| Source |
Secondary data
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| Title |
Information about diversion programs/activities from sources such as the National Governors’ Association, National Conference of State Legislatures, Center for Law and Social Policy, and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Information regarding state diversion programs and activities.
Collected October 1997 and February 1998.
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| Sites |
All 50 states
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
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| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Source |
Interview
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| Title |
Semi-structured interview
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
State level respondent is likely to involve state welfare reform waiver coordinator and a senior official in the state health or Medicaid department.
Collected October 1997 and February 1998.
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| Sites |
All 50 states
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
48 out of 51 states (including ther District of Columbia)
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Interview guides will be based on written materials collected about each state from the CBPP survey, and will be tailored to the circumstances of each individual respondent state.
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| Source |
Interview
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| Title |
Semi-structured interviews by telephone and/or in-person
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Welfare administrators, welfare benefits field staff, families participating in diversion, community-based welfare right groups, safety net providers, and community-based providers.
Sampling method not reported (number in sample not reported).
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| Sites |
Case study states ( to be selected)
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not yet available.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Additional follow-up interviews with the state officials who participated in the telephone interviews may be pursued during the site visit or by telephone after the site visits.
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| Source |
Field Research
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| Title |
Site visits
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Visits to case study states.
Site selection will be determined and site visit plans and protocols will be developed during February and March, 1998.Five to seven site visits (4-5 days each) will be scheduled April through September, 1998.
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| Sites |
Ohio, Montana, Missouri, Maryland, and Georgia
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
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| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Source |
Administrative data
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| Title |
Existing databases
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
State and safety net provider databases (number not reported).
Report completed by November 1998.
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| Sites |
Not reported.
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Report will discuss the potential for using and combining other data sources 1) to address study questions and 2) for the development of databases to support analyses of the intended or unintended health policy-related consequences of state diversion programs and activities, specifically in terms of changes in Medicaid enrollment rates, and the effects of these changes on safety net providers.
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