Medicaid state plan personal care services: Trends in programs and policies

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 9-26

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Formal care programs; Medicaid; Policy; State plan personal care services

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL POLICY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TREND ANALYSIS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAID; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMEMAKER SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAID; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447266720     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v19n03_02     Document Type: Article

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