Home Care before and after the Balanced Budget Act of 1997: Shifts in Financing and Services

Gerontologist

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-47

  Spector, William D ^a   Cohen, Joel W ^a   Pesis Katz, Irena ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care expenditures; Long term care; Medicaid; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BUDGET; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICARE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1342310568     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/44.1.39     Document Type: Review

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