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The purpose of this study is to estimate and compare costs of care for children with 11 selected chronic conditions, to compare these costs with costs of care for children without any of these conditions, and to identify whether selected demographic variables are associated with cost variation.
This paper addresses issues which arise at the juncture of welfare and disability policies. Using preliminary data from a recent survey of current and recent AFDC recipients in California, we find that disabilities and chronic health problems affect the mothers or children in 43% of all households in the AFDC system.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Managed Care for People With Disabilities Research Inventory MEDSTAT Group February 1996 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/inventry.pdf (73 PDF pages)