A new way of looking at private pay affordability of long-term services and supports

A new way of looking at private pay affordability of long-term services and supports

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Insight on the issues (AARP Public Policy Institute)
Contributor(s):
Houser, Ari.
AARP (Organization)
Public Policy Institute (AARP (Organization))
Publication:
Washington, D.C. : AARP Public Policy Institute, c2012
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Costs and Cost Analysis
Home Care Services -- economics
Long-Term Care -- economics
Nursing Homes -- economics
Private Sector -- economics
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
The affordability of private pay services is an important component of long-term services and supports system performance. This Insight on the Issues presents data on private pay affordability for every state and more than 400 markets in the United States. There is wide variation in affordability between states and markets. Private pay nursing home care is not affordable for middle-income families anywhere. While less costly than nursing homes, home health care is still unaffordable for middle-income older people at typical levels of use.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101596420 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101596420