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Retirement News : Seniors : Nursing-Home Costs Vary Widely by Area: Study
Nursing-Home Costs Vary Widely by Area: Study
Date Added: 29-09-2005
Nursing Home Care varies from area to area: Study Shows - Read the Excerpt Below.
HealthCentral.com - USA
Alaska has the highest average cost of nursing-home care at $531 a day, while the Shreveport area of Louisiana has the lowest at $115, according to an annual MetLife survey released Tuesday.
The average daily cost of a private nursing-home room across the United States is $203, or $74,095 a year, the survey found. That represents an increase of 5.7 percent over last year's $192 daily cost, MetLife's Mature Market Institute said in a statement.
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