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According to the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey, elderly persons with severe disabilities (defined as needing assistance with one or more activities of daily living) had out-of-pocket health care expenses nearly four times greater than persons without disabilities. Approximately 9% of the elderly population was categorized as having a severe disability.
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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
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.
Barbara Manard, William Altman, Nancy Bray, Lisa Kane and Andrea Zeuschner
Lewin-VHI, Inc.
December 16, 1992
This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-89-0032 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the Lewin Group.
COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE INTEGRATION PROGRAMS FOR AT-RISK YOUTH By Martha R. Burt, Gary Resnick and Nancy Matheson The Urban Institute December 7, 1992 For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
This article discusses the cost of teenage childbearing as estimated by the Center for Population Options (CPO). The single-year cost for all families originating from a teen birth is estimated at approximately $25 billion in 1990, up from $16.6 billion in 1985.