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State and local approaches to long-term care
Author(s)	J Russell Johnson
Journal title	In: Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics, vol 16, 1996, 1997
Publisher	Springer Publishing Co., New York, NY, 1997
Pages	pp 112-139
Source	Springer Publishing Company, Inc., 536 Broadway, New York, NY 10012-3955, USA.
Keywords	Services ; Health services ; Organisation of care ; Long term ; Commercial care ; Research Reviews ; United States of America.
Annotation	The author describes new and `innovative' managed long-term care programmes being implemented in 15 states in the US. Each of these is intended to improve the co-ordination and integration of primary, acute and long-term care services. Significantly, each has also tried to integrate funding across the spectrum of care. Programmes are at early stages of development, and vary in size and range of services included. Most reflect traditional concerns of state and ageing programmes, in that they are designed to develop greater control over long-term care expenditures while improving the balance of resources committed to institutional and home- and community-based care. The author offers his assessment of the likely advantages and disadvantages to the states and the client populations being served. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-980310210 A
Classmark	I: L: P: 4Q: PI: 3A:6KC: 7T
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