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MEDICAL EDUCATION QUALITY
A TEAM FOR FLORIDA’S AGING POPULATION
Florida is home to a larger percentage
adults than any other state. By
to reach nearly
of
-and-older
, the number is expected
million, a sobering statistic in light of its
demand on health-care resources.
Older individuals, after all, have greater health-care needs.
As of
, those over age
constituted
the U.S. population, but accounted for
percent of
percent of health-
spending per child or around
,
for those in between.
The challenges in Florida won t be met by creating more
care spending, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare geriatricians. Florida had only as of
and Medicaid Services. That amounted to one for every .
person, compared with less than
,
,
per
in annual health-care
,
people over
or roughly
At Florida State, a medical school with a legislative