title: Providers issue brief: assisted living: year end report-2002.
abstract: As the private assisted living market emerges as one ot the fastest growing long-term care options for senior citizens who do not need the level of care they would receive in a nursing home, more states are scrambling to regulate facilities and use Medicaid funds to pay for them as an alternative to nursing facilities.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tanner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease; D040561:Assisted Living Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005544:Forecasting; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States