Comparing states' medicaid nursing facilities and home and community-based services long-term care programs: Quality and fit with inclination, capacity, and need

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-74

  Lockhart, Charles ^a   Giles Sims, Jean ^a   Klopfenstein, Kristin ^a,b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Home and community based services; Long term care; Medicaid; Nursing facility care; State long term care policy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; SERVICE PROVISION;

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59949100657     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959420802539381     Document Type: Article

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