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Identifying Effective Health Care Services for Adults with Disabilities Choosing Wisely: Why Study Designs and Outcome Measures Matter
08/01/2011 | Requests *Summary
Adults with disabilities have diverse, complex, and expensive needs for health care services, costing the health care system $398 billion in 2006. This group, which represented 14 percent of the adult population in 2008, will grow larger in the future. This report discusses study designs and outcome measures that can be used to address different comparative research questions. Policymakers, practitioners, and the public need a better understanding of what works for study designs.
Author
Lipson, Debra J.; Kehn, Matthew;Rich, Eugene
Available Files
- Webinar Recording Off-site link
- Powerpoint Presentation Off-site link
- Issue Brief Off-site link (4 pages)
Keywords
Disabilities; outcome measures; healthcare
Topic
Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness
Type/Tool
Archived conference materials / Presentations, Audio / Video recordings, Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers
Source
Mathematica Policy Research
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
08/01/2011
Contact
Mathematica Policy Research
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