Do elderly Medicaid patients experience reduced access to nursing home care?
J Health Econ
; 12(3): 259-80, 1993 Oct.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10171727
ABSTRACT
This paper uses data from the National Long-Term Care Survey and the Area Resources File to analyze the problem of diminished access to nursing home care for elderly Medicaid patients. Using a proxy for the length of time on a waiting list before nursing home entry as my measure of access, I find evidence suggesting that nursing home operators in some areas preferentially admit private patients. Waitlisting of Medicaid patients appears to be a problem mainly in counties in which a high proportion of potential nursing home patients are private and counties in which bed supply is low.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Medicaid
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Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde
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Instituição de Longa Permanência para Idosos
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Casas de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article