title: Determining consumer preferences for a cash option: Arkansas survey results.
abstract: As long-term care (LTC) expenditures have risen, policymakers have sought ways to control costs while maintaining consumer satisfaction. Concurrently, there is increasing interest within the aging and disability communities in consumer-directed care. The Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation (CCDE) seeks to increase consumer direction and control costs by offering a cash allowance and information services to persons with disabilities, enabling them to purchase needed assistance. The authors present results from a telephone survey conducted to assess consumer preferences for a cash option in Arkansas and describe how findings from the four-State CCDE can inform consumer information efforts and policymakers.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland Center on Aging, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Simon-Rusinowitz
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Mahoney
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Desmond
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Shoop
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Squillace
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Fay
mesh_terms: D001131:Arkansas; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003363:Cost Control; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods; D010548:Personal Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D015397:Program Evaluation