State Long-Term Services and Supports Scorecard: How One State Improved

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Leslie Hendrickson

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Kathleen Ujvari, AARP Public Policy Institute

Published April 27, 2015

This report presents the findings from a case study of Mississippi. The study was conducted following the release of the 2014 State Long-Term Services and Supports Scorecard to understand factors that lead to improved performance on measures of long-term services and supports (LTSS) for older adults and people with physical disabilities. Case studies can provide a deeper context for understanding how some states have improved the performance of their LTSS systems over time. While Mississippi still scores low on the overall Scorecard, it shows significant progress.

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