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...

Describes the statistical procedures used to resolve partial or "soft" linkages between household-reported health insurance plans and actual industry offerings as part of the Community Tracking Household Followback Study.

Describes design and implementation issues for this nationally representative telephone survey of nonfederal patient care physicians, which is designed to document changes they are experiencing in the health care system and learn how these changes are affecting them, their practices, and the way...

Surveys of new establishments continue to encounter increased levels of both non-response and costs. Factors contributing to declining participation include the prevalence of sales solicitations new businesses receive, the lack of time available to business principals to complete surveys, and...

The Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS) is a panel study of new businesses founded in 2004 and tracked over their early years of operation. The survey focuses on the nature of new business formation activity; characteristics of the strategy, offerings, and employment patterns of new businesses; the...