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State policy on long-term care for the elderly. Health affairs (Project Hope) [Health Aff (Millwood)] Journal article

 
Wiener JM, Stevenson DG 
State policy on long-term care for the elderly. [Journal Article]
Health Aff (Millwood) 1998 May-Jun; 17(3):81-100.


In the thirteen Assessing the New Federalism states, strategies to control the rate of increase in long-term care spending are extremely varied, especially in comparison with acute care's single-minded focus on managed care. States use three broad strategies: offsetting state spending with increased private and federal contributions, making the delivery system more efficient, and using traditional cost-control mechanisms, including controlling the nursing home bed supply and cutting Medicaid reimbursement rates.



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