This article discusses the different ways the public pays for long-term care services. It also discusses purchasing long-term care insurance. (Assisted Living Today, July/August 1999, Volume 6, Number 6, pages 36-39) [10 PDF pages]
Public Health
Access up-to-date ASPE research on key public health topics including emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, such as influenza and COVID-19; health equity; antibiotic resistance; rural health; opioids, opioid use disorder and overdose prevention; maternal health; public health and health care workforce and infrastructure; immunization and vaccines; Indian health; HIV/AIDS; tobacco; and emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. Also find data on prevention, social determinants of health, and more.
Noteworthy
HHS Initiative to Improve Maternal Health
The Department’s Action Plan lays out a vision for improving maternal health that applies a “life course” approach organized around four goals and it sets three ambitious targets to achieve this vision. Each of the four goals includes multiple objectives and action items to drive progress. The Action Plan also describes the current state of maternal health outcomes in the U.S., challenges in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity, recent efforts to improve maternal health within and beyond the federal government, and it discusses various forums in which HHS leadership sought input from key stakeholders.
Reports
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Advanced SearchA National Strategy to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: Annual Report 1998-99
IntroductionAt the end of the second year of its National Strategy to Prevent Teen Preg- nancy, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is pleased to report that teen pregnancy rates continue to decline.
All Under One Roof: Mixed-Status Families in an Era of Reform
All under One Roof: Mixed-Status Families in an Era of Reform by Michael Fix Wendy Zimmermann June 1999 This paper was initially presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. Introduction
Medicaid Billings for IDEA Services: Analysis and Policy Implications of Site Visit Results
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Report to Congress
Blending Perspectives and Building Common Ground: A Report to Congress on Substance Abuse and Child Protection
In a field where difficult decisions are made every day, child welfare workers face particular dilemmas when working with the extremely troubled families whose complex and multiple problems include both substance abuse and child maltreatment. Central to their challenge is that addiction to alcohol and other drugs can be a chronic, relapsing disorder and recovery can be a long term process
Blending Perspectives and Building Common Ground
A Report to Congress on Substance Abuse and Child Protection
Department of Health and Human Services
In-Home Supportive Services for the Elderly and Disabled: A Comparison of Client-Directed and Professional Management Models of Services Delivery--Non-Technical Summary Report
Elderly and younger persons with disabilities who require help from others to perform many of the most ordinary activities of daily living are said to require "long-term care." These services, when provided in the home or other non-institutional settings, may be termed personal assistance services, home and community-based services, or in-home supportive services.
Medicare Home Health Services 1989-1994: Patterns of Benefit Use Among Chronically Disabled Elders
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Risk Selection Among SSI Enrollees in TennCare
This paper examines risk selection among managed care plans for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries in Tennessee's Medicaid managed care program, TennCare, focusing in particular on TennCare's first two years (starting January 1994 and ending January 1996).
Medicare's Post-Acute Care Benefits: Background, Trends, and Issues to Be Faced
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services