title: Home care without Medicare: the patient-pay alternative.
abstract: Home care agencies can develop a robust, patient-paid service. The home care community now has an excellent opportunity to develop the largely untapped market for privately paid, home-based, long-term care management.
authors.affiliation: Lee Regional Visiting Nurse Association, Inc., ElderCare Advisors, Inc., Western New England, USA. eldercare@earthlink.net
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Schutzmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics*; D005382:Financing, Personal; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D006278:Medicare; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011357:Product Line Management; D014481:United States