Medicaid Cost-Savings of Home- and Community-Based Service Programs for Older Persons in Florida

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-21

  Shapiro, Adam ^a   Loh, Chung Ping ^a   Mitchell, Glenn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; home and community based services; long term care; propensity score; public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960207407     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464809348499     Document Type: Article

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