Texas State Health Plan: 1985, Appendix A Page: 13
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EXHIBIT 2
SURVEY FORM OF MAJOR STATE AGENCIES
LONG-TERM INSTITUTIONAL CARE AND ALTERNATIVES
CURRENT STATUS
1. What are the major priority concerns in long-term care that are presently being addressed
by your agency?
2. What major programs and policies are being used to address these concerns?
3. What are the costs involved in implementation of these programs and how are they funded?
4. To what extent do you consider these efforts cost-effective?
5. To what extent do you consider these efforts to be successful in meeting the needs of
long-term care recipients?
6. Do you believe that gaps and/or overlaps in services exist among the various agencies in-
volved in the delivery/reimbursement of long-term care? If so, please identify them.
7. What recommendations do you have for developing improved coordination between your agency
and other departments and agencies where this may be indicated?
FUTURE CONCERNS
1. What new or additional long-term care concerns do you believe will need to be addressed
in the future?
2. What new programs and/or policies would you recommend for addressing these future con-
cerns? Please explain why you consider these new programs and/or policies necessary.
3. What shifting of current federal and/or state funding or new sources of revenue would
you suggest to finance these new programs and/or policies?
4. What constraints will likely be experienced when trying to implement these programs
and/or policies?
5. To what extent do you believe these new programs and/or policies can be made cost-effec-
tive?
6. What methods would you use to evaluate the effectiveness of these new programs and/or
policies?
7. What do you predict as the results of implementation of these new programs and/or poli-
cies, i.e., how will they benefit the recipients?
8. To what extent do you believe that enough flexibility can be built into the new programs
and/or policies to take care of unanticipated problems?
9. In your opinion, if no changes are made in current programs and policies, to what extent
will they meet future long-term care needs?
Note: 1. Please provide available data to substantiate your answers to any of the above
questions, i.e., facilities, clients, funding, manpower, utilization, distri-
bution, and demand.
2. Please briefly describe the method of data collection and management your
agency is presently using.13
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Texas. Statewide Health Coordinating Council. Texas State Health Plan: 1985, Appendix A, report, 1985; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1586722/m1/69/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.