title: Praising Arizona.
abstract: Out west in the Grand Canyon State, Arizona has accomplished what many health care experts said was impossible. The state has slashed the costs of long-term care for the elderly and the disabled, the most expensive part of its medicaid program, and improved the quality of care.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Serafini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001130:Arizona; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D016330:Frail Elderly; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D008484:Medicaid / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States