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B Effects of Budgetary Constraints on Federal Statistical Programs
Pages 281-286

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From page 281...
... In an era when the economy and the society are changing rapidly, these changes may be reducing the quantity and quality of vital information available to the public and private sectors for setting policy. With respect to the tasks of this panel, it is clear that the demographics of the elderly population are changing rapidly, that technology in health care and delivery systems is developing at a swift pace, and that the challenges posed to the medical community derive from the fact that the health care needs of an elderly population are not strictly defined by medical problems, but involve the social structures, home systems, and economic capacities of people as well.
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From page 282...
... postponing or elirn~nating the regular review of data needs in developing areas, usually in the interest of protecting core programs within agencies. Specific examples of the types of adjustments cited above are considered in the following sections, which examine the programs of the specific agencies that most directly affect the information bases available for supporting policy development in aging.
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From page 283...
... The periodicity of other surveys conducted by the Center has also been decreased, including the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, the National Master Facility Inventory, the National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey, and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. In addition, four medical care provider surveys are slated to be combined into one.
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From page 284...
... NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH While the National Center for Health Services Research does not engage in routine data collection activities similar to those conducted by the other federal agencies discussed in this appendix' it does rely heavily on data sets generated and maintained by such agencies in the conduct of its extramural research program. Such data sets typically constitute the data on which its funded research studies are based.
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From page 285...
... NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH In fiscal 1986, the National Mental Health Statistical Program budget was reduced by 27 percent, followed by an additional reduction in fiscal 1987. The Survey and Reports Branch experienced a decrease of 42 percent in research contract and direct operations funds from fiscal years 1985 to 1987, followed by level funding in fiscal 1988.
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From page 286...
... Availability of Federal Data on the Aged: Recent Changes and Future concerns. The Gerontological Society of America.
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