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Performance Improvement 1996

Table of Contents

Foreword

Senior Editorial Advisors

Acknowledgments

Executive Summary

Chapter I. The Evaluation Program in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Chapter II. Highlights of Selected Evaluations Completed During Fiscal 1995

Administration for Children and Families

Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods: A Community-Centered Approach

Youth With Runaway, Throwaway, and Homeless Experiences: Prevalence, Drug Use, and Other At-Risk Behaviors

Administration on Aging

Real People, Real Problems: An Evaluation of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs of the Older Americans Act

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

Understanding and Choosing Clinical Performance Measures for Quality Improvement: Development of a Typology

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Effect of Mandated Managed Care for Medicaid Populations on the Practice of Public Health: The Example of Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention

Health Care Financing Administration

Medicare Participating Heart Bypass Center Demonstration: Evaluation Design

Monitoring the Impact of Medicare Physician Payment Reform on Utilization and Access

Health Resources and Services Administration

Performance Indicators for GPRA: Initial Assessment of Health Resources and Services Administration Programs

Indian Health Service

Evaluation of Diabetes Services Provided by IHS Model Diabetes Program: Final Report

National Institutes of Health

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment

Office of Public Health and Science

Consequences of Whistleblowing for the Whistleblower in Misconduct of Science

Chapter III. Agency Evaluation Activities

Administration for Children and Families

Administration on Aging

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Food and Drug Administration

Health Care Financing Administration

Health Resources and Services Administration

Indian Health Service

National Institutes of Health

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Office of Public Health and Science

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Appendix A. Abstracts of HHS Evaluations Completed in Fiscal 1995

Administration for Children and Families

Administration on Aging

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Food and Drug Administration

Health Care Financing Administration

Health Resources and Services Administration

Indian Health Service

National Institutes of Health

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Office of Public Health and Science

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Appendix B. Inventory of HHS Evaluations in Progress

Administration for Children and Families

Administration on Aging

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Food and Drug Administration

Health Care Financing Administration

Health Resources and Services Administration

Indian Health Service

National Institutes of Health

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Office of Public Health and Science

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Appendix C. Senior Editorial Advisors' Review Criteria for Assessing Program Evaluations

Appendix D. Glossary of Acronyms

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