Connecticut's 'Money Follows the Person' yields positive results for transitioning people out of institutions

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1628-1636

  Robison, Julie ^a   Porter, Martha ^a   Shugrue, Noreen ^a   Kleppinger, Alison ^a   Lambert, Dawn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b State Connecticut Dept Pub Hlth   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING DISABILITY; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; CONNECTICUT; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; REHABILITATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

CONNECTICUT; DISABLED PERSONS; GROUP HOMES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84944448289     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0244     Document Type: Article

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