Introduction / Joshua M. Wiener, Steven B. Clauser, and David L. Kennell - - Long-term care : the view from the Health Care Financing Administration / Bruce C. Vladeck - - Private long-term care insurance : barriers to purchase and retention / Lisa Maria B. Alecxih and Steven Lutzky - - Medicaid estate planning : case studies of four states / Brian Burwell and William H. Crown - - Implications of health care financing, delivery, and benefit design for persons with disabilities / Lisa Maria B. Alecxih, John Corea, and David L. Kennell - - Program payment and utilization trends for Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities / Kenneth G. Manton and Eric Stallard - - Cognitive impairment in older people and use of physician services and inpatient care / Judith D. Kasper - - Catastrophic costs of long-term care for elderly Americans / Joshua M. Wiener, Catherine M. Sullivan, and Lisa Maria B. Alecxih - - Characteristics and outcomes of persons screened into Connecticut's 2176 Program / Korbin Liu, Jean Hanson, and Teresa Coughlin - - Combining formal and informal care in serving frail elderly persons / Sharon K. Long - - Regional variation in the use of Medicare home health services / Jennifer Schore -- Long-term care for the younger population : a policy synthesis / Joshua M. Wiener and Catherine M. Sullivan.