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Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities: Supporting and Encouraging Employment
04/07/2009 | Requests *Summary
This program (HWD) is Washington’s implementation of Medicaid Buy-In. The report evaluates HWD’s impact on employment and earnings, Medicaid coverage, and receipt of food stamps by comparing enrollees to traditional Medicaid participants. They found significant outcome improvements for the HWD group in several categories.
Author
Shah, Melissa Ford; Mancuso, David; He, Lijian; Estee, Sharon; Felver, Barbara E.M.
Available Files
- Report PDF (808K, 16 pages)
Keywords
Medicaid Buy-In; Medicaid; Independent Living; Formative Evaluation; Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities; HWD; self-sufficiency; Contemporaneous and Historical Sampling Frames; Propensity Score Matching;
Topic
Employment Programs, Long-Term Care, State/Agency Information
Type/Tool
Data, Reports
Source
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
State
Washington, All States/Territories
Date Created
06/10/2009
Contact
Melissa Ford Shah
Washington
State Department of Social and Health Services
shaz235@Lni.wa.gov
360-902-5122
Washington
State Department of Social and Health Services
shaz235@Lni.wa.gov
360-902-5122
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