Long-Term Care Financing

ASPE Research Notes INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKERS FOCUS ON: Long-Term Care Issued December 1994 The Medicaid Personal Care Services Option Part II: Consumer-Directed Models of Care PDF

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Economic Impact of Long-Term Care on Individuals

This paper provides an overview of public financing of long-term care services for the elderly under Medicare, Medicaid and other public programs. Recent program data on public spending for both nursing home and home care services are presented, as well as selected data on recent expenditure trends, particularly under Medicare and Medicaid.

This paper explains the cost estimates for the long-term care provisions of the Health Security Act. [44 PDF pages]

ASPE Research Notes INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKERS FOCUS ON: Long-Term Care Issued February 1994 The Elderly with Disabilities: At Risk for High Health Care Costs PDF Version:

ASPE Research Notes INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKERS FOCUS ON: Insurance Issued March 1995 March 1992 Current Population Survey Shows Health Insurance Coverage Up in 1991: Number of Medicaid Recipients Also Rises

ASPE Research Notes INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKERS FOCUS ON: Long-Term Care Issued April 1992 Estimating Eligibility for Publicly-Financed Home Care: Not a Simple Task... PDF Version:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Brookings/ICF Long Term Care Financing Model is available to interested researchers. However, access to a mainframe computer and significant amounts of computer time are required. The computer tape containing the code of the model and associated input data can be purchased through NTIS.

This report discusses the parameters of the model and provides examples of how these parameters can be changed to simulate alternative scenarios of the utilization and financing of nursing home and home care by elderly persons for the period 1986-2020. [94 PDF pages]