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Study Shows Dementia Care Model Delays Nursing Home Admissions, Reduces Medicare Costs
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 7 -- The University of Oklahoma's College of Medicine issued the following news release: A new research study co-authored by an OU Medicine physician shows that a comprehensive, coordinated care program for people with dementia and their caregivers significantly decreased the likelihood that the patients would enter a nursing home. The study also shows that the program saved Medicare money and was cost-neutral after accounting for program costs. The research, cond  more