⁸The Minnesota Senior Health Options (MSHO) was evaluated using baseline information between October 1998 and June 1999 (more than one year after the demonstration was implemented) and was resurveyed between August 2000 and February 2001 (Kane and Homyak 2003; Kane et al. 2003). The sample for the multivariate analyses consisted of MSHO enrollees and two comparison groups: dually eligible individuals who were living in the counties where MSHO was offered but who did not enroll in the MSHO and dually eligible individuals who were living in counties where MSHO was not offered. Because of the geographic variation in costs, only the first control group was used for the cost analyses. [Return to Text]