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| State long-term care screening and assessment programs | | Author(s) | M Christine Tonner, Allen J LeBlanc, Charlene Harrington |
| Journal title | Home Health Care Services Quarterly, vol 19, no 3, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 57-85 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Nursing homes ; Screening ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Long-term care (LTC) screening and assessment programmes have been designed by US states to control long-term care costs, and to prevent unnecessary institutionalisation of Medicaid participants. This study reports data collected by telephone survey of state officials in all 50 states and Washington, DC on state variation in LTC screening and assessment programmes. The majority of the state screening and assessment programmes cover an array of LTC services, but this has resulted in multiple separate screening programmes for different long-term care services and eligibility groups. Only three states co-ordinated screening and assessment across long-term care programmes by operating a single state administrative agency, using uniform need criteria and standard tools, and having automated databases (Arizona, Colorado and Maine). The design and implementation of multiple and separate screening and assessment programmes in most states may create potential barriers to client access, information about services and choice of services. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010716206 A |
| Classmark | LHB: 3V: 4C: 7T |
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