The evaluation of the National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration featured a randomized design in which applicants to the program were randomly assigned to either the treatment group, which had the opportunity to receive Channeling services, and the baseline, 6 months, 12 months and, for...

This report describes the methodology used throughout the evaluation of the National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration and documents the major analytical issues that posed potential threats to the credibility of the analysis. It provides a more thorough explanation of the estimation...

This report examines the variation among subgroups in impacts of the National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration.

The National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration was designed as a rigorous test of comprehensive case management of community care as a way of containing long-term care costs while providing adequate care to those in need.

Channeling was expected to affect life quality through two mechanisms: (1) the provision of case management and expanded services to people who would have stayed in the community even without Channeling, and (2) reduced institutionalization. Even though Channeling had no significant impact on...

Over the past decade and a half, a series of demonstrations prior to the National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration have been fielded to test some form of case managed, community-based long-term care. Fourteen community care demonstrations funded through Federal Government waivers and...