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Brookings/ICF Long-Term Care Financing Model: Model Assumptions

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This report provides pertinent details about the variables, data, and equations on which the Brookings/ICF Long Term Care Financing Model is based. It is designed for those interested in learning precisely how the model generates its results. The Brookings/ICF Long Term Care Financing Model is a microsimulation model which ages a large file of individuals over the period 1986-2020 and computes their long-term care use and expenditures. [161 PDF pages]