Estimating the expense of a mandatory home- and community-based personal assistance services benefit under medicaid

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 47-64

  LaPlante, Mitchell P ^a   Kaye, H Stephen ^a   Harrington, Charlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expenditures; Long term care; Medicaid; MiCASSA; Personal assistance services

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE;

AGED; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAID; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMEMAKER SERVICES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447291382     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v19n03_04     Document Type: Article

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