Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Initiation and Acute Services Use
In this study among a large cohort of older adults with low income across the southeastern US, Medicaid HCBS was associated with a persistent decrease in acute services use. Future research should explore additional outcomes to better inform policies that can improve HCBS outcomes and an understanding of its tradeoffs with acute services use.
Authors
- David G. Stevenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3370-3277)
- Emmaline Keesee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6430-4482)
- Jennifer Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8937-8637)
- Laura M Keohane
- Chanee D. Fabius
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Vanderbilt Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Health Forum
- Published
- 2026-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.0206
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00