title: Medicaid spenddown among nursing home residents in Wisconsin.
abstract: We examined Medicaid spenddown among nursing home residents from 72 facilities in Wisconsin during 1988. Results indicate that only a small proportion (12%) of discharges from these facilities had spent down to Medicaid eligibility. This represents about one-fourth (23%) of persons who had been admitted private pay. Moreover, we estimated that over 40% of those who spent down to Medicaid did so within 6 months, 58% spent down within a year, and 76% spent down within 2 years. Even though a relatively small percentage of residents spent down, this group had very long stays (median stay greater than 3 years) and thus contributed quite heavily to nursing home days.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Systems and Research and Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arling
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Buhaug
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hagan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States; D014922:Wisconsin