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Counting Working-Age People with Disabilities: What Current Data Tell Us and Options for Improvement.

Kalamazoo; Houtenville, rew J.; Stapleton, David C.; … - Mathematica Policy Research; MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute; … - 2009

Working-age people with disabilities are often overlooked in discussions of the latest statistics on employment, income …, poverty, and other measures. This book reviews what current data on this population can and cannot tell us, as well as how …

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Bending the Employment, Income, and Cost Curves for People with Disabilities.

Stapleton, David C. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2011

roll tax and expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit for workers in all low-income households, funded by higher taxes on high-income …

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Impact Evaluation of the RWJF Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP)

Cosentino, Clemencia; Speroni, Cecilia; Sullivan, Margaret - Mathematica Policy Research - 2015

This is the final report of the impact evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP). SMDEP provides science enrichment opportunities to minority and disadvantaged college students interested in attending medical or dental school. The goal...

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Health and Disabilities Services in Early Head Start: Are Families Getting Needed Health Care Services?

Kisker, Ellen Eliason; Kuhns, Carol - Mathematica Policy Research - 2004

age. Program children were more likely than low-income children nationally to have health insurance. Early Head Start had …Researchers examined the health status, safety, and health care of participating children and families, finding that … most children were in excellent or very good health. However, the youngest children were most vulnerable. Parental reports …

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Consumer and Provider Perspectives on Shared Decision Making: A Systematic Review of the Peer-Reviewed Literature

Williams, Nyna; Fleming, Chris - Mathematica Policy Research - 2011

This brief reports on findings from a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature on consumer and provider perspectives on shared decision making, the process by which consumers join providers in the clinical decision-making process. The use of comparative effectiveness research rests on...

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Solving the Sustainable Growth Rate Formula Conundrum Continues Steps Toward Cost Savings and Care Improvements

Reschovsky, James D.; Converse, Larisa; Rich, Eugene C. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2015

health care costs and improved care, according to this Health Affairs article by Mathematica senior fellow James Reschovsky … outweigh the costs. This study, which will also appear in the April 2015 issue of Health Affairs, was supported by the …

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Nonfinancial Barriers and Access to Care for US Adults.

Kullgren, Jeffrey T.; McLaughlin, Catherine G.; Mitra, … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2012

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Managed Care and Low-Income Populations in Florida: 1996-1998 Update

Aizer, Anna; Gold, Marsha; DesRoches, Catherine M. - Mathematica Policy Research - 1999

Notes that Florida's Medicaid managed care program continues to face many of the same issues as it has historically: demands of litigation diverted agency resources and slowed progress in enhancing oversight and education. The joint use of HMOs and PCCM components, combined with other issues,...

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Managed Care and Low-Income Populations in Texas: 1996-1998 Update

Frazer, Hilary; Gold, Marsha; Lyons, Barbara - Mathematica Policy Research - 1999

Updates a 1996 case study of Medicaid managed care initiatives in Texas, finding that the state has made progress in rolling out its program, but the conversion has taken longer than expected. Furthermore, major issues have arisen in each county, partly because of the uniqueness of each local...

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Integrating Physical Health Care in Behavioral Health Agencies in Rural Pennsylvania

Gerolamo, Angela M.; Kim, Jung Y.; Brown, Jonathan - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

This qualitative study examined the early implementation of the Behavioral Health Home Plus (BHHP) program in two … county behavioral health agencies in rural Pennsylvania. BHHP is a reverse colocation model that embedded a registered nurse … that incorporate physical and behavioral health goals, and increasing awareness and knowledge of physical health and …

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