Making medicaid a block grant program: An analysis of the implications of past proposals

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-63

  Lambrew, Jeanne M ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sch of Pub Hlth and Hlth Serv ^*  (United States)

^c CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS   (United States)

Author keywords

Entitlements; Health care financing; Health reform; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICAID; STATE HEALTH PLANS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16244371296     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0887-378X.2005.00335.x     Document Type: Review

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