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June 1992 (Volume 70)
Quarterly Article
Pamela Farley Short
Peter Kemper
Llewellyn J. Cornelius
Daniel C. Walden
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Data from a nationally representative sample of nursing-home residents at the beginning of 1987 are used to assess the interaction of Medicaid asset spend-down, the distribution of nursing-home days by payment source, and the effect of proposed changes in public financing of nursing-home care. Three out of five nursing-home residents were covered by Medicaid in January 1987; nearly all of the remainder were private-pay. Most Medicaid recipients were covered by Medicaid when they entered the care facility at the start of an episode, but 18 percent had spent down and were originally admitted as private-pay. A universal nursing-home benefit that insured the first six months of each nursing-home episode would cover 16 percent of the people in nursing homes on a given day, disproportionately those who are private-pay. A universal benefit with a 24-month waiting period would cover 56 percent of nursing-home residents on a given day, and would tend to favor those financed by Medicaid.
Author(s): Pamela Farley Short; Peter Kemper; Llewellyn J. Cornelius; Daniel C. Walden
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Volume 70, Issue 2 (pages 277–298) Published in 1992