Medicaid Costs Under Consumer Direction for Florida Children with Developmental Disabilities

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Article Publication Date: 
12/1/2004
Summary: 
This study of Consumer Directed Care, Florida's Cash & Counseling Demonstration program for children, examines the ways in which consumer direction affects the cost of Medicaid personal care services, as well as the cost and use of other Medicaid services. Outcome measures were drawn from Medicaid claims data for 1,002 children for the first two years post-enrollment.
Article Author: 
Dale, Stacy; Brown, Randall; Phillips, Barbara
Types/Tools: 
Populations: 
Caregivers
Sources: 
NRCPDS
Programs/Initiatives: 
Cash and Counseling; 1915c
Keywords: 
Expenditures; Enrollment
long-term care; New Model of Medicaid Supportive Services; Cash and Counseling for Florida Children; Estimation of Program Effects; Waiver Expenditures; Treatment-Control Difference; Waiver Costs

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Elizabeth Maguire
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services
elizabeth.maguire.1@bc.edu
Phone: 
617-552-0562

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