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R -- STATE LONG TERM CARE POLICY AND PROGRAM INFORMATION DATA COLLECTION PROJECT SOL HCFA-97-010/EE POC Edwiena Edwards, Contracting Officer, (410) 786-1607. In accordance with FAR 6.302-1, the Health Care Financing Administration's Office of Research and Demonstrations intends to negotiate on a non-competitive basis with the University of California at San Francisco. The primary goal of HCFA's "Long Term Care Initiative" is to examine the role of Medicare and Medicaid in long-term care, and develop policy recommendations to improve financing and delivery of long term care services for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. A critical component in support of this goal is the availability of accurate data on the status of both insitutional and community-based services in the 50 States and the District of Columbia. The University of California at San Francisco has developed a data base through an earlier grant from HCFA which includes institutional and community-based service data for the period 1978 through 1994. This cross-sectional time series data base is particularly valuable because it includes primary data on States unavailable from other sources, and isthe only consistent longitudinal State data base on long term care of its type available in the country. This data base includes the variables and program information needed by HCFA to evaluate the status of both institutional and community-based service infrastructures. This data has been purchased from the University of California at San Francisco for the past three years. The proposed period of performance is 3 years from date of contract award. Telephone requests will not be honored. For informational purposes only, RFP package not available. See Numbered Note 22. (0091)

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