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Comments on Proposed GAO Report Entitled "Conditions of Older People: National Information System Needed"

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 21, 1979
Report No. 109286
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Summary:

The information needed to deliver home care services to older Americans is currently spread piecemeal throughout Federal, State, local, and private agencies. Based on its study of the well-being of older people in Cleveland, Ohio, GAO believes that a national information system could be used in multiprogram evaluations to measure the current conditions of older people and identify the current cost of helping them, demonstrate the beneficial effects of this help, and aid in the estimation of future costs for services nationwide, including alternative forms of aid. Information contained in the GAO database would be useful to researchers, planners, service providers, and policymakers. A national system based on GAO data and methodology, periodically expanded and updated, could assist in future long-term planning.

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