Home and community support services, such as skilled nursing and help with bathing, have become an important part of the services offered by Medicaid. The provision of these services is thought to prevent or delay institutionalization. This report summarizes Mathematica’s survey methods for...

Discusses nonresponse, focusing on respondents who cannot be located, for several list frame surveys and reviews the importance of accurate contact data.

Examines the importance of good administrative data to Medicaid and SCHIP programs, as well as the cost to states of not improving their administrative files. Also suggests ways that states can improve their data files to make them better tools for guiding policy decisions.

Discusses nonresponse, focusing on respondents who cannot be located, for several list frame surveys and reviews the importance of accurate contact data.