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Van Houtven, Courtney Harold; Jeffreys, Amy S.; Coffman, Cynthia J. – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: The Veterans Affairs or VA health care system is in the process of significantly expanding home health care (HOC) nationwide. We describe VA HHC use in 2003 for all VA HHC users from 2002; we examine whether VA utilization across a broad spectrum of services differed for a sample of VA HHC users and their propensity-score-matched…
Descriptors: Health Facilities, Respite Care, Veterans, Health Services
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Han, Beth; McAuley, William J.; Remsburg, Robin E. – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: Little is known about whether an association exists between agency ownership and length of service among home care patients with different payment sources. This study investigated how for-profit and not-for-profit agencies responded to policy changes in the 1990s with respect to length of service. Design and Methods: We examined length of…
Descriptors: Home Programs, Health, Agencies, Ownership
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Diamond, Larry M.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1983
Discusses the feasibility of delivering combined health and social services to an elderly population. The social/health maintenance organization (S/HMO), incorporating features of health maintenance organizations with community social services, will be financed on a prepaid, capitated basis through premium contributions from Medicare, Medicaid,…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Financial Support, Health Insurance, Health Services