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Medicare and medicaid in long-term care.
- Source :
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Health affairs (Project Hope) [Health Aff (Millwood)] 2010 Jan-Feb; Vol. 29 (1), pp. 22-8. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Medicare and Medicaid, two publicly funded health programs, both cover populations in need of long-term care, but they are poorly coordinated. Gaps often exist in some services while there is overlap in others. This can lead to inefficient delivery of services and confusion among program recipients and providers alike. Spending on postacute services in Medicare and long-term care services in Medicaid has grown more rapidly than enrollment in either program since 1999. Although growing numbers of people receive home and community-based services paid for by the two programs, there are wide variations across states and among target groups. The system of long-term care is in need of structural reform.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Delivery of Health Care economics
Health Expenditures trends
Health Services Needs and Demand
Home Care Services legislation & jurisprudence
Hospice Care
Humans
Insurance Coverage legislation & jurisprudence
Personal Health Services
State Health Plans
United States
Community Health Services economics
Community Health Services supply & distribution
Delivery of Health Care methods
Financing, Government methods
Health Expenditures statistics & numerical data
Long-Term Care economics
Long-Term Care statistics & numerical data
Long-Term Care trends
Medicaid economics
Medicaid trends
Medicare economics
Medicare trends
Program Evaluation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1544-5208
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Health affairs (Project Hope)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20048356
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0494