Thirteen papers have been commissioned as a result of the second call for abstracts in July 1999. They focused on the following areas:



Overview of State Long-Term Care Reform Strategies
Coordinating Services Across the Continuum of Health,
Housing and Supportive Service

Robert L. Mollica, Ed.D., National Academy for State Health Policy

State Efforts to Reallocate Long-Term Care Resource:
Obstacles and Options

Michael S. Sparer, Ph.D., Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University


Assessment, Targeting, and Risk Adjustment
Targeting and Assessment Strategies for Home and Community Based Services Should Derive from the Goal of Maintaining Community Residence
Andrew M. Kramer, M.D. and Marie F. Johnson, M.D., Center on Aging Research Section, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Targeting Home Care Services: Can We Do It Better?
William G. Weissert, Ph.D., Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, The University of Michigan


The Changing Role of Community-Based Long-Term Care
Bringing Managed Care Home to People with Chronic,
Disabling Conditions: Prospects and Challenges for Policy, Practice and Research

Dennis L. Kodner, Ph.D. and Corinne Kay Kyriacou, Ph.D., Institute for Applied Gerontology


Effective Coordination Between Medical and Supportive Services
Effective Coordination of Medical and Supportive Services
John Capitman, Ph.D., Institute for Health Policy, Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University

Collaborative Care Coordination: Combining Capitation and
Fee-For-Service Financing

Holly Michaels Fisher and Terrie G. Raphael, VNS Choice, Visiting Nursing Service of New York

Implementing Capitated Long-Term Care
Susan L. Hughes, D.S.W., Center for Research on Health and Aging, University of Illinois at Chicago


Effective Linkage Between Housing and Supportive Services
Effective Linkage Between Housing and Supportive Services
James Callahan, Jr., Ph.D., Policy Center on Aging, Brandeis University


Financing/Benefit Options
Funding Options for Long-Term Care
Yung-Ping Chen, Ph.D., Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston

Financing Options: Status Report on Private Long-Term Care Insurance
Marc A. Cohen, Ph.D., Center for Health and Long Term Care Research, Inc.

Integrating Long Term Care Financing and Retirement Income: An Annuity Approach
Brenda C. Spillman, Ph.D., Health Policy Center, The Urban Institute

Where is Long-Term Care Going?
Policy Implications of Service and Delivery Models

Joshua M. Wiener, Ph.D., Health Policy Center, The Urban Institute


Thirteen of the completed second-round papers are being published as a special issue of the Journal of Aging and Health.



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