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Has the share of expenses paid by public funding changed for residents with different levels of functional disability?

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Has the share of expenses paid by public funding changed for residents with different levels of functional disability?

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Functional disability was measured by whether residents received help with activities of daily living (ADLs) bathing, dressing, walking, transferring, feeding, and toileting. See the Definitions of Terms section for more information. In 1996, residents with no ADLs tended to rely more heavily on Medicare and private insurance as sources of payment and less on Medicaid and self-payment when compared to residents with ADL limitations (private insurance and self-payment data not shown). This population was also more likely than the functionally disabled population to reside in hospital-based nursing homes as opposed to other types of nursing homes (data not shown). Medicare paid a significant portion of the nursing home bill in 1996, although it played only a minor role in 1987. In particular, residents with no ADLs or with three or more ADLs had approximately one-fifth to one-quarter of their bill paid for by Medicare in 1996. The proportion of annual expenses per resident paid by Medica

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