The influence of rural location on utilization of formal home care: The role of Medicaid

Gerontologist

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 655-664

  McAuley, William J ^a   Spector, William D ^b   Van Nostrand, Joan ^c   Shaffer, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced Budget Act; Medicaid coverage; Medicare home health; Metropolitan; Nonmetropolitan

Indexed keywords

AREA RESOURCE FILE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAID; MEDICAL EXPENDITURE PANEL SURVEY HOUSEHOLD COMPONENT; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 6344269175     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/44.5.655     Document Type: Review

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