Vol.3, No.2 May 2001
This is the eighth installment of The Grey Literature Report. As always, the editor is left knowing there is so much out there that could be listed here. If your organization produces items which would be appropriate to our grey literature collection, please send them to us c/o Marie Ascher, The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029.
In the meantime, here is the latest list of of over 150 grey literature acquisitions at The New York Academy of Medicine.
Lutzky S, Alecxih LMB, Pankaj V, Laud S, Schaab G (The Lewin Group). Restricting Underwriting and Premium Rating Practices in the Medigap Market: The Experience of Three States. #2001-01. January 2001.
Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy
Alberga J, DeFrancesco L, Molinari S, Wheatley B. State of the States. State Coverage Initiatives, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. January 2001.
Alberga J. Wisconsin's BadgerCare Program Offers Innovative Approach for Family Coverage. State Coverage Initiatives Issue Brief. January 2001.
Birnbaum M. Expanding Coverage to Parents through Medicaid Section 1931. State Coverage Initiatives Issue Brief. May 2000.
Butler P. ERISA Complicates State Efforts to Improve Access to Individual Insurance for the Medically High Risk. State Coverage Initiatives Issue Brief. August 2000.
Chollet DJ, Kirk AM, Chow ME. Mapping State Health Insurance Markets: Structure and Change in the States' Group and Health Insurance Markets, 1995-1997. State Coverage Initiatives, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. December 2000.
Employer Buy-In Programs: How Four States Subsidize Employer-Sponsored Insurance. State Coverage Initiatives, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. March 2001.
From Regulation to Competition: How Some Providers in New York Responded. Health Care Financing & Organization. Findings Brief. Volume 4, Issue 2. January 2001.
Government of the District of Columbia. Strategies for Change. Health Care System Development Commission. Final Report. December 2000.
Health Plan Report Cards May Influence Insurers More Than Consumers: Their Effect on Insurer Behavior in Minnesota. Health Care Financing & Organization. Findings Brief. Volume 3, Issue 3. April 2000.
Health Purchasing Coalitions Struggle to Gain Bargaining Clout: Small Size and Lack of Support from Health Plans are Factors. Health Care Financing & Organization. Findings Brief. Volume 4, Issue 1. June 2000.
Wheatley B. State Approaches to Expanding Family Coverage. State Coverage Initiatives Issue Brief. May 2000.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Banthin JS, Taylor AK. HMO Enrollment in the United States: Estimates Based on Household Reports, 1996. MEPS Research Findings #15. AHRQ Publication No. 01-0014. January 2001.
Cohen JW, Machlin SR, Zuvekas SH. Health Care Expenses in the United States, 1996. MEPS Research Findings #12. AHRQ Publication No. 01-0009. December 2000.
Elixhauser A, Yu K, Steiner C, Bierman AS. Hospitalization in the United States, 1997. HCUP Fact Book No. 1. AHRQ Publication No. 00-0031. 2000.
Rhoades J, Chu M. Health Insurance Status of the Civilian Noninstitutionalized: 1999. MEPS Research Findings #14. AHRQ Publication No. 01-0011. December 2000.
Rhoades J, Sommers J. Expenses and Sources of Payment for Nursing Home Residents, 1996. MEPS Research Findings #13. AHRQ Publication No. 01-0010. December 2000.
Talking About AIDS So America Listens.
American Association of Health Plans
Independent Medical Review of Health Plan Coverage Decisions:
A Framework for Excellence. April 2001. .
The State of the Air 2001 2001.
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
Core Competencies for Health Care Ethics
Consultation. 1998. To Order.
Association of American Medical Colleges
Minority Graduates of U.S. Medical Schools: Trends, 1950-1998. 2000.
Free Copies of this report are available from AAMC by contacting Vivian Harriday at (202) 828-0584.
Reiss JR, Martin AR. Breast Cancer 2000: An Update on Facts, Figures
and Issues. 2000.
To Order.
Evans N, Martin AR. Pathways to Prevention: Eight Practical
Steps -- From the Personal to the Political -- Toward Reducing the Risk of Breast Cancer. 2000.
To Order.
California HealthCare Foundation face="Arial"
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Kelly P, Legrow G (First Consulting Group).
Medicaid Health Plans: Are Application Service Providers Right for You? A Market Segment Report. November 2000.
The Pacific Health Policy Group.
HIPAA Readiness: California's Issues and Challenges.
November 2000.
Spetz J, Seago JA, Coffman J, Rosenoff E, O'Neil E (Center for the
Health Professions, University of California, San Francisco).
Minimum Nurse Staffing Ratios in California Acute Care Hospitals. December 2000.
Center for the Advancement of Health
Selected Evidence for Behavioral Approaches to Chronic Disease Management in Clinical Settings.
2000.
Center for Health Services Research and Policy (George Washington University)
Rosenbaum S, Smith B.
Policy Brief #1: State SCHIP Design and the Right to Coverage.
(2001?).
Philliber S, Kaye J, Herrling S.
The National Evaluation of the Children's Aid Society Carrera-Model Program to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy. May 2001.
Silow-Carroll S, Anthony SE, Meyer JA (Economic and Social Research
Institute).State and Local Initiatives to Enhance Health Coverage for the Working Uninsured.
Task Force on the Future of Health Insurance. Pub.#424. November 2000.
Silow-Carroll S, Waldman EK, Meyer JA (Economic and Social Research
Institute).Expanding Employment-Based
Health Coverage: Lessons from Six State and Local Programs. Task Force on the Future of Health Insurance. Pub.#445. February 2001.
Employee Benefit Research Institute, Inc.
Fronstin P.Counting the Uninsured: A Comparison of National Surveys.
Issue Brief Number 225. September 2000. To Order.
Fronstin P.Defined Contribution Health Benefits.
Issue Brief Number 231. March 2001. To Order.
Salisbury D.EBRI Research Highlights: Retirement and Health Data.
Issue Brief Number 229. January 2001. To Order.
VanDerhei J, Copeland C.The Changing Face of Private Retirement Plans.
Issue Brief Number 232. April 2001. To Order.
Healthcare Association of New York State
Health Care Under Stress: A Financial
Profile of Hospitals and Health Systems in New York State.
March 2001.
Health Insurance
Association of America
Antitrust Waivers for Physicians: Costs and Consequences.
Cohen MA, Weinrobe M.
Tax Deductibility of Long-Term
Care Insurance Premiums: Implications for Market Growth and Public LTC Expenditures.
March 2000.
Mohr PE, Mueller C, Neumann P, Franco S, Milet M, Silver L, Wilensky G.
The Impact of Medical Technology on Future
Health Care Costs.
Final Report. February 28, 2001.
State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs
Continue to Grow: Introduction and Summary of Findings.
September 18, 2000.
Teller W.
The Impact of Medical Technology on Future Health Care Costs.
Testimony. February 15, 2001.
Who Buys Long-Term Care Insurance in 2000?
October 2000.
Institute for Health Policy Solutions
Dearlove J, Glantz SA.
Tobacco Industry Political Influence and Tobacco Policy Making
in New York 1983-1999. February 2000.
The War on Drugs: Recommendations of the Los Angeles Citizen's Commission on U.S. Drug
Policy. (2001?).
Institute for Social and Policy Studies
Conversion of HMOs and Hospitals: What's at Stake? PONPO Working Paper
No. 238, ISPS Working Paper No. 2238. January 1997.
Hager M (ed.), Bondurant S (Chair). Education for More Synergistic Practice of Medicine and Public Health.
Kaiser Family Foundation face="Arial" size="3">
Bernstein A (Alpha Center), Falik M (MDS Associates, Inc.). Enabling Services: A Profile of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations. Pub.#2214. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. October 2000.
Bruen BK (Urban Institute). Medicaid and Prescription Drugs: An Overview. Background Paper. Pub.#2202. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. October 2000.
Bruen BK, Holahan J. Medicaid Spending Growth Remained Modest in 1998 But Likely Headed Upward. Issue Paper. Pub.#2230. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. February 2001.
Commercial Health Plan Participation in Medicaid Managed Care: An Examination of Six Markets. Issue Paper. Pub.#2219. November 2000.
Doyle A, Aldridge C, Jefferys R, Kates J (National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors and AIDS Treatment Data Network). National ADAP Monitoring Project. Annual Report. March 2001.
Draper D, Gold M (Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.), Hudman J. Managed Care and Low-Income Populations: A Case Study of Managed Care in California. Kaiser/Commonwealth Low-Income Coverage and Access Project. Pub.#2169. December 1999.
Family Circle/Kaiser Family Foundation. National Survey on Health Care and Other Elder Care Issues. Summary of Findings and Chart Pack. Pub.#1603. September 2000.
Feld P, Power B (Global Strategy Group, Inc.). Immigrants' Access to Health Care After Welfare Reform: Findings from Focus Groups in Four Cities. Pub.#1608. November 2000.
Fox HB, McManus MA, Limb SJ (Maternal and Child Health Policy Research Center). Access to Care for S-CHIP Children with Special Health Needs. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Pub.#2226. December 2000.
Hoff T, Greene L, McIntosh M, Rawlings N, D'Amico J (Princeton Survey Research Associates). Sex Education in America: A Series of National Surveys of Students, Parents, Teachers, and Principals. Summary of Findings. Pub.#3048. September 2000.
Hoffman C, Pohl M (Urban Institute). Health Insurance Coverage in America: 1999 Data Update. Pub.#2222. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. December 2000.
Holahan J. Why Did the Number of Uninsured Fall in 1999? Policy Brief. Pub.#2229. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. January 2001.
The Kaiser Family Foundation/Agency for Health Care Research and Quality National Survey on Americans as Health Care Consumers: An Update on the Role of Quality Information. Highlights and Chartpack. Pub.#3093. December 2000.
Maloy KA (The George Washington University Center for Health Services Research and Policy). Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care: Plan and Enrollee Perspectives on the Enrollment ProcessPub.#2215. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. October 2000.
Perry M (Lake Snell Perry & Associates), Smith VK, Smith CN (Health Management Associates), Chang C. Marketing Medicaid and CHIP: A Study of State Advertising Campaigns. Pub.#2213. October 2000.
Perry M (Lake Snell Perry & Associates). Medi-Cal and Healthy Families: Focus Groups with California Parents to Evaluate the Medi-Cal and Healthy Families ProgramsPub.#3091. January 2001.
Shirk M, Trost C, Schultz S. In Their Own Words: The Uninsured Talk About Living Without Health Insurance. Pub.#2207. September 2000.
Smith VK (Health Management Associates). CHIP Program Enrollment: June 2000. Pub.#2224. January 2001.
State Policies on Access to Gynecological Care and Contraception. Women's Issue Brief. Pub.#1556b. Update: December 2000.
Vladeck BC, Cooper BS. Making Medicare Work Better. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. March 2001.
Wyn R, Solis B, Ojeda VD, Pourat N (UCLA Center for Health Policy Research). Falling Through the Cracks: Health Insurance Coverage of Low-Income Women. Pub.#1611. February 2001.
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Gleason P, Suitor C. Food for Thought: Children's Diets in the 1990s.Policy Brief. March 2001.
Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy. March 2001.
1998-1999 State Health Care Expenditure Report. March 2001.
Fagin CM. When Care Becomes a Burden: Diminishing Access to Adequate Nursing. February 2001.
Kassalow JS. Why Health Is Important to U.S. Foreign Policy. May 2001.
Sirica C. The Origins and Implementation of BadgerCare: Wisconsin's Experience with the State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP). January 2001.
National Center for Cultural Competence (Georgetown University)
Cultural Competence in Primary Health Care: Partnerships for a Research Agenda. Policy Brief 3. Summer 2000.
Linguistic Competence in Primary Health Care Delivery Systems. Policy Brief 2. January 2001.
Rationale for Cultural Competence in Primary Health Care. Policy Brief 1. Winter 1999.
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) - Columbia University
Building Bridges: States Respond to Substance Abuse and Welfare Reform. October 1999.
Dangerous Liaisons: Substance Abuse and Sex. December 1999.
Missed Opportunity: National Survey of Primary Care Physicians and Patients on Substance Abuse. Conducted by the Survey Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago. April 2000.
National Survey of American Attitutdes on Substance Abuse VI: Teens. February 2001.
No Place to Hide: Substance Abuse in Mid-Size Cities and Rural America. White Paper. January 2000.
No Safe Haven: Children of Substance-Abusing Parents. January 1999.
Non-Medical Marijuana: Rite of Passage or Russian Roulette? White Paper. July 1999.
Report of the United States Postal Service Commission On A Safe and Secure Workplace. August 2000.
Shoveling Up: The Impact of Substance Abuse on State Budgets. White Paper. January 2001.
Substance Abuse and Learning Disabilities: Peas in a Pod or Apples and Oranges? White Paper. September 2000.
Winning at Any Cost: Doping in Olympic Sports. A Report by The CASA National Commission on Sports and Substance Abuse. September 2000.
National Health Care Purchasing Institute
Ward SO. What is Unique about Public Purchasing?. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. March 2001.
Ad Hoc Group of Experts Workshop on the Medical Utility of Marijuana. Report to the Director. July 25, 1997.
Board of Regents. Long Range Plan, 2000-2005. 2000.
Andrulis D, Bauer T, Hopkins S. Voices for Children's Health in New York State: Community Roundtables on Increasing Medicaid and Child Health Plus Enrollment. The New York Forum for Child Health. February 1999.
Andrulis D, Gusmano M. Community Initiatives for the Uninsured: How Far Can Innovative Partnerships Take Us?. Office of Urban Populations. August 2000.
Bauer T, Walsh B, Andrulis DP, Schimke K. Enacting SCHIP Legislation in New York State: A Case Study. The New York Forum for Child Health. June 1999.
Bauer T. Welfare Reform and the Perinatal Health of Immigrants: First Year Case Study Findings and Analysis from California, Florida, New York and Texas. The New York Forum for Child Health. July 1999.
Division of Health and Science Policy. The Empirical Literature. July 1999.
Haggerty R, Bauer T. Keeping New York Children Insured: The Revolving Door of Recertification - New Options. The New York Forum for Child Health. September 1999.
Volland PJ, Berkman B, Stein G, Vaghy A. Social Work Education for Practice in Health Care. Second Edition. February 2000. To Order.
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
2000 Drinking Water Supply and Quality Report. 2001(?).
New York City Department of Health
2001 Comprehensive Arthropod Surveillance and Control Plan. May 2001.
Benson DA, Medvesky M. New York State Touchstones Kids Count 2000 Data Book. NYS Council on Children and Families. November 2000.
New York State Department of Health
New York State West Nile Virus Response Plan Guidance Document. May 2001.
Brockerhoff MP. An Urbanizing World. Population Bulletin Vol.55 No.3. September 2000.
Emerging Issues in Women's Health and Rights: Discussions from Women 2000. Policy Brief. (2000?).
Stauffer CL. Human Population: Fundamentals of Growth and Change. November 2000.
Ratzan SC, Filerman GL, LeSar JW. Attaining Global Health: Challenges and Opportunities. Population Bulletin Vol.55 No.1. March 2000.
Shane B, Chalkley K. From Research to Action: How Operations Research is Improving Reproductive Health Services. March 1998. To Order.
The World's Youth 2000. (2001?).
Asch SM, Kerr EA, Hamilton EG, Reifel JL, McGlynn EA. Quality of Care for Oncologic Conditions and HIV: A Review of the Literature and Quality Indicators. MR-1281-AHRQ. 2000.
Berland GK, Morales LS, Elliott MN, Algazy JI, Kravitz RL et al. Patient Compliance With and Attitudes Towards Health Buddy. 2001.
Bigelow JH, Cretin S, Solomon M, Wu, S-Y, Cherry JC, Cobb H, O'Connell M. Patient Compliance With and Attitudes Towards Health Buddy. MR-1232-HHN. 2000.
Broder MS, Harris K, Morton SC, Sherbourne C, Brook RH. Uterine Artery Embolization: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Proposal for Research. MR-1158-CIRREF. 1999.
Farley DO, Harris KM, Ashwood JS, Dydek GJ, Carleton JB. The First Year of the Medicare-DoD Subvention Demonstration: Evaluation Report for FY1999. MR-127.1-HCFA. December 2000.
Farley DO, Short PF, Kanouse DE, Schoeff D, Brown JA, Spranca M, Hays RD. Testing CAHPS Health Plan Performance Reports in the Florida Medicaid Program. MR-1218-AHRQ. 2000.
Haggstrom GW. An Assessment of Technical Issues Raised in R.W. Haley's Critique of Three Studies of Health Effects of the Gulf War. MR-1078-OSD. 2000.
Halfon N, Ebener PA, Sastry N, Ahn P, Cherman L, Hernandez J, Wong D, Wyn R. California Health Report. MR-1205-TCWF. 2000.
Kerr EA, Asch SM, Hamilton EG, McGlynn EA. Quality of Care for Cardiopulmonary Conditions: A Review of the Literature and Quality Indicators. MR-1282-AHRQ. 2000.
Kerr EA, Asch SM, Hamilton EG, McGlynn EA. Quality of Care for General Medical Conditions: A Review of the Literature and Quality Indicators. MR-1280-AHRQ. 2000.
Litwin MS, Steinberg M, Malin J, Naitoh J, McGuigan KA, Steinfeld R, Adams J, Brook RH. Prostate Cancer Patient Outcomes and Choice of Providers: Development of an Infrastructure for Quality Assessment. MR-1227-BF. 2000.
McGlynn EA, Damberg CL, Kerr EA, Schuster MA. Quality of Care for Children and Adolescents: A Review of Selected Clinical Conditions and Quality Indicators. MR-1283-HCFA. 2000.
McGlynn EA, Kerr EA, Damberg CL, Asch SM. Quality of Care for Women: A Review of Selected Clinical Conditions and Quality Indicators. MMR-1284-HCFA. 2000.
Ridgely MS, Borum R, Petrila J. The Effectiveness of Involuntary Outpatient Treatment: Empirical Evidence and the Experience of Eight States. MR-1340-CSCR. 2001.
Science and Technology Policy Institute. Biomaterials Availability: Potential Effects on Medical Innovation and Health Care. IP-194. 2000.
Sloss EM, McCaffrey DF, Fricker RD, Geschwind SA, Ritz BR. Groundwater Recharge with Reclaimed Water: Birth Outcomes in Los Angeles County, 1982-1993. MR-1077-WRDSC. 1999.
Service Employees International Union (Local 250)
Mateo J. Uncharitable: How Nonprofit Hospital Chains Threaten Community Hospitals. January 2001.
Adeyemi Y. A Media Handbook for HIV Vaccine Trials for Africa. February 2001.
Adeyi O. Putting Knowledge to Work: Technical Resource Networks for Effective Responses to HIV/AIDS. December 2000.
Duckett M. Migrants' Right to Health. March 2001.
Population Mobility and AIDS.Technical Update. February 2001.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Changing the Conversation: Improving Substance Abuse Treatment: The National Treatment Plan Initiative. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. SMA-00-3480. November 2000.
Health Information Technology: Self-Assessment Tool for Primary Health Care Providers. Health Resources and Services Administration. HRSA 97-16. 1997. To Order.
Office of Applied Studies. Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent Drug Use: Findings from the 1997 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. SMA-01-3499. February 2001.
Office of Evaluation and Inspections. Credentialing of Medicaid Providers: Fee-for-Service. Office of Inspector General. OEI-07-99-006800. February 2001.
Office of Evaluation and Inspections. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act: Survey of Hospital Emergency Departments. Office of Inspector General. OEI-09-98-00220. January 2001.
Office of Evaluation and Inspections. Hospital Closure: 1999. Office of Inspector General. OEI-04-01-00020. March 2001.
Office of Evaluation and Inspections. Medicare Payments for the Same Service by More Than One Carrier. Office of Inspector General. OEI-03-00-00090. March 2001.
Office of Evaluation and Inspections. Medicare Reimbursement for Critical Care Services. Office of Inspector General. OEI-05-00-00420. February 2001.
Office of Evaluation and Inspections. Medicare Reimbursement of Prescription Drugs. Office of Inspector General. OEI-03-00-00310. January 2001.
Office of Evaluation and Inspections. Nursing Home Resident Assessment: Quality of Care. Office of Inspector General. OEI-02-99-00040. January 2001.
Office of Evaluation and Inspections. State Children's Health Insurance Program: Assessment of State Evaluation Reports. Office of Inspector General. OEI-05-00-00240. February 2001.
Office of Evaluation and Inspections. State Children's Health Insurance Program: Ensuring Medicaid Eligibles are not Enrolled in SCHIP. Office of Inspector General. OEI-05-00-00241. February 2001.
Office of the Surgeon General. Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General. Public Health Service. 2001.
U.S. General Accounting Office
The full text of United States GAO Reports is available and searchable through General Accounting Office(GAO) Reports Online via GPO Access:
Early Childhood Programs: The Use of Impact Evaluations to Assess Program Effects. Report to the Chairman, Subommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate. GAO-01-542. April 2001.
Food Assistance: Research Provides Limited Information on the Effectiveness of Specific WIC Nutrition Services. Report to Congressional Committees. GAO-01-442. March 2001.
Influenza Pandemic: Plan Needed for Federal and State Response. Report to Congressional Requestors. GAO-01-4. October 2000.
Medical Privacy Regulation: Questions Remain About Implementing the New Consent Requirement. Report to the Chairman, Committee on Health, Education Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate. GAO-01-584. April 2001.
Medicare Fraud and Abuse: DOJ Has Improved Oversight of False Claims Act Guidance. Report to Congressional Committees. GAO-01-506. March 2001.
Wake Forest University of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences
Hall MA.An Evaluation of New York's Health Insurance Reform Laws. November 1998.
Women's and Children's Health Policy Center (Johns Hopkins University)
Baldwin KM, Jones J.Health Issues Specific to Incarcerated Women: Information for State Maternal and Child Health Programs. May 2000.
Silver G, Panares R. The Health of Homeless Women: Information for State Maternal and Child Health Programs. March 2000.
Gwatkin DR, Guillot M. The Burden of Disease among the Global Poor: Current Situation, Future Trends, and Implications for Strategy. 2000.
Lippeveld T, Sauerborn R, Bodart C. Design and Implementation of Health Information Systems. 2000. To Order.
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