Texas tried to turn eligibility screening for social services over to a private company, creating all sorts of messes until it gave up the experiment.
Eligibility screening form on basis of full-text screening.
Of these, about 10% (297) agreed to undergo eligibility screening.
Seventy percent (207/297) of these women passed the initial street eligibility screening.
Women recognized that choosing private facilities for medical services meant sacrificing thorough eligibility screening.
We reviewed over 2500 medical records, mailed 860 introductory letters, and made over 4100 eligibility screening call attempts.
This was followed by standardized telephone screening for preliminary eligibility, followed by in-person detailed eligibility screening.
A total of 11,334 female panelists were invited to participate in the survey, of whom 4,894 responded to the email invitation, consented, and completed eligibility screening.
Among those who completed the eligibility screening, 83 (23.1%) were not eligible.
Phone eligibility screening of these women determined that 315 were eligible while the remaining 140 were ineligible.
An estimated 84,000 people sent in preliminary applications, and 40,000 of those passed the initial eligibility screening, said a housing department spokesman, Brian Sullivan.
