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Article: Study Shows Oxygen Therapy for Medicare Patients at Home Is Service- Intensive, Contrary to Some Perceptions
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- June 27, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Nearly three- quarters
(72 percent) of the cost of providing home oxygen therapy to Medicare
patients in their homes represent services, delivery, and other
operational expenses that benefit patients, according to a
comprehensive new survey of current costs by Morrison Informatics,
commissioned by the American Association for Homecare. Only about
one-quarter (28 percent) of the cost represents oxygen equipment.
"The study shows that, contrary to some perceptions, home oxygen
therapy involves much more than a piece of equipment," said Tom Ryan,
chairman of the American Association for Homecare and CEO of Homecare
Concepts in Farmingdale, NY.
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