State responses to new flexibility in medicaid

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-240

  Coughlin, Teresa A ^a   Zuckerman, Stephen ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficit Reduction Act of 2005; Medicaid; Medicaid reform; Medicaid waivers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAID; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDICAID; PRIVATIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649194669     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2008.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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