Allowing spouses to be paid personal care providers: Spouse availability and effects on medicaid-funded service use and expenditures

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 517-530

  Newcomer, Robert J ^a   Kang, Taewoon ^a   Doty, Pamela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer; direction; Independent providers; Legally responsible relatives; Personal care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; SELF CARE; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863885872     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr102     Document Type: Article

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