Medicaid Personal Care Services and caregivers' reports of children's health: the dynamics of a relationship.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the relationship between Medicaid Personal Care Services (PCS) and caregivers' reports of activity (activities of daily living [ADL]) limitations for children with chronic health problems.

Data sources/study setting

Primary data collected in 2008 and 2009. A state Medicaid program was the setting. The focus was children receiving Medicaid PCS.

Data collection

Medicaid case managers assessed children to determine their need for PCS, using information provided by the child or informal caregivers. Two thousand seven hundred assessments were provided to researchers directly from case managers.

Principal findings

Medical conditions and impairments explained 58 percent of the variance in the child's activity limitations. Activity limitations

SUBMITTER: Elliott TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3393024 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature