Topics: Economics and Personal Finances, Socioeconomic Class. 1  Richard Fry is a senior researcher focusing on economics and education at Pew Research Center. 2  Rakesh Kochhar is an associate director of research at Pew Research Center.
In the United States, the Census Bureau determines who is poor using an economic poverty measure, by calculating official poverty estimates using a set of dollar-value thresholds, or minimum amount of income needed to meet basic needs, that vary by family size and composition.
The six NQS goals are: evidence-based practices, person-centered care, coordinated care, healthy living for communities, reduction of adverse events, and cost reductions. The impact of each of those goals will be tracked via a set of core behavioral health quality measures across three targets or domains. The targets are: payers (SAMHSA, other federal agency, state/county, or private payers); providers/practitioners; and general populations (individuals, families, and communities).