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Who is Paying the Big Bills? Very High Cost Pediatric Hospitalizations in California, 1987
This report analyzed data on all pediatric hospitalizations of $25,000 or more in California to determine the relationship between source of payment and various characteristics, including age and diagnosis. [39 PDF pages]
The Disabled: Their Health Care and Health Insurance
This paper compares the health characteristics (health status, health insurance coverage, use of physician and hospital care, and cost of care) of persons with and without disabilities. Three separate analyses are included: one on children, one on working age adults (aged 18-64), and one on the elderly. Various levels of functional disability are also examined. Particular attention is paid to the…
The Disabled: Their Health Care and Health Insurance
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Disabled: Their Health Care and Health Insurance
Michele Adler
August 1990
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Research on Children, Youth, and Families: 1986-1990
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Research on Children, Youth, and Families: 1986-1990 Division of Children and Youth Policy Office of Family, Community and Long-Term Care Policy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services August 1990 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/1990/ResBook90.pdf (23 PDF pages)
Risk of Institutionalization: 1977-1985
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Risk of Institutionalization: 1977-1985
William G. Weissert, PhD, and Jennifer M. Elston, MHSAUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Gary G. Koch, PhDUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
July 24, 1990
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Risk of Institutionalization: 1977-1985
This analysis compares predictors of institutional residency in 1977 and 1985 among two national cohorts of individuals who responded to national surveys of nursing home and community-dwelling elderly persons. A state-level analysis of change in predictors of state nursing home use rates for 1976 and 1986 was also conducted using aggregate state sociodemographic and Medicaid policy variables.…
An Estimate of the Number of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Receiving Supplemental Security Income Benefits and Their Characteristics
This paper was prepared as part of the Project to Design a Survey of Persons with Developmental Disabilities. The overall purpose of this project was to develop a national survey design that would provide data on a nationally representative sample of persons. This paper was conducted to develop a National Survey of Mentally Retarded and Developmentally Disabled Persons in Community Settings.
An Estimate of the Number of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Receiving Supplemental Security Income Benefits and Their Characteristics
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services An Estimate of the Number of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Receiving Supplemental Security Income Benefits and Their Characteristics Brian O. Burwell SysteMetrics/McGraw-Hill July 1990 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/ssiestes.pdf (32 PDF pages)
SSI-Related Disabled Children and Medicaid
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services SSI-Related Disabled Children and Medicaid Marilyn Rymer Ellwood SysteMetrics/McGraw-Hill June 1990 PDF Version
SSI-Related Disabled Children and Medicaid
This report analyzed the 1984 Medicaid experience of all children passing the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability test in California, Georgia, and Michigan to determine the enrollment, utilization, and expenditure patterns of these children. The study estimated the proportion of Medicaid expenditures attributable to SSI-related disabled children. [33 PDF pages]
Identifying Successful Families: An Overview of Constructs and Selected Measures
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Identifying Successful Families: An Overview of Constructs and Selected Measures Maria Krysan, Kristin A. Moore, Ph.D., and Nicholas Zill, Ph.D. Child Trends, Inc. May 10, 1990 PDF Version
Program Participation Patterns Among Persons With Disabilities
This report contains information on the extent to which persons with disabilities rely on federal programs, based on the 1984 Survey of Income and Program Participation. Information on multiple program participation is also presented. The different levels of functional disability derived in Task I (Population Profile of Disability) are used. [87 PDF pages]
Identifying Successful Families: An Overview of Constructs and Selected Measures
The study of family strengths has been pursued by researchers from a variety of disciplines, including psychiatry, sociology, psychology, and family/marriage counseling. This paper will present an overview of this growing literature, focusing on four topics: the definition of strong families; the characteristics of strong families as identified by various researchers; the operationalization of…
Research on Successful Families
This is a body of research on families that are enduring, cohesive, affectionate, and mutually-appreciative, and in which family members communicate with one another frequently and fruitfully. They are families that raise children who go on to form successful families themselves. They are not necessarily families that are trouble-free. Some have experienced health problems, financial difficulties…
Program Participation Patterns Among Persons with Disabilities - Executive Summary
Pat Doyle, Esther Miller and Jim Sears Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. This report was prepared under contract #HHS-88-0047 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Social Services Policy (now DALTCP) and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. For additional information about this subject, you can visit the DALTCP home page at http://aspe.hhs.gov/_/office_specific/…
Research on Successful Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Research on Successful Families Maria Krysan, Kristin A. Moore and Nicholas Zill Child Trends May 10, 1990 PDF Version
Program Participation Patterns Among Persons With Disabilities
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Program Participation Patterns Among Persons with Disabilities Pat Doyle, Esther Miller and Jim Sears Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. May 10, 1990 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/1990/task3.pdf (87 PDF pages)
Preferences, Perceptions, and Child Care Turnover: Patterns Among Welfare Mothers
Douglas Wolf and Freya Sonenstein
The Urban Institute
May 1990
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This report was prepared under grant #88ASPE199A between HHS's Office of Family, Community, and Long-Term Care Policy (now the Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy) and The Urban Institute. For additional information about this subject, you can visit the ASPE home page at http://aspe.hhs.gov. The…
Parents' Child Care Preferences: Patterns among Welfare Mothers
This report examines the child care preferences of 382 mothers with children under age six who received Aid to Families with Dependent Children during the 14-month period beginning September 1983. The project included interviewing these women twice and using models to predict their satisfaction with child care arrangements.
Preferences, Perceptions, and Child Care Turnover: Patterns Among Welfare Mothers
This study investigates factors associated with changes in the child care arrangements of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients. To conduct the study, the authors interviewed a sample of AFDC recipients in 1984 and 1985, examined welfare case records, and developed models predicting AFDC mothers' transitions into and out of child care.