Today we had a major article in our newspaper about the elderly loosing health insurance. Today from the Mayo Clinic we get an article about spending on intensive care, which today comprises 30-40 percent of hospital costs, may go even higher as the population ages, according to a new Mayo Clinic study.
Published in the July issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, the study found that older people and those with chronic illnesses have the highest rates of end-of-life intensive care unit (ICU) use. Given that the country's aging population has an increasing prevalence of chronic diseases, the ICU may be treating more and more people at the end of life, the study's authors say.
But, what about prevention?
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