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Predictors of Annual and Early Separations among Direct Support Professionals: National Core Indicators Staff Stability Survey
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Houseworth, James; Pettingell, Sandra L.; Kramme, Julie E. D.; Ticha, Renata; Hewitt, Amy S. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Direct support professionals (DSPs) provide a broad range of supports in a variety of settings to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) that enables people to live, work, and participate in their communities. Despite the crucial importance in ensuring supports for community participation of people with IDD, high rates of…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Caregivers, Labor Turnover, Wages
Health Services Use and Costs for Americans with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A National Analysis
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Fujiura, Glenn T.; Li, Henan; Magaña, Sandy – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Health services and associated costs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) were nationally profiled and the predictors of high expense users statistically modeled. Using linked data from the National Health Interview Survey and Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for the years 2002 through 2011, the study found a mixed…
Descriptors: Health Services, Costs, Intellectual Disability, Patients
Unmet Dental Needs and Barriers to Dental Care among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Lai, Bien; Milano, Michael; Roberts, Michael W.; Hooper, Stephen R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
Mail-in pilot-tested questionnaires were sent to a stratified random sample of 1,500 families from the North Carolina Autism Registry. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the significance of unmet dental needs and other predictors. Of 568 surveys returned (Response Rate = 38%), 555 were complete and usable. Sixty-five…
Descriptors: Autism, Dental Health, Child Health, Predictor Variables
Employment Impact and Financial Burden for Families of Children with Fragile X Syndrome: Findings from the National Fragile X Survey
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Ouyang, L.; Grosse, S.; Raspa, M.; Bailey, D. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2010
Background: The employment impact and financial burden experienced by families of children with fragile X syndrome (FXS) has not been quantified in the USA. Method: Using a national fragile X family survey, we analysed data on 1019 families with at least one child who had a full FXS mutation. Out-of-pocket expenditures related to fragile X were…
Descriptors: Family Needs, Marital Status, Health Insurance, Genetic Disorders
Impact of Local Resources on Hospitalization Patterns of Medicare Beneficiaries and Propensity to Travel outside Local Markets
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Basu, Jayasree; Mobley, Lee R. – Journal of Rural Health, 2010
Purpose: To examine how local health care resources impact travel patterns of patients age 65 and older across the rural urban continuum. Methods: Information on inpatient hospital discharges was drawn from complete 2004 hospital discharge files from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Inpatient Databases (SID) for New York,…
Descriptors: Travel, Physicians, Hospitals, Patients
Labor Market Experiment.
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Haupert, Michael J. – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Describes a class experiment where students search a hypothetical job market for jobs paying wages in a known range but with an unknown wage distribution. The experiment is divided into three "trials", each one introducing different variables (unemployment insurance, search costs, and recession). Includes experiment instructions and a…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Competitive Selection, Costs, Economics Education