Abstract
The authors examine the historical origins and actual circumstances of home health care and its delivery in the United States, focusing on the major beneficiaries of the system--the elderly. Cost containment policies applied in hospital settings and the residual effects of these policies in the home health care arena are discussed in anticipation of a prospective payment system for home health care. A data-based study of acutely ill recipients of home health care revealed that the severity of illness of patients receiving home health care increased after the implementation of the hospital-based prospective payment system, but the level of home care remained in a steady-state.
Recommended Citation
Singleton, Carol A. M.S.W., Ph.D. and Bredow, Timothy S. R.N., Ph.D.
(1989)
"Rethinking Home Health Care: Fiscal Contingencies and Future Needs,"
Journal of Health Occupations Education: Vol. 4:
No.
2, Article 5.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/jhoe/vol4/iss2/5