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  • 1
    ISBN: 9780833081223 , 0833081225 , 9780833080301 , 083308030X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 30 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Price, Carter C Economic impact of Medicaid expansion on Pennsylvania
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Insurance ; Federal government ; Medicaid Economic aspects ; Insurance ; Federal government ; Medicaid ; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ; Insurance, Health ; Medicaid economics ; Government ; Insurance ; Appalachian Region ; Social Sciences ; United States ; Public Assistance ; Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena ; Organizations ; Financing, Organized ; Social Control, Formal ; Health Care Economics and Organizations ; Financing, Government ; North America ; Delivery of Health Care ; Americas ; Geographic Locations ; Geographicals ; Economics ; Federal Government ; Medical Assistance ; Legislation as Topic ; Insurance Coverage ; Public Health ; Health & Biological Sciences ; Medical Care Plans ; Pennsylvania ; MEDICAL ; Medicaid & Medicare ; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (United States) ; Federal government ; Insurance ; Medicaid ; Economic aspects ; Pennsylvania ; Electronic book
    Abstract: The Affordable Care Act is a substantial reform of the U.S. health care insurance system. Using the RAND COMPARE model, researchers assessed the act's potential economic effects on Pennsylvania, factoring in an optional expansion of Medicaid, and found the state would enjoy significant net benefits. With or without the expansion of Medicaid, the act will increase insurance coverage to hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians, but the COMPARE model estimates that the expansion of Medicaid eligibility would cover an additional 350,000 people and bring more than $2 billion in federal spending into the state annually than if the state did not expand. Should the state expand Medicaid, the additional spending will add more than $3 billion a year to the state's GDP and support 35,000 jobs. But Medicaid expansion is not without cost for the state; the estimated cumulative effect on Pennsylvania's Medicaid spending will be $180 million higher with the expansion than without between 2014 and 2020. Substantial reductions in uncompensated care costs for hospitals are possible even without expansion, but savings to hospitals for uncompensated care funding are even larger with the Medicaid expansion, amounting to $550 million or more each year
    Abstract: The Affordable Care Act is a substantial reform of the U.S. health care insurance system. Using the RAND COMPARE model, researchers assessed the act's potential economic effects on Pennsylvania, factoring in an optional expansion of Medicaid, and found the state would enjoy significant net benefits. With or without the expansion of Medicaid, the act will increase insurance coverage to hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians, but the COMPARE model estimates that the expansion of Medicaid eligibility would cover an additional 350,000 people and bring more than $2 billion in federal spending into the state annually than if the state did not expand. Should the state expand Medicaid, the additional spending will add more than $3 billion a year to the state's GDP and support 35,000 jobs. But Medicaid expansion is not without cost for the state; the estimated cumulative effect on Pennsylvania's Medicaid spending will be $180 million higher with the expansion than without between 2014 and 2020. Substantial reductions in uncompensated care costs for hospitals are possible even without expansion, but savings to hospitals for uncompensated care funding are even larger with the Medicaid expansion, amounting to $550 million or more each year
    Note: "RAND Health , Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-30)
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  • 2
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    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
    ISBN: 9780833076755 , 0833079468 , 0833076752 , 9780833079466
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (9 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report / Rand Corporation TR-1261/1-ATSC (2012)
    Parallel Title: Print versionPrint version Evaluation of the Arkansas tobacco settlement program : progress through 2011. Summary
    DDC: 362.29/609767
    Keywords: Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission Evaluation ; Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission ; Tobacco industry Health aspects ; Tobacco industry Law and legislation ; Smoking cessation Government policy ; Evaluation ; Health promotion ; Tobacco industry ; Tobacco industry ; Smoking cessation ; Health promotion ; Americas ; Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment ; Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena ; Arkansas ; Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms ; Behavior ; Biomedical Research ; Delivery of Health Care ; Disciplines and Occupations ; Economics ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Geographic Locations ; Geographicals ; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms ; Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services ; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation ; Health Promotion ; Health Services Administration ; Health Services ; Industry ; Investigative Techniques ; Methods ; Natural Science Disciplines ; North America ; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) ; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) ; Preventive Health Services ; Program Evaluation ; Psychiatry and Psychology ; Publication Characteristics ; Publication Formats ; Quality of Health Care ; Research ; Science ; Social Sciences ; Southeastern United States ; Technical Report ; Technology, Industry, Agriculture ; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture ; Tobacco Industry ; Tobacco Use Cessation ; United States ; Public Health ; Health & Biological Sciences ; Public Health - General ; Arkansas ; Evaluation ; Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission ; Health promotion ; Tobacco industry ; Health aspects ; Tobacco industry ; Law and legislation ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Tobacco takes a staggering toll on the health, well being, and finances of states. This report provides an independent evaluation of the performance of Arkansas' seven health-related programs funded by the state's share of the multi-state tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), includes an historical overview and summary of the activities of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission (ATSC), and examines changes in health outcomes attributed to the MSA-funded Arkansas programs over the past decade. MSA imposed no restrictions on how states could spend their payments, and states chose to allocate them to a wide variety of activities. In Arkansas, virtually all of the state's share of MSA funds were allocated to health related programs, with approximately one-third dedicated to tobacco prevention and cessation. The authors' findings are drawn from quarterly reports and spending and funding data compiled by the ATSC and the seven funded programs, as well as data provided by the programs to calculate unit costs for key program initiatives. Secondary data sources employed to assess health-related outcomes included national surveys plus state supplements for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); U.S. Census data; data summaries from non-profit organizations such as the American Lung Association, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, and the United Healthcare Foundation; and statistics from the Arkansas Department of Health. The contents of this report should be of interest to national and state policymakers, health care researchers and providers, and others concerned with the effect of the tobacco settlement funds on the health of Arkansans
    Note: "RAND Health , Caption title , Includes bibliographical references
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  • 3
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    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
    ISBN: 9780833058225 , 0833058223
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 63 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report TR-991-DOJ
    Parallel Title: Print version National evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches
    Keywords: Safe Start Promising Approaches (Program) Evaluation ; Safe Start Promising Approaches (Program) ; Children and violence Prevention ; Children Services for ; Evaluation ; Child welfare ; Children and violence ; Children ; Child welfare ; Child Health Services ; Child Welfare ; Child ; Community Health Services ; Crime ; Criminology ; Delivery of Health Care ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms ; Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services ; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation ; Health Services Administration ; Health Services ; Investigative Techniques ; Named Groups ; Persons ; Program Evaluation ; Quality of Health Care ; Social Problems ; Social Sciences ; Social Welfare ; Sociology ; Violence ; Age Groups ; Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment ; Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena ; United States ; Children and violence ; Prevention ; Children ; Services for ; Evaluation ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Evaluation ; Child welfare ; Safe Start Promising Approaches (Program) ; Social Sciences ; Child & Youth Development ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Safe Start Promising Approaches (SSPA) is the second phase of a community-based initiative focused on developing and fielding interventions to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to violence (CEV). This report shares the results of SSPA, which was intended to implement and evaluate promising and evidence-based programs in community settings. Fifteen program sites across the country were selected to implement a range of interventions for helping children and families cope with the effects of CEV. The settings, populations served, intervention types, types of violence addressed, community partners, and program goals differed across the 15 sites. The main body of this report provides information on the designs of the studies, instruments used, data collection and cleaning, analytic methods, and an overview of the results across the 15 sites. The appendixes provide a detailed description of the outcome evaluation conducted at each SSPA program, including a description of the enrollees, enrollment and retention, the amount and type of services received, and child and family outcomes over time."--Publisher's website
    Abstract: "Safe Start Promising Approaches (SSPA) is the second phase of a community-based initiative focused on developing and fielding interventions to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to violence (CEV). This report shares the results of SSPA, which was intended to implement and evaluate promising and evidence-based programs in community settings. Fifteen program sites across the country were selected to implement a range of interventions for helping children and families cope with the effects of CEV. The settings, populations served, intervention types, types of violence addressed, community partners, and program goals differed across the 15 sites. The main body of this report provides information on the designs of the studies, instruments used, data collection and cleaning, analytic methods, and an overview of the results across the 15 sites. The appendixes provide a detailed description of the outcome evaluation conducted at each SSPA program, including a description of the enrollees, enrollment and retention, the amount and type of services received, and child and family outcomes over time."--Publisher's website
    Note: "RAND Health and Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment , "This research was conducted under the auspices of the Safety and Justice Program with RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (ISE) and under RAND Health's Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program , Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-63)
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9780833060105 , 0833060104
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    DDC: 362.14
    Keywords: Home care services ; Home care services ; Home Care, Non-Professional ; Community Networks ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Personnel Turnover ; Home Nursing ; Social Welfare & Social Work - General ; Home care services ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Direct service workers (DSWs) provide personal care or nonmedical services to individuals who need assistance with activities of daily living. Direct service work is very physically and emotionally demanding, and pay for DSWs is too low to attract a stable and sufficiently trained pool of workers that is adequate for the needs of the vulnerable individuals who require their assistance. To help address this issue, in 2003-2004 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded ten grants under the Demonstration to Improve the Direct Service Community Workforce; these grants funded initiatives to improve the recruitment and retention among DSWs. Funded initiatives included such efforts as increasing access to health care, training, mentoring, recognition, worker registries, and marketing campaigns. In 2005, CMS funded a national evaluation, by a consortium led by the RAND Corporation, to study the implementation and outcomes of the ten funded initiatives. As part of this evaluation, researchers reviewed grantees' records, interviewed project stakeholders, conducted site visits, and surveyed direct service agencies, DSWs, and consumers. In this volume, the authors present their findings on the implementation and outcomes from the ten grantees
    Abstract: Direct service workers (DSWs) provide personal care or nonmedical services to individuals who need assistance with activities of daily living. Direct service work is very physically and emotionally demanding, and pay for DSWs is too low to attract a stable and sufficiently trained pool of workers that is adequate for the needs of the vulnerable individuals who require their assistance. To help address this issue, in 2003-2004 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded ten grants under the Demonstration to Improve the Direct Service Community Workforce; these grants funded initiatives to improve the recruitment and retention among DSWs. Funded initiatives included such efforts as increasing access to health care, training, mentoring, recognition, worker registries, and marketing campaigns. In 2005, CMS funded a national evaluation, by a consortium led by the RAND Corporation, to study the implementation and outcomes of the ten funded initiatives. As part of this evaluation, researchers reviewed grantees' records, interviewed project stakeholders, conducted site visits, and surveyed direct service agencies, DSWs, and consumers. In this volume, the authors present their findings on the implementation and outcomes from the ten grantees
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Mode of access: internet via WWW.
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9780833047472 , 083304897X , 0833047477 , 9780833048974
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1online resource (xiii, 108 pages)))
    Series Statement: Technical report TR-663-CAE
    Parallel Title: Print version Collegiate Learning Assessment
    Keywords: Collegiate Learning Assessment ; Universities and colleges Standards ; Collegiate Learning Assessment ; Universities and colleges ; Education ; Social Sciences ; United States ; Collegiate Learning Assessment ; Universities and colleges ; Standards ; EDUCATION ; Educational Policy & Reform ; General ; Theory & Practice of Education ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This report describes the application of a technique for setting standards on the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA), a measure of critical thinking value-added at higher education institutions. The goal of the report is to illustrate how institutions can set their own standards on the CLA using a method that is appropriate for the unique characteristics of the CLA."--Provided by publisher
    Abstract: "This report describes the application of a technique for setting standards on the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA), a measure of critical thinking value-added at higher education institutions. The goal of the report is to illustrate how institutions can set their own standards on the CLA using a method that is appropriate for the unique characteristics of the CLA."--Provided by publisher
    Note: "Prepared for the Council for Aid to Education , "Rand Health , Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-108)
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9780833060082 , 0833060082
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 362.292088055
    Keywords: Youth Alcohol use ; Prevention ; Teenagers Alcohol use ; Prevention ; Community organization ; Youth ; Teenagers ; Community organization ; United States ; Community organization ; Teenagers ; Alcohol use ; Prevention ; Youth ; Alcohol use ; Prevention ; Substance Abuse ; Social Sciences ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Underage drinking is a significant problem in the United States: Alcohol is the primary contributor to the leading causes of death among adolescents. As a result, communitywide strategies to prevent underage drinking are more important than ever. Such strategies depend on the involvement and education of adolescents, parents, law enforcement officials, merchants, and other stakeholders. This guide is designed to take communities through the process of planning, implementing, and evaluating strategies to prevent underage drinking and youth access to alcohol. The guide is structured according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) Strategic Prevention Framework, a five-step prevention approach. Within the five steps, the guide adopts the Getting To Outcomes model of empowerment evaluation, results-based accountability, and continuous quality improvement. The result is a comprehensive, step-by-step manual for developing, implementing, and evaluating a high-quality communitywide plan to prevent underage drinking and its related consequences. Recommendations include the development of educational strategies for parents, adolescents, and alcohol merchants; attracting the involvement of civic leaders; working to reform legislation governing underage access to alcohol; and training law enforcement officials to be vigilant but safe in their efforts to police underage drinking in the community
    Abstract: Underage drinking is a significant problem in the United States: Alcohol is the primary contributor to the leading causes of death among adolescents. As a result, communitywide strategies to prevent underage drinking are more important than ever. Such strategies depend on the involvement and education of adolescents, parents, law enforcement officials, merchants, and other stakeholders. This guide is designed to take communities through the process of planning, implementing, and evaluating strategies to prevent underage drinking and youth access to alcohol. The guide is structured according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) Strategic Prevention Framework, a five-step prevention approach. Within the five steps, the guide adopts the Getting To Outcomes model of empowerment evaluation, results-based accountability, and continuous quality improvement. The result is a comprehensive, step-by-step manual for developing, implementing, and evaluating a high-quality communitywide plan to prevent underage drinking and its related consequences. Recommendations include the development of educational strategies for parents, adolescents, and alcohol merchants; attracting the involvement of civic leaders; working to reform legislation governing underage access to alcohol; and training law enforcement officials to be vigilant but safe in their efforts to police underage drinking in the community
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Mode of access: internet via WWW.
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  • 7
    ISBN: 9780833060044 , 083306004X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Technical report
    DDC: 363.3480973
    Keywords: Hospitals Administration ; Planning ; Public health administration ; Emergency management Evaluation ; Crisis management Health aspects ; Preparedness ; Disaster medicine Evaluation ; Public health Evaluation ; Hospitals ; Public health administration ; Emergency management ; Crisis management ; Preparedness ; Disaster medicine ; Public health ; Public Health Administration ; Disaster Planning organization & administration ; State Government ; Local Government ; Delivery of Health Care organization & administration ; Hospitals ; Administration ; Planning ; Social Welfare & Social Work - General ; Preparedness ; Public health administration ; Public health ; Evaluation ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; United States ; Emergency management ; Evaluation ; United States ; Electronic books ; Technical Report
    Abstract: Improving the ability to respond to bioterrorism and other emergencies is an important challenge facing the U.S. public health system. Despite having a knowledgeable workforce, practice and experience, capacity, and partnerships with other responders in the community, the system₂s ability to respond may depend largely on its structure. This study examines a key question: Are state and local public health agencies related to one another in a way that facilitates emergency response? Specific objectives of this study are to explain the factors influencing the particular ways in which state and local public health systems are organized, how the various types of relationships that exist between state and local public health departments have been arrived at, and, most important, the consequences of such structures and relationships for emergency preparedness. We also examine alternative structures from several different types of service industries (public education, banking, the welfare system, and port authorities). Finally, we recommend concrete strategies to improve public health preparedness. This report will be of interest to policymakers and to public health professionals at the state and local levels who are involved in bioterrorism response and emergency preparedness, as well as to other agencies involved in emergency response
    Abstract: Improving the ability to respond to bioterrorism and other emergencies is an important challenge facing the U.S. public health system. Despite having a knowledgeable workforce, practice and experience, capacity, and partnerships with other responders in the community, the system₂s ability to respond may depend largely on its structure. This study examines a key question: Are state and local public health agencies related to one another in a way that facilitates emergency response? Specific objectives of this study are to explain the factors influencing the particular ways in which state and local public health systems are organized, how the various types of relationships that exist between state and local public health departments have been arrived at, and, most important, the consequences of such structures and relationships for emergency preparedness. We also examine alternative structures from several different types of service industries (public education, banking, the welfare system, and port authorities). Finally, we recommend concrete strategies to improve public health preparedness. This report will be of interest to policymakers and to public health professionals at the state and local levels who are involved in bioterrorism response and emergency preparedness, as well as to other agencies involved in emergency response
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Mode of access: internet via WWW.
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