Predictors of low-care prevalence in florida nursing homes: The role of medicaid waiver programs

Gerontologist

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 495-503

  Hahn, Elizabeth A ^a   Thomas, Kali S ^a   Hyer, Kathryn ^a   Andel, Ross ^a,b   Meng, Hongdao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

HCBS; Low care; Medicaid; Nursing home residents

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053020655     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr020     Document Type: Article

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