Expanded community care for the frail elderly has been advocated based on its potential for financial cost saving. However, the evaluation found that average costs increased: the cost of expanding publicly financed case management and formal community services beyond what already was provided...

Using a quasi-experimental design, this study assessed the effects of waiting periods on the costs of Medicaid long-term care and the risk of long-term nursing home stays and hospitalizations.

This report provides an interim assessment of the Partnership for Patients' progress toward reducing hospital-acquired harms, based on a synthesis of evidence across multiple data sources and using multiple analytic techniques.