Although only 622 hospitalsâ€"about 10...
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- Dealing with a Customer Incident
- It’s definitely a moment of tension: A customer is unhappy, perhaps irate, and is seeking both attention and satisfaction. Or perhaps a customer has suffered a major setback, perhaps from a storm or fire—and the customer is looking to you to rescue his business. If a company employee tries to...
- Articles 2007-02-28
- Subs don't care about technology; they just want a decent picture. (what cable television subscribers really want; evaluation of the current state of the cable television industry)(Forum)
- Subs Don't Care About Technology; They Just Want a Decent Picture The recent Consumer Reports survey on the cable industry deserves some "soul-searching" and thought about whether our own house is in order. I've been in this industry 15 years, a long time to...
- Research articles 1991-09-30
- Midwest Express Tops National Airline Survey.
- By Henry J. Holcomb, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 21--Airline food is poor, but nobody seems to care. What really bothers passengers is delays--and what ticks them off the most is not being told how long the delay will...
- Research articles 2001-03-21
- First Consulting Group Ranks First for IT Services in Health Industries, Study Finds
- Business Editors LONG BEACH, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 4, 2001 First Consulting Group Inc. (Nasdaq:FCGI):-- Survey by ITSMA finds that FCG heads the list of firms that both clients and select non-clients would be "most likely to call" -- Survey points up FCG's leadership position in IT services for...
- Research articles 2001-09-04
- Newstream.com Digest: Survey Findings on Allergies, Colds and Sinus Infections, AMCC Announces Three New Products, and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--March 18, 2002 -------------------------------------------------- Survey Finds Allergies and Colds May Lead to Sinus Infections; Physicians Say Many Wait Too Long for Diagnosis The incidence of sinusitis or inflammation of the sinuses appears to be increasing. According to a survey of consumers...
- Research articles 2002-03-18
- Reining in health-care costs: a little creativity can go a long way in managing the health-care crisis
- Universities have been more creative recently in controlling rising health-care costs for faculty and staff members. It's a defensive move: Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance have been rising dramatically--premiums went up 59 percent, or five times the rate of inflation, between 2000 and 2004, according to a Health Research and...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
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