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CONCLUSIONS
Pages 29-32

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... Furthermore, budget constraints make it impossible for surveys to capture every possible piece of relevant information on the elderly. Therefore, participants suggested the need for both priorities for data collection efforts and strategies for achieving greater efficiency and coordination among extant data sets.
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... Over the course of the workshop, an ambitious set of suggestions was made for improving existing data sets, enhancing data linkages, and developing new data sets. Participants also concluded that some general guidelines could be developed to determine whether a new data collection effort or existing data set is cost-effective and useful, and they proposed 10 questions to consider when assessing a data collection effort: Does the data source fill important information gaps?
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... Encouraging greater access to existing data sets, unifying and integrating the existing data sets with administrative records, and assessing the merits of new data collection efforts are crucial for fostering and enhancing research on current and future generations of the aging population.
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