title: Finding a "healthy" medium.
abstract: Home health care is an integral part of the health care system. As home care grows--a natural outcome with a growing elderly population and earlier discharges from the hospital under DRGs--so do the many challenges. Proposed Medicare budget cuts, managed care and Medicaid block grants are just a few of the pressing issues faces by not only home care, but the entire health care industry.
authors.affiliation: Michigan Home Health Association, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McMahon
mesh_terms: D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D017050:Episode of Care; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D008484:Medicaid / Q000639:trends*; D006278:Medicare / Q000639:trends*; D008824:Michigan; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D014481:United States