Participants in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) demonstration: developing disease-impairment-disability profiles.

PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly): innovative care for the frail elderly. Comprehensive services enable most participants to remain at home.

PACE--the Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly--provides integrated comprehensive healthcare services to the frail elderly on a capitated basis. Begun in the early 1970s in San Francisco's Chinatown, PACE today comprises many individual programs across the nation. PACE's goal is to provide participants with the healthcare services they need for the highest possible level of functioning...

Evaluation of the Program of All- Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Demonstration The Impact of PACE on Participant Outcomes FINAL

Stability of Disability Among PACE Enrollees: Financial and Programmatic Implications

This article examines the experience of the first 11 Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) programs. It investigates changes in functional status of participants in relation to length of enrollment in the program and individual risk characteristics. Our findings indicate that mature programs experience stable disability mix over time, supporting the rationale for the current PACE...

Evaluation of the Program of All- Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Demonstration Factors Contributing to Care Management and Decision Making in the PACE Model FINAL

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An effective, efficient elder care program. Providence ElderPlace focuses on maintaining the continuum of care.

Providence ElderPlace, Portland, OR, is an innovative long-term care health maintenance organization. The program is a type of integrated delivery network, offering comprehensive benefits and coordinating the delivery of healthcare services in a specific geographic market. Providence ElderPlace is based on the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), which was developed 20 years a...