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| State policy choices and Medicaid long-term care expenditures | | Author(s) | Nancy A Miller, Charlene Harrington, Sarah Ramsland |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 24, no 4, July 2002 |
| Pages | pp 413-444 |
| Keywords | Health services ; Long term ; Expenditure [care] ; Social policy ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Medicaid expenditures constitute a significant share of US state budgets. Certain states are also seeking to increase the availability of community-based care. A more balanced system would assist consumers in attaining valued goals, while being consistent with federal policy initiatives and legal rulings. The authors use multiple regression analyses to examine the relationship between state policies and Medicaid long-term care expenditures from 1991 to 1997. Prospective payment may moderate nursing facility expenditure growth and total long-term care expenditures. Institutional supply constraints demonstrated a positive relationship to both forms of community-based care expenditures. No evidence was found of Medicare maximisation as a policy to constrain Medicaid expenditure growth. The authors also note the importance of additional work in exploring the dynamics between state long-term care policies and expenditures for individuals with differing disabilities. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020718208 A |
| Classmark | L: 4Q: QD: TM2: 7T |
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