U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Evaluation
Evaluation and analysis provide essential evidence for HHS to understand how its programs work, for whom, and under what circumstances. HHS builds evidence through evaluation and analysis in order to inform decisions in budget, legislative, regulatory, strategic planning, program, and policy arenas. Given the breadth of work supported by HHS, many evaluations and analyses are conducted each year. These efforts range in scope, scale, design, and methodology, but all aim to understand how the effect of programs and policies and how they can be improved.
Across HHS, evaluation comes in many forms, including:
- Program evaluations using the most rigorous designs appropriate;
- Capacity-building initiatives to improve administrative data collection, accessibility, and use for management;
- Exploratory and preliminary quantitative and qualitative analysis to build evidence;
- Pilots and demonstrations; and
- Statistical analysis of factors related to health and human services programs and policies.
ASPE coordinates the evaluation community by regularly convening the HHS Evaluation & Evidence Policy Council, which builds capacity by sharing best practices and promising new approaches across HHS.
Noteworthy
Reports
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Advanced SearchConfronting the New Health Care Crisis: Improving Health Care Quality and Lowering Costs By Fixing Our Medical Liability System
With rapidly rising health care costs, reforms are needed to make high-quality, affordable health care more widely available. A critical element for providing real relief for both patients and physicians is comprehensive reform of our current medical liability system.
Study of the Impact of Monitoring the Health Outcomes for Disabled
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Case Study
Medicaid Buy-In Programs: Case Studies of Early Implementer States
This paper describes the findings from nine Case Study states. These case studies were conducted: (1) To examine early implementation experience among the states in order to gain an understanding of the programmatic, fiscal, and political context in which design decisions were made.
Eligibility for CCDF-Funded Child Care Subsidies under the October 1999 Program Rules: Results from the TRIM3 Microsimulation Model
This paper reports estimates of the numbers of families and children who are eligible for child care subsidies under the Child Care and Developemtn Fund (CCDF). The estimates are produced by the Transfer Income Model (TRIM) developed by the Urban Institute under contract to ASPE. The paper explains the estimation methodology and also presents detailed national and state-level estimates.
Constrained Innovation in Managing Care for High-Risk Seniors in Medicare + Choice Risk Plans
Craig Thornton, Sheldon Retchin, Kenneth D. Smith, Peter D. Fox, William Black and Rita Stapulonis Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Performance Improvement 2002
ForewordPerformance Improvement 2002: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the eighth annual report to Congress summarizing previous fiscal year evaluation efforts. The purpose of this report is to provide Congress with outcome-oriented evaluation findings for the Departments programs, policies, and strategies.