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Prescription Drug Coverage, Spending, Utilization, and Prices
Prescription drugs play an ever-increasing role in modern medicine. New medications are improving health outcomes and quality of life, replacing surgery and other invasive treatments, and quickening recovery for patients who receive these treatments. As important as prescription drugs are, not everyone has access to them. The newest drugs are often the most expensive, and millions of Americans -…
The Use of Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facilities Among Privately Insured and Non-Privately Insured Disabled Elders
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Multivariate Analysis of Patterns of Informal and Formal Caregiving among Privately Insured and Non-Privately Insured Disabled Elders Living in the Community - Executive Summary
Marc A. Cohen, Ph.D. Vice President, LifePlans, Inc. President, Center for Health and Long-Term Care Research Maurice Weinrobe, Ph.D. Professor of Economics, Clark University Jessica Miller, M.S.
Multivariate Analysis of Patterns of Informal and Formal Caregiving among Privately Insured and Non-Privately Insured Disabled Elders Living in the Community
Marc A. Cohen, Ph.D. Vice President, LifePlans, Inc. President, Center for Health and Long-Term Care Research Maurice Weinrobe, Ph.D. Professor of Economics, Clark University Jessica Miller, M.S. Senior Research Associate, LifePlans, Inc.
Report to the President: Prescription Drug Coverage, Spending, Utilization, and Prices.
Executive Summary
Prescription drugs play an ever-increasing role in modern medicine. New medications are improving health outcomes and quality of life, replacing surgery and other invasive treatments, and quickening recovery for patients who receive these treatments. As important as prescription drugs are, not everyone has access to them. The newest drugs are often the most expensive, and…
Dynamics of Children's Movement Among the AFDC, Medicaid, and Foster Care Programs Prior to Welfare Reform: 1995-1996
Policy changes may have both positive and negative effects on programs that are not the primary target of the policy. Policymakers hope that the potential negative effects are minimized and do not outweigh the positive effects on the target program as well as on other programs. Analyzing the patterns of program utilization by children before and after welfare reform can inform us about how the…
Dynamics of Children's Movement Among the AFDC, Medicaid, and Foster Care Programs Prior to Welfare Reform: 1995–1996
Prepared by: Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago Center for Social Services Research, University of California, Berkeley School of Social Work, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill American Institutes for Research, Prime Contractor Contract: HHS-100-97-0006, Delivery Order #3
Coordination and Integration of Welfare and Workforce Development Systems
Study Methods Coordination and Client Services Advantages of Coordination for the Client Factors that Promote Coordination Challenges to Coordination Conclusions The policy context for both welfare programs and employment and training programs operated by the workforce development system has changed dramati
Coordination and Integration of Welfare and Workforce Development Systems
Nancy Pindus Robin Koralek Karin Martinson John Trutko
Important Questions for Hospice in the Next Century
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Important Questions for Hospice in the Next Century Barbara Gage, Ph.D., Susan C. Miller, Ph.D., MBA, Kristen Coppola, Ph.D., Jennie Harvell, M.Ed., Linda Laliberte, JD, MS, Vincent Mor, Ph.D., and Joan Teno, M.D., MS March 2000 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/impques.pdf (191 PDF pages)
Hospice Benefits and Utilization in the Large Employer Market
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Hospice Benefits and Utilization in the Large Employer Market Beth Jackson, Teresa Gibson and Joline Staeheli The MEDSTAT Group March 2000 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/empmkt.pdf (64 PDF pages)
Use of Medicare's Hospice Benefit by Nursing Facility Residents
Susan C. Miller, Pedro Gozalo and Vincent Mor Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University This report was prepared under contract #100-97-0010 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the Urban Institute.
Outcomes and Utilization for Hospice and Non-Hospice Nursing Facility Decedents
Susan C. Miller, Pedro Gozalo and Vincent Mor Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2000/oututil.pdf (63 PDF pages)
Outcomes and Utilization for Hospice and Non-Hospice Nursing Facility Decedents
This comparative study first identifies and describes two cohorts of nursing facility decedents, those that did and did not elect Medicare hospice. Then, using data for up to one year prior to death, the study characterizes utilization and quality of care for these two cohorts. The influence of Medicare hospice on hospital utilization and symptom management at the end of life in nursing…
Hospice Benefits and Utilization in the Large Employer Market
This study is part of a larger project exploring the use of hospice benefits and services provided by the Medicare program and to those who are privately insured. The MEDSTAT Group's contribution to the larger study is an examination of hospice benefits in commercial plans and the use of hospice benefits by persons commercially insured. In particular, this report focuses on hospice benefits in…