People with Disabilities

This paper summarizes findings from eight in-depth case studies conducted for the "Helping Vulnerable Populations Access Public Benefits through Web-based Tools and Outreach" project.

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services June 2012 Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2012/ltcinsRB.pdf (16 PDF pages)

This policy guidance provides information on the final set of data standards for race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status as required by Section 4302 of the Affordable Care Act. Supporting guidance on implementation of the standards is provided for inclusion on all population health surveys, to the extent practicable, conducted or sponsored by HHS

This report was prepared to assess the need for developing and fielding another national disability survey data collection effort. It presents the findings from one of the project’s major activities designed to review the disability-related information that is available in existing national surveys. [208 PDF pages]

This PDF (Canadian Family Physician, 2011, 57:541-53) was submitted as an attachment to a Public Comment sent to the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services and/or the National Alzheimer's Project Act website.  

This chartbook examines the combination of chronic conditions and functional limitations as a potentially better predictor of high health care utilization. [51 PDF pages]

This paper is the third in a series on SNPs and their relationship to Medicaid. In the second paper of the series, we identified all states which had some kind of contractual relationship with SNPs prior to MIPPA, and classified those relationships into broad categories.