Penny wise, pound wise: A comparison of medicaid expenditures for home and community-basedservices versus nursing facility carefor older adults

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 15-28

  Shireman, Theresa I ^b   Rigler, Sally K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Home and community based services; Medicaid; Nursing home services

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; KANSAS; MALE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 16844366081     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v23n04_02     Document Type: Article

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