Reports

Assessing the Performance of Organ Transplant Programs: Liver and Heart Transplantation Henry Krakauer Office of Health Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationAugust, 1999

Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Children and FamiliesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

This article discusses the different ways the public pays for long-term care services. It also discusses purchasing long-term care insurance. (Assisted Living Today, July/August 1999, Volume 6, Number 6, pages 36-39) [10 PDF pages]

Prepared by:Lynne M. Fender, Project DirectorMelissa Panagides-BuschRhoda SchulzingerAmerican Institutes for Research

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

IntroductionAt the end of the second year of its National Strategy to Prevent Teen Preg- nancy, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is pleased to report that teen pregnancy rates continue to decline.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This interim report provides timely information about current practices in the employer group long-term care insurance market that can inform federal policymakers and employers in deciding how to construct a group long-term care insurance offering. The interim report summarizes data collected from a survey of employers offering group long-term care insurance to their employees.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Out of necessity or choice, mothers are working outside the home in greater numbers than ever before. In 1996, three out of four mothers with children between 6 and 17 were in the labor force, compared to one in four in 1965. Two-thirds of mothers with children under six now work.

ByJane Knitzer and Nancy K. Cauthen National Center for Children in Poverty The Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University In Collaboration withEllen Kisker Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Since 1988, states have been accessing Medicaid to help pay for health-related special education services. In this report, we present the findings of a study undertaken to understand more about the nature and extent of State practices with respect to billing Medicaid for health-related services provided under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

By: Julia Isaacs

By South Carolina Department of Social Services The South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS), along with its partners, have been pleased with the success of the CHILD LINK Project and will continue in the future to build upon its efforts.

Introduction and Overview BackgroundIn its report for the FY 1999 Appropriation for the Department of Health and Human Services, the Conference Committee added $5 million to the Policy Research account in the Office of the Secretary and directed in its report that the funding was to study the outcomes of welfare reform:

Printer Friendly Version in PDF format (17 pages) This report is available on the Internet at:http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/99/IDEA/

All under One Roof: Mixed-Status Families in an Era of Reform by Michael Fix Wendy Zimmermann June 1999 This paper was initially presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. Introduction

by John L. Czajka and Kimball Lewis Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. 600 Maryland Ave., S.W. Suite 550 Washington, DC 20024

May 12, 1999John L. Czajka Submitted to: Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation HHH Building, Room 442E 200 Independence Avenue Washington, DC 20201

  ANALYSIS OF CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PATTERNS:FINDINGS FROM THE SIPP   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  

This paper summarizes work using the 1992 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to provide the most detailed look yet at the dynamics of health insurance coverage among children and the relationship between Medicaid eligibility and insurance coverage. [24 PDF pages]

By Human Services Planning and Evaluation, Mecklenburg County, Department of Social Services  

CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILIES USING TITLE IV-D SERVICES IN 1995 By Matthew Lyon May 1999 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Data Source and Methodology Findings

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

In a field where difficult decisions are made every day, child welfare workers face particular dilemmas when working with the extremely troubled families whose complex and multiple problems include both substance abuse and child maltreatment.  Central to their challenge is that addiction to alcohol and other drugs can be a chronic, relapsing disorder and recovery can be a long term process

Elderly and younger persons with disabilities who require help from others to perform many of the most ordinary activities of daily living are said to require "long-term care." These services, when provided in the home or other non-institutional settings, may be termed personal assistance services, home and community-based services, or in-home supportive services.

This research was designed to answer current questions surrounding long-term care insurance. It was also designed to provide basic sociodemographic and service utilization profiles for disabled private long-term care insurance policyholders, and to compare such data and findings to the experiences of non-insured disabled community-dwelling elders.

This article explains new research and policy initiatives undertaken by the White House and HHS. These initiatives, including a new study of the employer group market, will provide the information policymakers and consumers need to make informed decisions about long-term care insurance.

AcknowledgmentsThis report, and its earlier editions, would not have been possible without the substantial support of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics whose member agencies provided data and carefully reviewed relevant sections.

A Report to Congress on Substance Abuse and Child Protection Department of Health and Human Services

ASPE Research Notes INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKERS FOCUS ON: Long-Term Care Insurance Issued April 1999 Research and Other Developments of Interest in Employer Group Long-Term Care Insurance PDF

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Presentation given at the Gerontological Society of America presentation, November 1998. [26 PDF pages]

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Contents of Chapter: Methodology Five One-Stop Models Successfull Models Challenges in Reaching the Welfare Population Occupations and Employers Empirica

Authors: Irma Perez-Johnson and Alan M. Hershey Prepared under Contract 100-98-009 with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. P.O. Box 2393 Princeton, NJ 08543-2393 (609) 799-3535

By  James L. McIntire and Amy F. Robins Fiscal Policy Center University of Washington  

Trends in Noncitizens' and Citizens' Use of Public Benefits Following Welfare Reform: 1994-97 by Michael Fix and Jeffrey S. Passel March 1999

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This report presents results of efforts to match Medicare and Medicaid data for 1996. It describes the data sets and methods used in the study; presents the results for physician (medical), outpatient, and inpatient claims; and briefly concludes the analysis. [33 PDF pages]