Seniors spend the equivalent of 3 weeks a year on health care, study says

Seniors spend the equivalent of 3 weeks a year on health care, study says
The Washington Post, by Linda Searing; 1/29/24
Older adults spend an average of three weeks every year on doctor’s appointments and other health care outside their homes, according to research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Of those 21 “health care contact days,” 17 involve ambulatory services, such as office visits with primary-care doctors or specialists, testing and imaging, procedures, treatments and therapy. The remaining four days included time spent in an emergency room, hospital, skilled nursing facility or hospice.
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