Laurel Hixon Illston

Biographic Data

ID5543717
NAMELaurel Hixon Illston
GIVEN NAMESLaurel Hixon
FAMILY NAMEIllston
SIGNATUREILLSTON L H
AFFILIATIONSHealth Financing Branch, Office of Management and Budget
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1991
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
H-INDEX1

  • The Substitutability of Adult Foster Care for Nursing Home Care in Oregon

    John A Nyman, Michael Finch et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1997References: 11

    OBJECTIVES: This study investigates the degree of substitutability of adult foster care for nursing home care in Oregon. METHODS: Using three tests, the authors determined (1) the extent to which an additional adult foster care resident in a county reduces the number of nursing home residents in that county, (2) which characteristics of residents and facilities are important in sorting residents into either nursing homes or adult foster care faci…

  • Making Health Reform Work

    Open AccessLaurel Hixon IllstonARTICLEPolitical Science Quarterly1995

  • Adult foster care for the elderly in Oregon

    R A Kane, Robert L Kane et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1991Cited by: 3References: 1

    BACKGROUND. In Oregon, adult foster care (AFC) homes, which are private residences where a live-in manager cares for one to five disabled residents, have been covered by Medicaid since 1981 and seem to offer a mainstream alternative to nursing homes. They house almost 6000 older people, two thirds of which pay privately. METHODS. In a cross-sectional study, we interviewed 400 AFC and 400 nursing home residents. Data analyses included descriptive …