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Chain reaction: an exploratory study of nursing home bankruptcy in CaliforniaMartin Kitchener
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco 94118, USA
J Aging Soc Policy 17:19-35. 2005..These findings indicate that, rather than facility characteristics and local market factors, strategic decisions taken at the corporate (chain) level are the major determinants of nursing facility bankruptcy status...- Medicaid waiver programs for traumatic brain and spinal cord injuryMartin Kitchener
University of California, 3333 California Street, Suite 455, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
J Health Soc Policy 20:51-66. 2005..g., eligibility criteria and cost controls) used on these waiver programs in 2002, and compares the Medicaid cost of serving this target group through institutional care and waiver programs... - The U.S. long-term care field: a dialectic analysis of institution dynamicsArtin Kitchener
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
J Health Soc Behav 45:87-101. 2004.... - Explaining the diffusion of Medicaid home care waiver programs using VPRS decision rulesMartin Kitchener
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 455, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Health Care Manag Sci 7:237-44. 2004..Second, for analysts generating evidence for health policy, VPRS provides a rigorous data mining tool and acknowledges inherent analytical uncertainty in the field... - Medicaid home and community-based services: national program trendsMartin Kitchener
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco UCSF, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 24:206-12. 2005.... - From the doctor's workshop to the iron cage? Evolving modes of physician control in US health systemsMartin Kitchener
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 455, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Soc Sci Med 60:1311-22. 2005.... - Smoke without fire: nursing facility closures in California, 1997-2001Martin Kitchener
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco 94118, USA
Inquiry 41:189-202. 2004.... - Medicaid 1915(c) home and community-based services waivers: a national survey of eligibility criteria, caps, and waiting listsMartin Kitchener
Center for Personal Assistance Services, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, 3333 California Street, Suite 455, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Home Health Care Serv Q 23:55-69. 2004..These findings provide an important basis for comparison between states because the use of these strategies may restrict individuals' choice of services and result in unnecessary institutionalization... - Medicaid community-based programs: a longitudinal analysis of state variation in expenditures and utilizationMartin Kitchener
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 94118, USA
Inquiry 40:375-89. 2003..Among the results, positive state-level factors related to HCBS participants and expenditures include: higher percentages of aged people, greater incomes per capita, and a larger supply of home health agencies... - Developing personal care programs: national trends and interstate variation, 1992-2002Martin Kitchener
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California St, Suite 455, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Inquiry 44:69-87. 2007..Negative predictors of personal care development include rates of Medicare home health users and hospital beds... 
Medicare and medicaid in long-term careTerence Ng
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:22-8. 2010..Although growing numbers of people receive home and community-based services paid for by the two programs, there are wide variations across states and among target groups. The system of long-term care is in need of structural reform...- Medicaid State Plan personal care services: trends in programs and policiesMartin Kitchener
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
J Aging Soc Policy 19:9-26. 2007..Findings from the policy survey reveal that between 1999 and 2002 there was a marked decline in the range of services provided, and by 2004, almost half the programs operated a cap on the hours of services provided... - State Medicaid home care policies: inside the black boxMartin Kitchener
University of California, 3333 California Street, Suite 455, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Home Health Care Serv Q 26:23-38. 2007..The findings advance knowledge of state policy trends within each of the three programs and variations between them... - Case study: development of and stakeholder responses to a nursing home consumer information systemJanis O'Meara
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco 94118, USA
Am J Med Qual 20:40-50. 2005..Most discharge planners and care managers do not use Internet resources to find facilities. Feedback, modifications, updates, and outreach are needed on a continuous basis to ensure the site is a helpful tool for all stakeholders... - Do Medicaid home and community based service waivers save money?Charlene Harrington
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94118, USA
Home Health Care Serv Q 30:198-213. 2011..This analysis demonstrates that HCBS waiver programs present significant direct financial savings to Medicaid long-term care (LTC) programs... - Residential care provision in Medicaid home- and community-based waivers: a national study of program trendsMartin Kitchener
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 455, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Gerontologist 46:165-72. 2006..This study describes participation and expenditure trends for residential care services funded by Medicaid waivers and examines variation across programs... - Assistive technology in medicaid home- and community-based waiver programsMartin Kitchener
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 455, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Gerontologist 48:181-9. 2008..This article presents the latest available national AT expenditure and participation trends (1999-2002) for Medicaid 1915(c) waivers, the largest Medicaid home- and community-based service program... - Designing a report card for nursing facilities: what information is needed and whyCharlene Harrington
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 455, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Gerontologist 43:47-57. 2003..Such information can meet the needs of various stakeholder groups, including consumers, family/friends, health professionals, providers, advocates, ombudsman, payers, and policy makers... - Trends in state certificate of need and moratoria programs for long term care providersCharlene Harrington
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Fransisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 455, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
J Health Soc Policy 19:31-58. 2004..Where limits are placed on home and community service providers, however, access could be negatively impacted... - Paid personal assistance services:an exploratory study of working-age consumers' perspectivesBrian R Grossman
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
J Aging Soc Policy 19:27-45. 2007..The respondents strongly preferred consumer-directed care... - Institutional and community-based long-term care: a comparative estimate of public costsMartin Kitchener
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 455, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
J Health Soc Policy 22:31-50. 2006..This analysis estimates that when compared with Medicaid institutional care in 2002, HCBS waivers produced a national average public expenditure saving of $43,947 per participant. doi:10.1300/J045v22n02_03... - Introduction to special issue on personal assistanceMartin Kitchener
University of California, San Francisco, USA
J Aging Soc Policy 19:1-7. 2007 - Federal and state nursing facility websites: just what the consumer needs?Charlene Harrington
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif 94118, USA
Am J Med Qual 18:21-37. 2003..Although many states are making progress toward providing consumers with information, there are gaps that exist, which if filled, could provide consumers with a better tool for facility selection and monitoring the quality of care... - Quality of care in nursing homes: an analysis of relationships among profit, quality, and ownershipCiaran O'Neill
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California 90407 2138, USA
Med Care 41:1318-30. 2003..This relationship might be explained by the context in which proprietary homes operate. However, another possible explanation is that some proprietary homes take excessive profit to the detriment of care quality... - Medicaid 1915(c) waiver use and expenditures for persons living with HIV/AIDSNancy A Miller
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Med Care Res Rev 65:338-55. 2008..Medicaid community-based care has been found to be related to improved outcomes and reduced costs of care. Ways to foster 1915(c) waiver expansion are important so as to increase access to care for PLWHA... 
Shareholder value and the performance of a large nursing home chainMartin Kitchener
Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Aberconway Building, Colum Drive, Cardiff CF10 3EU, UK
Health Serv Res 43:1062-84. 2008..To analyze corporate governance arrangements and quality and financial performance outcomes among large multi-facility nursing home corporations (chains) that pursue stakeholder value (profit maximization) strategies...- Strengthening home and community-based care through Medicaid waiversNancy A Miller
Department of Public Policy, University of Maryland, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
J Aging Soc Policy 18:1-16. 2006..Federal policies that address state resource issues may also spur growth in community-based LTC, which, in most states, continues to be limited... - Variation by disability in state predictors of Medicaid 1915c waiver use and expendituresNancy A Miller
Department of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Public Policy Building, 21250, USA
Gerontologist 45:764-72. 2005..A substantially greater share of long-term-care dollars supports community-based care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, relative to older and working-age persons with primarily physical disabilities... - Medicaid's role in the many markets for health careKevin Quinn
ACS Government Healthcare Solutions, Helena, MT 59601, USA
Health Care Financ Rev 28:69-82. 2007..We explore the implications of the different roles for payment policy, industry organization, data availability, and quality of care... - Ranking the 'balance' of state long-term care systems: a comparative exposition of the SMARTER and CaRBS TechniquesMalcolm Beynon
Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Colum Drive, Cardiff CF10 3EU, Wales, UK
Health Care Manag Sci 8:157-66. 2005..In addition to discussing the LTC policy implications of the study findings, the issues of rank order stability and the management of missing data are discussed with respect to the two techniques employed...