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This paper was prepared as part of the Project to Design a Survey of Persons with Developmental Disabilities. The overall purpose of this project was to develop a national survey design that would provide data on a nationally representative sample of persons. This paper was conducted to develop a National Survey of Mentally Retarded and Developmentally Disabled Persons in Community Settings.
This report analyzed the 1984 Medicaid experience of all children passing the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability test in California, Georgia, and Michigan to determine the enrollment, utilization, and expenditure patterns of these children. The study estimated the proportion of Medicaid expenditures attributable to SSI-related disabled children. [33 PDF pages]
This report contains information on the extent to which persons with disabilities rely on federal programs, based on the 1984 Survey of Income and Program Participation. Information on multiple program participation is also presented. The different levels of functional disability derived in Task I (Population Profile of Disability) are used. [87 PDF pages]
Pat Doyle, Esther Miller and Jim Sears Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. This report was prepared under contract #HHS-88-0047 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Social Services Policy (now DALTCP) and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Alberto Martini Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. This report was prepared under contract #HHS-88-0047 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Mathematica Policy Research. SysteMetrics/McGraw-Hill was a subcontractor for the project.
This study investigated factors associated with the decisions of principal informal caregivers of the activity of daily living (ADL) dependent elderly living in the community to end caregiving. Data were from the 1982 National Long-Term Care Survey (NLTCS), the 1982 Informal Caregiver Survey and 1984 NLTCS Longitudinal Follow-up.
In spite of the growth in federal programs affecting the developmentally disabled, there is little comprehensive information about this population. The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) is one available source of information. SIPP is a nationally representative longitudinal survey of the adult civilian non-institutionalized population in the U.S.
This report provides an overview of the major federal assistance programs targeted on non-elderly persons with disabilities. Program descriptions include expenditures, trends, the number and characteristics of recipients, eligibility rules, recent program history and legislative changes, and interactions with other federal programs.
An analysis was made of the pre and post-patterns of Medicare Part A service use using the samples of the 1982 and 1984 National Long-Term Care Surveys linked to the Medicare Part A bill files and mortality reports.