Medicaid’s Long-Term Care Beneficiaries: An Analysis of Spending Patterns


 

Publication Date: November 2006

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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Research Area: Health

Keywords: Health Care

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This analysis of spending patterns of Medicaid's long-term care users (LTC) reveals that the 7% of Medicaid beneficiaries using LTC account for over half (52%) of all Medicaid spending.