Publications from the Medicaid Cash and Counseling Evaluation

Reports

Final Evaluation Report:
"Cash and Counseling: Improving the Lives of Medicaid Beneficiaries Who Need Personal Care or Home- and Community-Based Services"

Effects on Consumers:
"Effect of Consumer Direction on Personal Care and Well-Being in Arkansas, New Jersey, and Florida"
"Does Consumer Direction Affect the Quality of Medicaid Personal Assistance in Arkansas?"
"The Effect of Consumer Direction on Personal Assistance Received in Arkansas"
"Do Consumer-Directed Medicaid Supportive Services Work for Children with Developmental Disabilities?"

Effects on Medicaid and Medicare Costs and Services:
"Does Arkansas' Cash and Counseling Program Affect Service Use and Public Costs?"
"Medicaid Costs Under Consumer Direction for Florida Children with Developmental Disabilities"
"The Effect of Cash and Counseling on Medicaid and Medicare Costs: Findings for Adults in Three States"

Effects on Caregivers:
"Easing the Burden of Caregiving: The Impact of Consumer Direction on Primary Informal Caregivers in Arkansas"
"The Effects of Cash and Counseling on the Primary Informal Caregivers of Children with Developmental Disabilities"
"How Cash and Counseling Affects Informal Caregivers: Findings from Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey"

Experiences of Paid Workers:
"The Experiences of Workers Hired Under Consumer Direction in Arkansas"
"Experiences of Workers Hired Under Cash and Counseling: Findings from Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey"

Program Implementation Issues:
"Moving to IndependentChoices: The Implementation of the Cash and Counseling Demonstration in Arkansas"
"Enabling Personal Preference: The Implementation of the Cash and Counseling Demonstration in New Jersey"
"Changing to Consumer-Directed Care: The Implementation of the Cash and Counseling Demonstration in Florida"
"Lessons from the Implementation of Cash and Counseling in Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey"
"Consumer and Counselor Experiences in the Arkansas IndependentChoices Program"
"Consumer and Consultant Experiences in the Florida Consumer Directed Care Program"
"Consumer and Consultant Experiences in the New Jersey Personal Preference Program"

Program Demand and Participation:
"Assessing the Appeal of the Cash and Counseling Program in Arkansas, New Jersey, and Florida"

Public Use Data Files

Survey instruments and evaluation design publications are available only in hard copy. Contact Publications for further information.

Survey Instruments:
Caregiver
Nine Month
Baseline
Four-Month Treatment Group

Evaluation Design:
Arkansas
Florida
New Jersey
New York

Published Articles

"The Research Design and Methodological Issues for the Cash and Counseling Evaluation." Health Services Research, February 2007.

"Consumer Enrollment and Experiences in the Cash and Counseling Program." Health Services Research, February 2007.

"Effects of Cash and Counseling on Personal Care and Well-Being." Health Services Research, February 2007.

"How Does Cash and Counseling Affect Costs?" Health Services Research, February 2007.

"How Caregivers and Workers Fared in Cash and Counseling." Health Services Research, February 2007.

"Reducing Nursing Home Use Through Consumer-Directed Personal Care Services." Medical Care, August 2006.

"How Do Hired Workers Fare Under Consumer-Directed Personal Care?" The Gerontologist, October 2005.

"Easing the Burden of Caregiving: The Impact of Consumer Direction on Primary Informal Caregivers in Arkansas." The Gerontologist, August 2005.

"The Effects of Cash and Counseling on Personal Care Services and Medicaid Costs in Arkansas." Health Affairs, November 2003.

"Improving the Quality of Medicaid Personal Care Through Consumer Direction." Health Affairs, March 2003.


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