NEED-PLUS: Neighborhood Estimates of Expected Demand-Planning & Utilization Syste

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议项目将发展一个数据系统，以比目前更详细地评估本地60多岁人口的健康和其他特征。NEED-PLUS项目（“社区预期需求估计-规划和利用系统”）使用来自全国健康和退休调查（HRS）的数据，并将它们与一个独特的细分系统联系起来，该系统对全国老年人口进行分类。这种地理人口统计方法能够创造创新的当地需求估计，而不会有保密的风险。一个专有的、易于使用的、基于因特网的系统将使这些数据以报告、图表、地图、电子表格和GIS输出的形式提供给广泛的受众。HRS数据的一个子集将被纳入一个系统，该系统使用保护HRS应答者身份的方法，生成给定地区的健康、退休和其他年龄相关特征的概况。在评估了从人力资源调查数据得出当地估计的各种方法之后，该系统将编制关于老年人口的当地报告的初步样本，包括关键特征和对其需求的描述。专家和潜在用户的意见将有助于创建一个数据传递系统，允许用户定义一个领域并选择他们自己的报告。还将制定向更广泛的潜在用户推销产品的计划。掌握一个地方老年人口的更详细信息将有助于服务提供者评估对不同类型住房的需求，并使他们能够提供家庭和社区服务、保健服务和其他援助的最佳组合。它还可以深入了解健康状况、卫生条件和获得保健方面的空间差异。任何计划为老龄化人口提供服务的人，以及必须考虑老龄化社区在资源消耗和可用性方面的变化的人，都可以从NEED-PLUS中受益。了解各个社区以及它们如何随年龄变化是保持这些社区健康的一个重要方面。建立NEED-PLUS将使有用的、具体年龄的数据更广泛地可用，并将为老年人提供更好的护理和更好的生活。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed project will develop a data system to assess the health and other characteristics of local 60 plus populations in greater detail than is currently possible. The NEED-PLUS project ("Neighborhood Estimates of Expected Demand - Planning and Utilization System") uses data from the National Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) and ties them to a unique segmentation system that classifies the nation's older population. This geodemographic approach enables the creation of innovative local area estimates of need, with no risk to confidentiality. A proprietary, easy-to-use, Internet-based system will make these data available to a broad audience in the form of reports, charts, maps, spreadsheets, and GIS output. A subset of the HRS data will be incorporated into a system that generates profiles of a given area's health, retirement, and other age-related characteristics, using a methodology that protects HRS respondent identity. Following an assessment of a variety of methods for deriving local area estimates from the HRS data, the system will produce preliminary samples of localized reports on the older population, including key characteristics and descriptions of their needs. Input from experts and potential users will help create a data delivery system that allows users to define an area and select their own reports. A plan to market the product to a broader range of potential users will also be developed. Having more detailed information about a locality's older population will help service providers assess the need for different types of housing and enable them to offer the best mix of home and community-based services, health services, and other assistance. It could also provide insight into the spatial aspects of disparities in health status, health conditions, and access to care. Anyone who plans services for an aging population and who must account for an aging community's shifts in resource consumption and availability could benefit from NEED-PLUS. Understanding individual communities and how they change with age is an essential aspect of keeping those communities healthy. Creation of NEED-PLUS will make useful, age-specific data more broadly available and will provide improved care and better lives for the elderly.