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Activity Number:
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242
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Health Policy Statistics
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| Abstract - #300820 |
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Title:
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Evaluating the Hawaii Demonstration To Maintain Independence and Employment
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Author(s):
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Tammy Tom*+
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Companies:
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University of Hawaii
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Address:
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1015 Wilder Ave #305, Honolulu, HI, 96822,
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Keywords:
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social security ; disability prevention ; diabetes ; healthy workforce ; experimental design ; health status
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Abstract:
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Many workers with potentially disabling health conditions reach a point at which they can no longer work and must rely on federal disability benefits. If workers had access to a comprehensive package of health care services and employment supports, could they postpone, or avoid the need for, disability benefits? The federal Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE) was developed to study this question and requires funded states to conduct independent evaluations of their projects. The Hawaii DMIE Evaluation uses an experimental design to study the effect diabetes support services have on work-related and health variables.
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