The Affordable Care Act and Long-Term Care: Marginal Advancement on the Status Quo

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 194-210

  Miller, Edward Alan ^a   Nadash, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

long term care policies policy analysis; Medicare Medicaid; political analysis; state government

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; POLITICS; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919764018     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621424.2014.956959     Document Type: Article

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