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Peer reviewedLiu, Korbin; Manton, Kenneth – Gerontologist, 1991
Examined lifetime nursing home use with data from Connecticut for 1977-86. Gives life table estimate of total amount of time after age 65 expected to be spent by persons in nursing homes and total amount of nursing home use paid for by Medicaid. Estimates lifetime risk of Medicaid spenddown in nursing homes at 21.5 percent. (Author/PVV)
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Eligibility, Health Care Costs, Long Term Care
Peer reviewedArling, Greg; And Others – Gerontologist, 1991
Examined Medicaid spenddown among nursing home residents from 72 Wisconsin facilities. Found only small proportion of discharges had spent down to Medicaid eligibility, but this group's long stays contributed heavily to nursing home days. Estimated over 40 percent of those who spent down did so within six months, 58 percent within a year, and 76…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Eligibility, Financial Support, Health Care Costs
Peer reviewedCoughlin, Teresa A.; Liu, Korbin – Gerontologist, 1989
Analyzed relationship between cognitive impairment and use and cost of health care, examining data from 1981-1982 Long-Term Care National Channeling Demonstration Project. Results indicated a substantial cost difference between money spent on home, institutional or nursing home care for cognitively intact and cognitively impaired persons.…
Descriptors: Health Care Costs, Home Programs, Long Term Care, Mental Disorders
