Cost-Benefit Analysis of the COPE Program for Persons Living With Dementia: Toward a Payment Model.
Laura T PizziEric JutkowitzKatherine M PrioliEmber Yiwei LuZachary BabcockHeather McAbee-SevickDorothy B WakefieldJulie RobisonSheila MolonyCatherine V PiersolLaura N GitlinRichard H FortinskyPublished in: Innovation in aging (2021)
COPE represents a potentially cost-saving dementia care service that could be financed through existing Connecticut HCBS. HCBS programs represent an important, sustainable payment model for delivering nonpharmacological dementia interventions such as COPE.