Incapacity and Hospital Care of Aged Beneficiaries of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
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In the national survey of the economic resources of aged beneficiaries made by the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Znsurante in 1951. beneficiaries were asked how many weeks they had spent in the hospital or had been confined to bed at home during the survey year. The answers to these questions are analyzed here, in relation to such factors as age, sex, and ownership of voluntary insurance against hospital costs.
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