State Medicaid home- and community-based waiver programs for persons with AIDS (PWAs) were implemented with the expectation that PWAs would use these services in lieu of more expensive hospital-based care. If so, Medicaid spending per PWA should decline, and program costs fall. We analyze...

State Medicaid home and community-based waiver programs for persons with AIDS (PWAs) were implemented with the expectation that PWAs would use home and community-based services in lieu of more expensive hospital-based care. If so, then Medicaid spending per PWA should decline and this in turn...