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Opportunities to Improve Survey Measures of Late-Life Disability: Part I - Workshop Overview
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Vicki A. Freedman, Ph.D.
Polisher Research InstituteTimothy Waidmann, Ph.D.
Urban InstituteThis report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-03-0011 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. For additional information about this subject, you can visit the DALTCP home page at http://aspe.hhs.gov/_/office_specific/daltcp.cfm or contact the ASPE Project Officers, William Marton and Hakan Aykan, at HHS/ASPE/DALTCP, Room 424E, H.H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201. Their e-mail addresses are: William.Marton@hhs.gov and Hakan.Aykan@hhs.gov.
Prepared for the Workshop on Improving Survey Measures of Late-Life Disability, held at the Urban Institute, Washington, DC, May 17, 2005, funded by the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. The views in this overview reflect those of the authors alone and do not represent those of the authors’ affiliations or funding agencies. The authors are solely responsible for any errors or omissions.
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INTRODUCTION
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EXISTING DISABILITY MEASURES
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OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVING EXISTING DISABILITY MEASURES
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WORKSHOP RATIONALE AND GOALS
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REFERENCES
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APPENDIX A: Additional Tables
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APPENDIX B: Workshop Agenda
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APPENDIX C: Biographies of Workshop Participants and Organizers
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