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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.11.6746

Effect of Long-term Care Utilization on Health Care Utilization of the Medicaid Elderly  

Jung, Woon-Sook (Department of Nursing, Kyungdong University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.11, 2014 , pp. 6746-6755 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined the effect of long-term care utilization on the health care utilization of Medicaid elderly. The subjects were 5,834 long-term care insurance with the level 1 Medicaid elders, who received either service or non-service. This study examined the impact of long-term care service on the probability of health care utilization and the costs of health care utilization. The total medical cost and inpatient day between 2009-2007 were significant factors affecting long-term care utilization (${\beta}=.29$, p< .001, ${\beta}=.33$, p< .001 ) and this variable explained 22.6% of the total medical cost and 22.4% of the inpatient day. The results showed that non-service in long-term care was associated with an increase in health care utilization. The current long-term care insurance system should place higher priority and more resource allocation on long-term care utilization to increase the efficiency of the insurance system.
Keywords
Elderly; Inpatient; Long-term care utilization; Medicaid; Medical cost;
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