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Consumer and Consultant Experiences in the New Jersey Personal Preference Program
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Consumer and Consultant Experiences in the New Jersey Personal Preference Program Leslie Foster, Barbara Phillips and Jennifer Schore Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. July 2005 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2005/NJppp.pdf (107 PDF pages)
Alternative Responses to Child Maltreatment: Findings from NCANDS
By: Gila R. Shusterman, Dana Hollinshead, John D. FLuke, and Ying-Ying T. Yuan Walter R. McDonald & Associates Prepared for: Laura RadelOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
First-Year Impacts of Four Title V, Section 510 Abstinence Education Programs
This report presents findings on the short-term impacts of a select group of Title V Section 510 abstinence programs on measures such as service receipt and intermediate attitudinal outcomes for participants. The analysis of first-year impacts is based on an experimental study sample of youth that were randomly assigned to either a program group that received abstinence education or a control…
Consumer and Consultant Experiences in the Florida Consumer Directed Care Program
Leslie Foster, Barbara Phillips and Jennifer Schore Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. June 2005 This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-95-0046 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the University of Maryland.
Consumer and Consultant Experiences in the Florida Consumer Directed Care Program
This report describes the implementation of consumer directed care by synthesizing information from in-person discussions with program staff, a mail survey of program consultants, telephone interviews with consumers in the treatment group, and program records. It discusses the program's goals and features, the ways beneficiaries managed their program responsibilities and took advantage of…
Consumer and Consultant Experiences in the Florida Consumer Directed Care Program
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Consumer and Consultant Experiences in the Florida Consumer Directed Care Program Leslie Foster, Barbara Phillips and Jennifer Schore Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. June 2005 PDF Version
Research Brief
Understanding Adoption Subsidies: An Analysis of AFCARS Data - Research Brief
Adoption subsidies are perhaps the single most powerful tool by which the child welfare system can encourage adoption and support adoptive families. The federal Adoption Assistance Program was created by Congress in 1980 to ensure that families adopting foster children with special needs could do so without reducing or exhausting their resources. This federal adoption subsidy program entitles all…
Effect of Consumer Direction on Adults' Personal Care and Well-Being in Arkansas, New Jersey, and Florida
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Effect of Consumer Direction on Adults' Personal Care and Well-Being in Arkansas, New Jersey, and Florida
This report examines the effects of the Cash and Counseling program in three states Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey regarding how consumer direction affects the use and quality of both paid and unpaid personal care assistance received by consumers, as measured by consumers' satisfaction with care, the frequency of unmet needs, and the incidence of adverse health events arising…
Effect of Consumer Direction on Adults' Personal Care and Well-Being in Arkansas, New Jersey, and Florida
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Effect of Consumer Direction on Adults' Personal Care and Well-Being in Arkansas, New Jersey, and Florida Barbara Lepidus Carlson, Stacy Dale, Leslie Foster, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips and Jennifer Schore Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. May 16, 2005 PDF Version
Long-Term Growth of Medical Expenditures - Public and Private
ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Long-Term Growth of Medical Expenditures Public and Private May 2005 Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format This Issue Brief is available on the Internet at:http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/medicalexpenditures/
The Effect of Cash and Counseling on Medicaid and Medicare Costs: Findings for Adults in Three States
Stacy Dale and Randall Brown
White Paper
ASPE Childhood Obesity White Paper
ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF Childhood Obesity By: Jennifer Bishop, Rebecca Middendorf, Tori Babin, Wilma Tilson Abstract The document provides an overview of the research literature on causes of childhood obesity. This research brief is available on the Internet at:
Coordinating Care in the Fee-for-Service System for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Coordinating Care in the Fee-for-Service System for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions Jennifer Gillespie, Robert Mollica, Jane Horvath andClaudia Williams National Academy for State Health Policy May 2005 PDF Version
Long-Term Growth of Medical Expenditures - Public and Private
As the population of the United States ages, it will consume more health care. Older people suffer diseases and other medical problems to a greater extent than younger people. And with health care prices continuing to rise much faster than other goods and services, the use and societal cost of health care is expected to soar in the future. Steps to moderate the growth of health care prices and…
The Effect of Cash and Counseling on Medicaid and Medicare Costs: Findings for Adults in Three States
Recent research suggests that Florida's Cash and Counseling model-Consumer Directed Care (CDC)-increased the well-being of children with disabilities and their parents in Florida and that the Cash and Counseling programs in Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey similarly increased the well-being of adults. The program also increased the likelihood that consumers in all three states would receive…