Weighing public and private options for reforming long-term care financing: Findings from a national survey of specialists

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Miller, Edward Alan ^a   Mor, Vincent ^b   Clark, Melissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

financing; insurance; long term care; Medicaid; Medicare; reform; stakeholders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; CONSENSUS; GOVERNMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; ADULT; AGED; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954946627     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558710365886     Document Type: Article

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