A Description of Board and Care Facilities, Operators, and Residents. Appendix A. Facility Characteristics
Data from the two operator instruments are displayed in the exhibits in Appendix A. Tables A-1 through A-8 summarize board and care facility characteristics by facility licensure status and size. The tables present point estimates (usually percentages) with standard errors. Additionally, we performed chi-square tests for differences between lice
Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Providers Engaged in Health Information Exchange: Final Report. Overview of HealthInfoNet Providers and Health Information Exchanged
All 38 of Maine's acute care hospitals are under contract to connect to the HIE. HIN has 34 of the 38 hospitals connected, 376 ambulatory provider sites including primary and specialty care practices, FQHCs, mental health agencies, home health and two long-term care providers. Throughout 2013, HIN will work to establish connections with the four r
A Description of Board and Care Facilities, Operators, and Residents. 3.5 Facility Resident Mix
For all of these homes, the resident mix was quite complex ( Exhibit 3-10 ). Approximately three-quarters of the homes reported having one or more residents with cognitive impairment. Over half of the homes reported having residents with a diagnosis of mental illness or prior stay in a psychiatric hospital. One-third reported having residents with
Personal Privacy in an Information Society. Endnotes
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Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report. References
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Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report. Impact on Quality of Care
The PERT studied the effect of parity on quality of care for adults by using established standards of care for treating specific disorders, i.e., depression and substance abuse, to create indicators of quality following the methods developed by several investigators (c.f. Berndt et. al 1997; Lehman and Steinwachs, 1998). The methods described in t
Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report. Impact on Access to Care, Service Use, and Cost
Implementing parity required changing the nominal benefits for coverage of treating mental health and substance abuse (MH/SA) disorders. The dimensions of the nominal benefit that are most often affected when parity policies are implemented are:
Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report. Overview
This chapter addresses the intermediate and long-term impacts of the parity policy on access to care, service use, cost, and quality of care, as illustrated in the evaluation logic model in Figure II-I. The research questions, data sources and collection methods, and analysis methods relating to cost, access, utilization, and quality that we summa
Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report. Data Collection Issues
Plan Selection
The study design included selecting a small number of plans for in-depth study, i.e., obtaining archival claims data, conducting plan site visits, and conducting focus groups with providers (from a subset of the selected plans). Plans were selected on the basis of various characteristics on which they were likely to differ:
Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report. Overview of the Evaluation Methodology
The design of the evaluation was quasi-experimental. Plan data on nominal benefits (for all FEHB plans) and archival (claims) data on access, utilization, and cost (for nine selected plans) were studied before and after the implementation of parity.Changes in these measures were compared to changes in matched non-FEHB comparison group plans from t
Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. Final Privacy Rule Preamble.. The Federal Response
There have been numerous federal initiatives aimed at protecting the privacy of especially sensitive personal information over the past several years -- and several decades. While the rules below are likely the largest single federal initiative to protect privacy, they are by no means alone in the field. Rather, the rules arrive in the context of
Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. Final Privacy Rule Preamble.. The Changing Health Care System
The number of entities who are maintaining and transmitting individually identifiable health information has increased significantly over the last 10 years. In addition, the rapid growth of integrated health care delivery systems requires greater use of integrated health information systems. The health care industry has been transformed from one t
Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. Final Privacy Rule Preamble.. Increasing Use of Interconnected Electronic Information Systems
Until recently, health information was recorded and maintained on paper and stored in the offices of community-based physicians, nurses, hospitals, and other health care professionals and institutions. In some ways, this imperfect system of record keeping created a false sense of privacy among patients, providers, and others. Patients' health info
Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. Final Privacy Rule Preamble.. Purpose of the Administrative Simplification Regulations
This regulation has three major purposes:
Toward Understanding Homelessness: The 2007 National Symposium on Homelessness Research. Homeless Youth in the United States: Recent Research Findings and Intervention Approaches. References
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Toward Understanding Homelessness: The 2007 National Symposium on Homelessness Research. Homeless Youth in the United States: Recent Research Findings and Intervention Approaches. Intervention Research
Much progress has been made in providing services to homeless youth and families since 1987 when the Stuart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100-77) was signed into law. There now exist a vast array of shelters and other emergency services to address the diverse needs of homeless individuals and families, including homeless youth (T
Toward Understanding Homelessness: The 2007 National Symposium on Homelessness Research. Homeless Youth in the United States: Recent Research Findings and Intervention Approaches. Longitudinal Studies
Tracking homeless youth over time can suggest both causes of and possibles olutions to the problems they experience. Unfortunately, only a few such studies have been done to date (e.g., Cauce et al., 1994), and few of their findings have yet been published in peer reviewed journals. In part, this paucity of data reflects the fact that data in thes
Descriptive Overview and Summary of Balancing Incentive Program Participating States at Baseline
Joshua M. Wiener, PhD, Sarita L. Karon, PhD, Mary McGinn-Shapiro, MPP, Brieanne Lyda-McDonald, MS, and Trini Thach, BS RTI International
Diane Justice, MA, Scott Holladay, MPA, and Kimm Mooney, BA National Academy for State Health Policy
Mary Sowers, BA National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services
August 2015
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PDF Public Health Laboratories and Health System Change . Washington State Case Study
Background/Objectives
We interviewed the following individuals during our site visit to Washington State:
Dorothy Canavan, Lab Manager, Dynacare
Jon Counts, Dr.P.H., Director, Public Health Laboratories
Jac Davies, Health Services Administrator, Public Health Laboratories
Daniel Jernigan, Medical Epidemiologist, Public Health Laborator