Abstract
The paper describes SIPP data elements pertaining to health and disability, examines broad policy needs for health and disability issues from the perspective of the Department of Health and Human Services, and contains recommendations for future SIPP design. Specific health and disability items described include health insurance, health care utilization, participation in Federal disability programs, functional disability (i.e. ADLs and IADLs), work disability, and children's disability.
The paper contains recommendations to more consistently collect health and disability data in SIPP. Although the goals of SIPP are to study the dynamics of Federal program participation and describe the income distribution of the population, since program participation and income are so closely influenced by health and disability, SIPP's goals cannot be fully met until health and disability data are collected more consistently.
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