Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population

Table 19: Outcome Indicators by State Prevalence of Specific Disabilities, Age 65+, 2005^a

Table 19G: HCBS Population Age 65+

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• Table 19A: National HCBS Population.
• Table 19B: Dually Eligible HCBS Participants.
• Table 19C: Medicaid-Only HCBS Participants.
• Table 19D: I/DD Subpopulation.
• Table 19E: SMI Subpopulation.
• Table 19F: HCBS Population Ages 18-64 Without I/DD or SMI.
• Table 19G: HCBS Population Age 65+.

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Notes:

ACSC = ambulatory care-sensitive condition; HCBS = home and community-based services; I/DD = intellectual and development disabilities; SMI = serious mental illness.

^a. All outcome indicators expressed as potentially avoidable hospital stays per 100,000 persons in the HCBS population. HCBS population for outcome indicators excludes: individuals under age 18; people with only institutional use in a given quarter; people on managed care plans; and persons in the States of Arizona, Maine, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Dually eligible = dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare. Eligibility for Medicare defined as inclusion in Medicare denominator file.

Medicaid only = part of Medicaid HCBS population but not enrolled in Medicare.

HCBS subpopulations of I/DD, SMI, Under 65 Without I/DD or SMI, and 65+ are defined as in the Appendix.

Median is defined as the value at which half of States are below and half of States are above.

Source for Outcome Indicators: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) data, and Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) data.

Sources for column heading data are described in the Appendix.

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