Federal Disability Programs: Coordination Could Facilitate Better Data Collection to Assess the Status of People with Disabilities

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Article Publication Date: 
7/7/2008
Summary: 
While some health and economic data on people with disabilities are currently available, these data have limited use in providing a comprehensive assessment of how these individuals are faring. Additionally, the lack of more useful data limits the federal government’s ability to determine how well federal programs are serving individuals with disabilities. Read about ways better coordination could help facilitate the collection of such data to inform policy decisions.
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Government Accountability Office/GAO
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Disability policy;

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