New Jersey's Medicaid waiver for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
This article contains data from a study of New Jersey's home and community-based Medicaid waiver program for persons with symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus illness. Major findings include lower hospital costs and utilization for waiver participants compared with general Medicaid acquired immunodeficiency syndrome admissions in New Jersey. Average program expenditures were $2,400 per person per month. Based on study findings, it is evident that the waiver program is an important means of providing financial benefits and access to services and that comprehensive case management is a critical factor in assuring program quality.
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Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.
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Sambamoorthi
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