Comparison of Resource Utilization for Medicaid Dementia Patients Using Nursing Homes Versus Home and Community Based Waivers for Long-term Care

Medicaid waiver home and community-based long-term care services (HCBS) may provide a partial solution to theescalating costs of long-term care. Persons with dementia can havecomplex caregiving needs; it is unknown whether their expendituresand resource utilization differ between community-based versusinstitutional settings.