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| The impact by race of changing long-term care policy | | Author(s) | Steven P Wallace, Lené Levy-Storms, Ronald M Andersen |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 9, no 3, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 1-20 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Black African ; Services ; Health services ; Long term ; Finance [care] ; Usage [services] ; Social security benefits ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Race and ethnicity are rarely addressed in Medicaid long-term care policy debates, despite extensive research showing that African-Americans have higher need for long-term care, fewer economic resources to pay for care, and a different pattern of service use. Using data from the 1987 National Medical Expenditure survey on nursing home care, domiciliary personal care and informal care, this study created a model to project the consequences of different long-term care financing proposals on the use of services. Findings showed that expanding community care benefits would primarily benefit older white Americans, and reductions in long-term care benefits or eligibility would disproportionately restrict access to long-term care for severely disabled older African-Americans. The study concluded that race must be considered in long-term care policy initiatives. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971005410 A |
| Classmark | TK: TKF: I: L: 4Q: QC: QLD: JH: 7T |
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