ABSTRACT
This report describes strategies used to provide diagnostic follow-up and treatment services to low-income women screened through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.
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Aftercare/organization & administration , Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis , Breast Neoplasms/therapy , Mass Screening/organization & administration , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/diagnosis , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/therapy , Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. , Female , Humans , Population Surveillance , Poverty , Practice Guidelines as Topic , Program Evaluation , Public Health , United States/epidemiology , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Admission cohorts from the Michigan Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver program and Ohio nursing homes were compared on measures of resource utilization including a modified Resource Utilization Groups (RUG-III) system, Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), and overall case mix. We found that, contrary to previous research, the two samples were remarkably similar across RUG-III categories. However, the nursing home sample was more functionally impaired on measures of ADL functioning and overall case mix. Results of this study may inform policymakers and providers of the potential for maintaining the appropriate population in the home with government-funded home care.
