The influence of national policy change on subnational policymaking: Medicaid nursing facility reimbursement in the American states

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1926-1934

  Miller, Edward Alan ^a   Wang, Lili ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case mix; Federalism; Medicaid; Nursing homes; Reimbursement; USA

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEDERAL SYSTEM; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; POLICY ANALYSIS; PUBLIC ACCESS;

ARTICLE; CASE MIX; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; MEDICAID; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; POLICY MAKING; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65749106022     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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