Medicaid home and community-based services for the elderly: Trends in programs and policies

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-324

  Kitchener, Martin ^a   Ng, Terence ^a   Harrington, Charlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Home and community based care; Medicaid; State variation; Waiver policy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID;

EID: 34248340856     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464807302135     Document Type: Article

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