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lation and they comprised 16 percent of
the total U.S. population in 2010.
And, according to the Census Bureau, the
U.S. Asian population had the second-larg-
est numeric change (4.4 million), growing
from 10.2 million in 2000 to 14.7 million
in 2010, to comprise about 5 percent of
Americans in 2010.
Managing Scarce Resources
One way to better manage the increas-
ingly scarce resources for healthcare is
to improve quality. In Maryland, skilled
nursing and rehabilitation centers have
increasingly focused on innovative ways
to enhance quality while cutting costs.
One measure of quality for dementia pa-
tients is the reduction in the use of an-
tipsychotic drugs for those who are not
HEALTHCARE
