ABSTRACT

This Performance Improvement series of reports takes its name from the primary goal of carrying out evaluations – to improve the performance of programs meant to serve the greatest needs of the community. Performance Improvement 2008, the latest of these reports, makes available the most recently completed evaluations of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), those completed between September 30, 2006 and October 1, 2007.

Material contained in this publication is in the public domain and may be reproduced, fully or partially, without permission of the Federal Government. The courtesy of attribution is requested. The recommended citation follows:

Office of Health Policy, ASPE(2009) EVALUATION: Performance Improvement 2008
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

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Table of Contents

• Full version of Accessible Report
  
• Introduction
  
• Chapter I – Highlights of Findings from Completed Evaluations
  
  • Goal 1 – IMPROVE THE SAFETY, QUALITY, AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH CARE INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE AND LONG TERM CARE
  • Goal 2 – PREVENT AND CONTROL DISEASE, INJURY, ILLNESS, AND DISABILITY ACROSS THE LIFESPAN, AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM INFECTIOUS, OCCUPATIONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND TERRORIST THREATS
  • Goal 3 – PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES
  • Goal 4 – ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    
• Chapter II – Program Evaluation at the Department of Health & Human Services
  
• Chapter III – Summaries of Completed Evaluations – What Was Studied and the Key Finding
  
  • Goal 1 – Health Care: Improve the safety, quality, affordability and accessibility of health care including behavioral health care and long term care.
  • Goal 2 – Public Health Promotion and Protection, Disease Prevention and Emergency Preparedness: Prevent and control disease, injury, illness and disability across the lifespan, and protect the public from infectious, occupational, environmental and terrorist threats.
  • Goal 3 – Human Services: Promote the economic and social well-being of individuals and families and communities.
  • Goal 4 – Scientific Research and Development: Advance scientific and biomedical research and development related to health and human services.
    
• Glossary
• Credits
  

Appendices

• Appendix A – full set of the 2007-2012 HHS Strategic Plan Goals and Objectives.
• Appendix B – each agency´s and office´s program mission and evaluation program.
• Appendix C – table of the studies in this report, organized by agency and office, indicating the Objective where the study may be found.
• Appendix D – glossary of evaluation terms, terms-of-art used by some offices or agencies, and acronyms for the organizational units of HHS.
• Appendix E – guidance regarding online access to the full database of evaluations.
• Appendix F – optional evaluation form users of this report are invited to fill out and return.

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Office of Health Policy
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Last updated:  10/22/2009