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Barriers prevent home health care expansion

Barriers prevent home health care expansion

(NECN: Latoyia Edwards) - Americans 65 years and older are expected to double in the next 20 years. With people living longer, visiting nurses are being touted as a way to cut medical costs. NECN's Latoyia Edwards explains why the program is having trouble expanding. Home health care providers significantly reduce the number of times a patient has to be admitted into a hospital say 89 percent of doctors featured in a new survey. read more

NECN | July 2, 2009Watch more videos from NECN

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