Determining Consumers' Preferences for a Cash Option: New York Telephone Survey Findings

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Article Publication Date: 
1/11/2000
Summary: 
Findings of a New York consumer telephone survey conducted to determine the consumers’ interest in a cash option, in comparison to traditional agency-delivered services. The demographics and attitudinal characteristics are presented, in addition to consumer preferences and policy issues.
Article Author: 
Mahoney, Ph.D., K.J.; Simon-Rusinowitz, Ph.D., L.; Desmond, Ph.D., S.M.; Shoop, Ph.D., D.M.; Squillace, M.A., M.R.; Fay, B.S., R.A.
Populations: 
Personal Assistant
Sources: 
American Rehabilitation
Programs/Initiatives: 
Cash and Counseling
Keywords: 
Expenditures
telephone survey conducted in New York; long-term care; cash allowance and information services; Rehabilitation Services Administration; cash allowances maximize consumer choice and promote efficiency; evaluate the impact of cash benefits; Assessing Consumers' Preferences for a Cash Option; Consumers' Preferences for Consumer-Direction: Existing Research and Theory; Preference Study Design and Purposes; satisfaction with current personal care services; perceptions regarding the cash option; demographic and background variables; perceptions and demographics of surrogates; Interest in the Cash; Variables that Predict Interest in the Cash Option; Consumer and Surrogate Perceptions of the Importance of Cash Option; Consumers Who Want Help or Training with Task by Cash and Counseling; Attractive Program Features and Services Consumers Want to Purchase; Consumer and Surrogate Training and Support Needs; Surrogate Need for Help or Training with Task; Targeting Interested and Uncertain Consumers and Surrogates; Communications and Social Marketing Messages to Emphasize

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