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R C Dolan

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PubMed1999

Evaluating the vocational rehabilitation program using longitudinal data. Evidence for a quasiexperimental research design.

The study presents benefit-cost ratios for 14 disability cohorts served by the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Program. The earnings impacts are estimated in a quasiexperimental framework using an internal comparison group. The earnings data are from a unique national panel constructed by linking client data of the Rehabilitative Services Administration with earnings histories from the Social Security Administration. These earnings data accommodate a series of statistical tests that allow us to identify and control for the presence of selection bias when estimating treatment impacts. The results indicate that the VR program is cost-effective in general, although not universally so across specific disabilities.

Adult↗
PubMed1991

Assessing the role of vocational rehabilitation in disability policy.

Since 1975, vocational rehabilitation has represented a small and declining component of federal disability policy. This trend is perhaps reflective of the relatively crude assessment techniques that have been applied to the program in the past. Using the Virginia Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program as a prototype, we outline how the data and methods of assessment can be improved for purposes of directing public policy. The key issues include identifying an appropriate comparison group for VR, analysis of longitudinal earnings data, and methods for refining measures of program cost. The analysis provides "fixed-effects" estimates of net earnings impacts for each of three postprogram years stratified by disability classification and gender. These treatment impacts are compared to total and service-specific costs. In general, this analysis suggests that evaluation of VR can be substantially improved and that these improvements can be attained at relatively modest analytic cost.

Costs and Cost Analysis↗
PubMed1980

The evolution of CFO requirements.

An analysis of 53 searches for CFOs, conducted by Witt & Dolan between 1970 and 1979, reveals some startling changes in the requirements that have occurred for these key positions. These changes are largely responsible for the increased salary ranges of today's CFOs. The searches were conducted in all sections of the United States. Although bed size is no longer considered an accurate gauge for comparing the real size of one hospital with another (today budgets, admissions and other facts are usually included in determining the size of an institution), Witt & Dolan used it as a measure because inflationary factors would tend to distort figures with relation to dollars from 1970 to 1979.

Administrative Personnel↗