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. 1987 Summer;8(4):87–100.

Table 3. Nursing home days during the first year for treatment and control group, by type of experiment.

Type of experiment and demonstration Data source Number of days

Treatment mean Control mean Difference Percent difference
Randomized experiments, all use
Worcester Home Care Interviews1 46 46 0 0.0
Georgia AHS Medicaid records1 22 29 −7 −24.1
Medicare records
South Carolina CLTC Medicaid records1 90 130 *−40 −30.8
Medicare records
Florida Pentastar Interviews1 −10.6
Channeling: graphic file with name hcfr-8-4-87-g002.jpg Medicaid records
 Basic Model Medicare records 25 29 −4 −13.8
 Financial Model Provider records 23 26 −3 −11.5
Randomized experiment, Medicaid use only
Wisconsin CCO Medicaid records1 25 33 −8 −24.2
Randomized experiments, Medicare use only
NCHSR Day Care/Homemaker:
 Day care Medicare records 5 7 −2 −28.6
 Homemaker Medicare records 3 4 −1 −25.0
 Combined Medicare records 4 5 −1 −20.0
OPEN Medicare records 0.1 0.3 −0.2 −66.7
San Diego LTC Medicare records 0.5 0.9 −0.4 −44.4
Quasi-experiments, all use
Triage Interviews
Diaries
7 4 3 75.0
On Lok Interviews
Diaries
20 117 *−97 −82.9
MSSP Medicaid records1 39 45 −6 −13.3
Medicare records
Quasi-experiment, Medicaid and Medicare use only
Nursing Home Without Walls:
Upstate New York graphic file with name hcfr-8-4-87-g002.jpg Medicaid records 6 99 *−93 −93.9
New York City Medicare records 5 40 *−35 −87.5
Quasi-experiment, Medicare use only
New York City Home Care Medicare records 0.2 1.1 −0.9 −81.8
*

Denotes statistical significance.

1

All clients were required to be eligible for Medicaid.

NOTE: The full names of all demonstrations are shown in Figure 1.