Evaluation of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Demonstration. Determinants of Enrollment Among Applicants to the PACE Program.

摘要

The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is an innovative demonstration that provides long-term care services to frail elders in a day care setting. The PACE approach was conceived and refined at On Lok, an organization in the Chinese community of San Francisco. This program attempts to maintain and improve health by integrating a range of preventive, acute care, and long-term care services and providing these services in a day care setting. Costs are controlled under a capitated payment system. The anticipated benefits of program participation include the avoidance of the clients functional decline and use of more costly nursing home services.