The effect of medicaid wage pass-through programs on the wages of direct care workers

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 426-432

  Baughman, Reagan A ^a   Smith, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct care workers; Long term care; Medicaid; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; SALARY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951619919     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181d6888a     Document Type: Article

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