Reports

By: Karin Martinson, John Trutko, Demetra Smith Nightingale, Pamela A. Holcomb, and Burt S. Barnow The Urban Institute(*)

Prepared for: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) Office of Human Services Policy (HSP)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This report examines the empirical evidence about the degree to which advance directives and advance care planning have met their intended goals.

This study had three specific aims: (1) To prepare nationally-representative estimates of drug spending in long-term care (LTC) facilities; (2) To compare drug use and spending for beneficiaries in LTC facilities versus beneficiaries in the community; and (3) To examine medication use and spending by short-stay skilled nursing home facility residents who transition into LTC facilities.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Literature Review on Advance Directives Anne Wilkinson, Ph.D., Neil Wenger, M.D., M.P.H., and Lisa R. Shugarman, Ph.D. RAND Corporation June 2007 PDF Version (89 PDF pages)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This paper describes the relationship between the type of insurance coverage a person has in one period and the likelihood of becoming uninsured in the next.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services May 14, 2007 PDF Version (16 PDF pages)

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This is the second in a series of reports based on longitudinal information collected from a sample of 1400 individuals with long-term care (LTC) insurance, who notified their insurance company that they are receiving or intend to receive paid services for which they will file or have filed a claim under their LTC policy.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services May 2007 PDF Version (36 PDF pages)

This ASPE research brief suggests that for most men, fatherhood is restricted to marriage. A significant fraction of men, however, have complex fertility patterns including un-married births, but also mixtures of marital, cohabiting, and single births. A man's pattern of births is related to a wide range of social and economic circumstances.

ASPE RESEARCH BRIEFMarital and Unmarried Births to Men Complex Patterns of Fatherhood Evidence from the National Survey of Family Growth, 2002 U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

This report describes the most common problems that maltreated infants and toddlers experience and highlights the benefits of early interventions for this population. In so doing, child welfare personnel and policymakers who are responsible for assessing, referring, and advocating for maltreated children can make more informed decisions. The report is divided into two parts.

Authors: Crystal Wiggins, Emily Fenichel, and Tammy Mann ZERO TO THREE

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Standardizing the MDS with LOINC® and Vocabulary Matches

Contents Focal Programs for This Report Evaluation Design Impacts on Behavior Impacts on Knowledge of Risks Associated with Teen Sex Impacts on Perceptions of Pregnancy and STD Prevention S

This report presents the behavioral impact findings of four Title V, Section 510 abstinence education programs on teens' sexual abstinence, their risks of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, and other behavioral outcomes.

By: Christopher Trenholm, Barbara Devaney, Ken Fortson, Lisa Quay, Justin Wheeler, and Melissa Clark Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Project Director: Christopher Trenholm Contract No.: HHS 100-98-0010 MPR Reference No.: 8549-110

Contents Introduction Literature Review Prevalence Contributing Factors Consequences of Obesity Intervention Research

This report contains the following major sections: Methods. This section briefly describes how the information contained in this report was obtained and compiled. HCBS for People with I&DD.

Prepared for: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Prepared by: Peggy Halpern, Ph.D.  

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Gauging the Use of HCBS Supports Waivers for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Final Project Report

By: Andrew Burwick and Gretchen Kirby Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) Submitted to: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation

Contents Strategic Action Plan Framework Each year, approximately one percent of the U.S. population, some 2-3 million individuals, experiences a night of homelessness that puts them in contact with a homeless assistance provider, and at least 800,000 people are homeless in the United States on any given night.

A Report on Three Consumer Focus Group Meetings Convened in October, 2005 by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation By: Susan Kanaan Suzie Burke-Bebee Helga E. Rippen U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has developed the Strategic Action Plan on Homelessness to outline a set of goals and strategies that will guide the Department's activities related to homelessness over the next several years.

Report from the Secretarys Work Group on Ending Chronic Homelessness

By:David Long, MA, MPP, Abt Associates Inc., Bethesda, MDJohn Rio, MA, CRC, Advocates for Human Potential, Cypress, TXJeremy Rosen, National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness, Alexandria, VA

By:Paul A. Toro, PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MIAmy Dworsky, PhD, University of Chicago, Chicago, ILPatrick J. Fowler, MA, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Accountability, Cost-Effectiveness, and Program Performance: Progress Since 1998  

Contents Introduction Methods Results Conclusion Introduction After two decades of federal and statewide planning, and numerous local initiatives, homelessness remains

By: Alvin S. Mares, Ph.D., M.S.W. Project Director, VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center and Robert A. Rosenheck, M.D. Director, VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center Northeast Program Evaluation Center (NEPEC) VA Connecticut Healthcare System

This Policy Brief provides a snapshot of prescription drug use and spending in 2001, the latest year for which complete community and long-term care facility drug data are available.

This Policy Brief helps fill an important gap in our understanding of medication patterns in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) by comparing use and spending for prescription and over-the-counter drugs during skilled nursing facility (SNF) stays and related non-qualifying long-term care facility episodes.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Introduction In 2003 the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Veterans Affairs initiated a major service demonstration, the Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic Homelessness (CICH).

By: Greg A Greenberg, PhD Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VAMC West Haven, CT, Yale University Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT and Robert A Rosenheck, MD Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VAMC West Haven, CT, VA New England Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center;

Contents IGIV Supply and Distribution - Key Findings IGIV Demand - Key Fundings IGIV Access Problems- Key Fundings Immune globulin intravenous (IGIV), also referred to as intravenous immune globulin (IVIG), is a valuable treatment for many seriously ill patients. Although the U.S.

Prepared for: Office for Science and Data Policy Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

This report is based on the most recent and current developments related to health information exchange in post-acute care and long-term care.