ASPE Reports
Displaying 4161 - 4180 of 4487 results. 20 results shown per page. Page 209 of 225.
Executive Summary: Analysis of the Effect of Regulation on the Quality of Care in Board and Care Homes
This report summarizes ASPE's analysis of the effect of regulation and licensure on the quality of care in board and care homes. Study purpose and methodology are described, major findings are presented, and implications of the study findings are discussed. [48 PDF pages]
Nursing Home Care in Five Nations
(Journal of the International Federation on Ageing, AGEING INTERNATIONAL Long-Term Care Challenges an Aging World supplement, Volume XX, Number 2) [10 PDF pages]
Nursing Home Care in Five Nations
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Home Care in Five Nations Joan F. Van Nostrand, Robert F. Clark and Tor Inge Romoren June 1993 PDF Version
Building Self-Sufficiency Among Welfare-Dependent Teenage Parents: Lessons from the Teenage Parent Demonstration
By Rebecca Maynard The Teenage Parent Demonstration (TPD) was a major, large-scale, federal demonstration initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in response to three concerns:В (1) rising welfare caseloads;В (2) persistently high rates of teenage pregnancies and births; andВ (3) the high probability that teenage parents will go onto welfare…
Licensed Board and Care Homes: Preliminary Findings from the 1991 National Health Provider Inventory
ASPE Research Notes INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKERS FOCUS ON: Long-Term Care Issued May 1993 Licensed Board and Care Homes: Preliminary Findings from the 1991 National Health Provider Inventory http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/1993/rn06.pdf (5 PDF pages)
Licensed Board and Care Homes: Preliminary Findings from the 1991 National Health Provider Inventory
Board and care homes are non-medical community-based facilities that provide at least two meals a day and routine protective oversight to one or more residents with functional limitations. Unweighted data from the 1991 National Health Provider Inventory (NHPI) indicate that there were about 30,000 licensed board and care homes in the United States serving over half a million persons. These data…
Informal Caregiver "Burnout": Predictors and Prevention
Three studies sponsored by HHS confirm previous research linking health impairment levels, advanced age, and various indicators of caregivers' physical burden and emotional stress with individual caregivers' decisions to stop giving care and increased likelihood of nursing home placement. In contrast, the lack of association between caregivers' employment status and withdrawal from caregiving or…
Informal Caregiver "Burnout": Predictors and Prevention
ASPE Research Notes INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKERS FOCUS ON: Long-Term Care Issued April 1993 Informal Caregiver Burnout: Predictors and Prevention PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/1993/rn05.pdf (5 PDF pages)
Services For Migrant Children in the Health, Social Services, and Education Systems
Services For Migrant Children in the Health, Social Services, and Education Systems. Nancy M. Pindus, Fran E. O'Reilly, Margaret Schulte, and Lenore Webb The Urban Institute March, 1993 This study was prepared for the Department of Health and Human Services under Contract No. HHS-100-92-0005, Delivery Order No.1. The Delivery Order Officer is Ms. Susan Goodman, Office of the Assistant…
An Analysis of Long-Term Care Reform Proposals
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services An Analysis of Long-Term Care Reform Proposals Brian BurwellSysteMetrics Mary Harahan and John DrabekOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Family, Community and Long-Term Care Policy David Kennell and Lisa AlecxihLewin-VHI February 1993 PDF Version (51 PDF pages)
March 1992 Current Population Survey Shows Health Insurance Coverage Up to 1991: Number of Medicaid Recipients Also Rises
The number of persons with health insurance coverage kept pace with the growth of the population between 1990 and 1991--with approximately 86% of the population insured. The most important new information regarding health insurance in the 1992 CPS is that the number of persons helped by the Medicaid program during the year rose by 2.6 million or 11% to almost 27 million in 1991. The number of…
An Analysis of Long-Term Care Reform Proposals
The purpose of this paper is to describe the diverse strategies that have been proposed for long-term care reform (for persons age 65+), and to present a balanced discussion of the points that have been made in support of, and in opposition to, each proposal. What the authors believe is "balanced" may not be perceived to be so by those who advocate a particular proposal, but so be it. The goal…
March 1992 Current Population Survey Shows Health Insurance Coverage Up to 1991: Number of Medicaid Recipients Also Rises
ASPE Research Notes INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKERS FOCUS ON: Insurance Issued March 1995 March 1992 Current Population Survey Shows Health Insurance Coverage Up in 1991: Number of Medicaid Recipients Also Rises PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/1993/rn04.pdf (5 PDF pages)
Service Needs and Use of Welfare-Dependent Teenage Parents
Submitted to: U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesAssistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Room 404E, HHH Building 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Attention: Reuben Snipper and Nancye Campbell, Project Officers Submitted by:
ACTION's 1991-92 VISTA Marketing Campaign: An Analysis
Bob Clark and Michele AdlerOffice of Family, Community, and Long-Term Care Policy/ASPE/HHS
ACTION's 1991-92 VISTA Marketing Campaign: An Analysis
During the 1989 VISTA Reauthorization Hearings, Congress expressed interest in raising the proportion of VISTA volunteers with college degrees. As part of this effort, ACTION endeavored to make college students more aware of the VISTA program and increase applications from college campuses through a targeted marketing campaign. This campaign took place during the 1991-1992 school year. A contract…
Family Definitions in Programs and Policy
The purpose of this paper is to: (1) examine family definitions used in federal programs; (2) look at how family definitions are used in some broad policy areas; and, (3) suggest improvements in how families can be defined for policy research. This paper was presented at the American Statistical Association, Winter Conference. [25 PDF pages]
Family Definitions in Programs and Policy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Family Definitions in Programs and Policy Michele Adler Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services January 4, 1993 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/1993/famdef.pdf (25 PDF pages)
Disability Among Women on AFDC: An Issue Revisited
Since 1984, a number of welfare reform proposals intended to lessen dependence on AFDC have been enacted. The current Administration is continuing to address welfare dependency. The purpose of this paper is to update results on the disability status of women of AFDC based on the 1990 SIPP with welfare reform in mind. This paper was written for the Proceedings of the American Statistical…