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Simi Litval, Ph.D., and Jae Kennedy, M.A. World Institute on Disability Research and Training Center on Public Policy in Independent Living December 1991

The project examined how states have used Medicaid's Personal Care Services Optional Benefit (also called the PC Option), assessed whether coverage regulations for these services be revised, and discussed the ways in which the program might affect public debate about the expansion of public funding for long-term care. The project entailed reviewin

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration: Summary of Demonstration and Reports Office of Family, Community and Long-Term Care PolicyU.S. Department of Health and Human Services 1987 PDF Version

This paper presents an overview of the results of the National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration, conducted in ten states to test the impact of a community-based system of long-term care upon the functionally disabled elderly. The study examines: program management; federal planning of the project; the objectives of the demonstration; the tw

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Who Is Paying the Big Bills Very High Cost Pediatric Hospitalizations in California, 1987 Leighton Ku SysteMetrics/McGraw-Hill August 1990 PDF Version

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]

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Recent Changes in Service Use Patterns of Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries Kenneth G. Manton, Ph.D.Duke University Korbin Liu, SC.D.Urban Institute 1990 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/finales.pdf (39 PDF pages)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Programs for Persons with Disabilities Brian O. Burwell, Bonnie Preston, and Sarah Bailey Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. January 1990 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/task2es.pdf (143 PDF pages)

An analysis was made of the pre and post-patterns of Medicare Part A service use using the samples of the 1982 and 1984 National Long-Term Care Surveys linked to the Medicare Part A bill files and mortality reports. The analysis was conducted both for the total elderly Medicare beneficiary population and for the community resident disabled populat

This report provides an overview of the major federal assistance programs targeted on non-elderly persons with disabilities. Program descriptions include expenditures, trends, the number and characteristics of recipients, eligibility rules, recent program history and legislative changes, and interactions with other federal programs.

This report presents selected statistics gathered on residential facilities designated as mental retardation facilities and their residents as part of the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey Institutional Population Component (NMES/IPC). In addition to presenting a general background and overview of NMES — the design of NMES/IPC, data avail

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Use of Functional Criteria in Allocating Long-Term Care Benefits: What Are the Policy Implications? Mary E. Jackson, Ph.D., and Brian O. Burwell SysteMetrics/McGraw-Hill November 1989 PDF Version

This paper discusses the policy implications of allocating long-term care benefits to the elderly on the basis of objective functional criteria, particularly functioning in the activities of daily living (ADLs). Although research has documented the link between measures of ADL performance and the need for services, developing a long-term care prog

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This compendium is published by the Division of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Social Services Policy. It summarizes the results of the Division's research projects from 1986 through the present and highlights future plans. The role of research within

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Report from the Working Group on Improving Public Policies and Programs Affecting Persons with Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation December 1988 …toward independence, productivity, and integration

This report analyzes the impact of current federal policies and programs on the growth of community living arrangements and supportive services for people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities (MR/DD).

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services State Long Term Care Reform: Development of Community Care Systems in Six States Final Report Diane Justice, Lynn Etheredge, John Luehrs and Brian Burwell National Governors' Association April 1988 PDF Version (167 PDF pages)

This study examined the approaches used in six states (Arkansas, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Oregon and Wisconsin) to make their long-term care systems more responsive to the needs of older people. According to the study, each of the states was able to expand community-based care services without generating runaway costs in total long-term care spe

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Effects of Medicare's Hospital Prospective Payment System (PPS) on Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries Korbin Liu, Sc.D., The Urban Institute Kenneth G. Manton, Ph.D., Duke University February 1988 PDF Version