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...when they are finally compelled to go into a hospital. A sample of 54 Columbia Point families was found to have had a total of 200 hospital days in the year before the center opened. Two years later, because of better preventive care, this had dropped to 40 days-an 80% reduction. Hospitalization, at $50 to $100 a day in true costs, is the most expensive part of medical care. For these 54 families alone, the second-year saving in hospital costs may have been $10,000 to $12,000. Impressed after a tour of Columbia Point, Senator Edward Kennedy...
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