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Medicaid Long-Term Care: Successful State Efforts to Expand Home Services While Limiting Costs

HEHS-94-167 Published: Aug 11, 1994. Publicly Released: Aug 11, 1994.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed three states' experiences in expanding government-funded home and community-based health care services, focusing on: (1) the extent to which these states have shifted their long-term care to home and community-based settings; (2) controls for managing the costs and growth of home and community-based programs; and (3) the impact the shifts and controls have had on long-term care services.

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Community health servicesHealth care cost controlHealth care planningHealth care programsHealth services administrationHome health care servicesIncome maintenance programsLong-term careMedicaidState-administered programsSupplemental security income