New Jersey's Medicaid waiver for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

From: Health Care Financing Review | Date: March 22, 1992| Author: Crystal, Stephen; Karus, Daniel; Kurland, Carol; Merzel, Cheryl; Sambamoorthi, Usha | Copyright information

This article contains data from a study of New Jersey's home and community-based Medicaid waiver program for persons with symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus illness. Major findings include lower hospital costs and utilization for waiver participants compared with general Medicaid acquired immunodeficiency syndrome admissions in New Jersey.

Average program expenditures were $2,400 per person per month. Based on study findings, it is evident that the waiver program is an impo...

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