How can person-level data in the Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) data system be used to better understand Medicaid long-term care service use and expenditures? In the analysis, the authors: compare expenditure and utilization-based measures of the balance of institutional and community-based LTC services; examine Medicaid LTC expenditures and utilization for two key groups of enrollees; decompose community-based LTC service expenditures by type of service; and summarize other Medicaid services. 

Wenzlow, Audra; Schmitz, Robert; Shepperson, Kathy 

Medicaid; Expenditures; community-based services; Medicaid Statistical Information System; Utilization; Claim File Type; Expenditure Versus Utilization-Based Measures; 

Aging Issues, Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Financing HCBS, Long-Term Care, Physical Disabilities, State/Agency Information 

Data, Reports 

Mathematica Policy Research 

All States/Territories 

03/12/2008 

John Drabek
HHS/ASPE/DALTCP

John.Drabek@hhs.gov