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Grey Literature Report

NYAM - Library - Grey Literature Report - Vol.7 No.5 Nov. 2005
Vol.7, No.5 - November 2005

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The following are our recent grey literature acquisitions:

AARP

Reimaging America : AARP's blueprint for the future. 2005

AARP Knowledge Management

Health care in Vermont : support for universal coverage. 2005

AARP Public Policy Institute

Trends in manufacturer prices of brand name prescription drugs used by older Americans-second and third quarter 2004 update. 2005

We shall travel on : quality of care, economic development, and the international migration of long-term care workers. 2005

AcademyHealth

State pharmacy assistance programs at a crossroads : how will they respond to the Medicare drug benefit?. 2005

State pharmacy assistance programs vs. Medicare prescription drug plans : how do they contain rising costs?. 2005

Active Living Network

Making places for healthy kids : an environmental scan of places designed for children to be active. 2005

AEI-Brookings

Regulating attorney-funded mass medical screenings : a public health imperative?. 2005

Why have traffic fatalities declined in industrialized countries? : implications for pedestrians and vehicle occupants. 2005

Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

Development of models for emergency preparedness : personal protective equipment, decontamination, isolationquarantine, and laboratory capacity. 2005

Employer-sponsored health insurance costs, offer rates, and take-up rates for small employers in the private sector, by industry classification 2000. 2005

Prescription drugs out-of- pocket expenses and unmet need relative to family income, 2002. 2005

Statin use among persons 18 and older in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population reported as receiving medical care for the treatment of high cholesterol. 2005

Statin use in the civilian noninstitutionalized medicare population 2002. 2005

Trends in children's eligibility for public insurance for families with children, 1996-2002 (first half). 2005

Trends in children's health insurance coverage for families with Children 1996-2002 (first half). 2005

Trends in statin use in the civilian noninstitutionalized medicare population 1997 and 2002. 2005

Variations in smoking by selected demographic, socioeconomic, insurance, and health characteristics, United States, 2003. 2005

AHIP Center for Policy and Research

Individual health insurance : a comprehensive survey of affodrability, access, and benefits. 2005

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research

Bridging the gap : the use of research evidence in policy development. 2005

American Federation for Aging Research

Boom, Boom, Boom : obesity among baby boomers and older adults : issues and options. 2005

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Indicators and indices of child well-being : a brief history. 2005

Asian Development Bank

Potential economic impact of an Avian flu pandemic on Asia. 2005

Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme

Reducing drug related harms to health : an overview of the global evidence. 2005

California HealthCare Foundation

Adopting online nurse schelduling and staffing systems. 2005

California health care market report 2005. 2005

California's safety-net clinics : a primer. 2005

Caring for medically indigent adults in California : a history. 2005

Consumers in health care : the burden of choice. 2005

Medicare drug benefit : impact on nursing facilities. 2005

Medicare drug benefit : implications for chronic disease care. 2005

Rx for affordability : helping patients cope with medication costs. 2005

California Pan-Ethnic Health Network

Out of balance : marketing of soda, candy, snacks and fast foods drowns out healthful messages. 2005

Cato Institute

Aging America's Achilles' heel : Medicaid long-term care. 2005

Center for American Progress

Progressive prescriptions for a healthy America : health care for all. 2005

Center for Economic and Policy Research

Bird flu fears : is there a better way to develop drugs?. 2005

Center for Economic Studies

Gatekeeping in health care. 2005

Center for Health Care Strategies

Identifying state purchasing levers for promoting the use of evidence-based practice in substance abuse treatment. 2005

Integrating long-term care : lessons from building health systems for people from chronic illness, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2005

Center for Research on Child Wellbeing

Health status and health care among Mexican American children born to unmarried women. 2005

Prenatal drug use and the production of infant health. 2005

Center for Studying Health System Change

Community quality efforts expand as Seattle health plan products evolve : Seattle, Wash.. 2005

Dynamic Orange County health care market responds to opportunities, threats : Orange County, Calif.. 2005

Growth fuels hospital competition and challenges Greenville safety net : Greenville, S.C.. 2005

Lansing's calm health care market belies increased competition, economic doldrums : Lansing, Mich.. 2005

Rapid population growth outpaces Phoenix health system capacity : Phoenix, Ariz.. 2005

Syracuse faces rising health costs : hospital competition grows : Syracuse, N.Y.. 2005

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Analysis of the National Governors Association's proposals for "short-run Medicaid reform". 2005

Latest enrollment data still fail to dispel concerns about health savings accounts. 2005

Medicaid and SCHIP retention in challenging times : strategies from managed care organizations. 2005

Centre for Social Justice

Health for some : death, disease and disparity in a globalizing era. 2005

Century Foundation

Medicare drug benefit : straight answers to the toughest questions. 2005

Child Trends Data Bank

"Statutory rape" sex between young teens and older individuals. 2005

Attitudes towards spanking . 2004

Children in poverty. 2005

Health care coverage. 2005

Violent crime victimization . 2005

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

Linking scholarship and communities : report of the commission on community-engaged scholarship in the health professions. 2005

Connecticut Health Foundation

Connecticut's spending cap : updated question and answers, policy analysis. 2005

Department for International Development

Radio broadcasting for health : an issues paper. 2004

Dept. of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Caring for people beyond tomorrow : a strategic framework for the development of primary health and social care for individuals, families and communities. 2005

DFID Health Resource Center

Assessing the impact of global health partnerships. 2005

Assessing the impact of global health partnerships : country case study report (India, Sierra Leone, Uganda). 2005

Determinants of effectiveness : partnerships that deliver : review of the GHP and 'business' literature. 2005

Economic and financial aspects of the global health partnerships. 2005

Global health partnership impact on commodity pricing and security. 2005

Global health partnerships and neglected diseases. 2005

Global health partnerships increasing their impact by improved governance. 2005

Mapping global health partnerships : what they are, what they do and where they operate. 2005

Product development pathway. 2005

European Centre for Development Policy Management

Networking collaboratively : the Brazilian Observatborio on human resources in health. 2005

Express Scripts

Generic drug usage report . 2005

Families USA Foundation

Filling the holes in Part D : the essential role of state pharmacy assistance programs: (part 2 of 2). 2005

Holes in Part D : gaps in the new Medicare drug benefit: (part 1 of 2). 2005

Fraser Institute

Paying more, getting less 2005: measuring the sustainability of provinical public health expenditure in Canada. 2005

Waiting your turn : hospital waiting lists in Canada. 2005

Fresh Minds

Role of complementary and alternative medicine in the NHS : an investigation into the potential contribution of mainstream complementary therapies. 2005

Galen Institute

HSAs and the states : lifting the barriers. 2005

Georgetown University, Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth

Exposure of Hispanic youth to alcohol advertising, 2003-2004. 2005

Harris Interactive Inc.

From teasing to torment : school climate in america : a survey of students. 2005

Many agree on potential benefits of onsite clinics in major retail stores that can provide basic medical services, yet large numbers are also skeptical. 2005

Vast majorities of U.S. adults believe federal, state and local governments should have been better prepared to look after sick and frail residents. 2005

Health Development Agency/NICE

Getting evidence into practice to reduce health inequalities. 2003

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Are immigrants responsible for most of the growth of the uninsured? . 2005

Dual eligible home and community-based waiver program participants and the new Medicare drug benefit. 2005

Exceptions and appeals process : issues and concerns in obtaining coverage under the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit. 2005

Federal spending on the health care safety net from 2001-2004 : has spending kept pace with the growth in the uninsured. 2005

Health care coverage and financing issues in California : an October 2005 update. 2005

Health insurance coverage in America : 2004 data update. 2005

Impact of enrollment in the Medicare prescription drug benefit on premiums. 2005

In a time of growing need : state choices influence health coverage access for children and families: a 50 state update on eligibility rules, enrollment. 2005

Medicaid budgets, spending and policy initiatives in state fiscal years 2005 and 2006 : results from a 50-state survey. 2005

Medicare drug benefit : beneficiary perspectives just before implementation : chartpack. 2005

Medicare drug benefit : beneficiary perspectives just before implementation : toplines. 2005

Medicare Part D : issues for dual eligibles on the eve of implementation . 2005

Medicare prescription drug coverage for residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities : special problems and concerns. 2005

Sex on TV : 2005 . 2005

State financing of the Medicare drug benefit : new data on the "Clawback.". 2005

State Medicaid outpatient prescription drug policies : findings from a national survey, 2005 update. 2005

Strategies to keep consumers needing long-term care in the community and out of nursing facilities. 2005

Threadbare : holes in America's health care safety net. 2005

Home Office Drug Strategy Directorate

Tackling drugs : changing lives : keeping communities safe from drugs : drug strategy progress report 2004. 2004

Institute for Urban Family Health

Separate and unequal : medical apartheid in New York City. 2005

Institute for Women's Policy Research

Women of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast : multiple disadvantages and key assets for recovery. 2005

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Health care and the Medicaid Program : knowledge and perceptions of black elected officials. 2005

Medicaid responsiveness, health coverage, and economic resilience : a preliminary analysis. 2005

Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured

Medical debt and access to health care. 2005

King's Fund

Future of primary care : meeting the challenges of the new NHS market. 2005

Incentives for reform in the NHS : an assessment of current incentives in the south-east London health economy. 2005

Internationally recruited nurses in London : profile and implications for policy. 2005

Nanny or steward? : the role of government in public health. 2005

Public views on choices in health and health care : a qualitative study. 2005

Trends in the London care market 1994-2024. 2005

London School of Economics Health and Social Care

Improving geographic equity : location-allocation models to redistribute hospital supply. 2005

Maternal & Child Health Policy Research Center

50-state analysis of Medicaid benefit coverage for children without EPSDT. 2005

Mathematica Policy Research

Do consumer-directed Medicaid supportive services work for children with developmental disabilities?. 2005

Effect of cash and counseling on Medicaid and Medicare costs : findings for adults in three states. 2005

Tracking Medicare health and prescription drug plans : monthly report for October 2005. 2005

Tracking Medicare health and prescription drug plans : monthly report for September 2005. 2005

Medicare Rights Center

6.4 million at risk : protecting the poorest Americans during the Medicare drug transition. 2005

Metlife

MetLife market survey of nursing home & home care costs. 2005

National Academies Press

Ethical considerations for research on housing-related health hazards involving children. 2006

From cancer patient to cancer survivor : lost in transition. 2005

Informing the future : critical issues in health. 2005

Noise and military service : implications for hearing loss and tinnitus. 2005

Progress in preventing childhood obesity : focus on schools. 2006

National Academy of Social Insurance

Long-term care financing : models and issues. 2004

Long- term care financing : models from abroad. 2005

National Alliance for Caregiving

Young caregivers in the U.S. : findings from a national survey. 2005

National Association of Public Hospitals & Health Systems

Advancing the use of health information technology in public hospitals and health systems. 2005

Intergovernmental transfers : their use and impact in public hospitals and health systems. 2005

Managing care for uninsured patients : five success stories from America's public hospitals and health systems. 2005

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Freeze frame: a snapshot of America's teens. 2005

Science says : HIV counseling among sexually experienced teens, 2002. 2005

Science says : HIV testing among sexually experienced teens, 1995-2002. 2005

National Center for Children in Poverty

Child poverty in states hit by Hurricane Katrina. 2005

Who are America's poor children?. 2005

National Center for Policy Analysis

Crisis of the Uninsured : 2005 update . 2005

Health care for hurricane victims. 2005

National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund

Campaign contributions by tobacco interests quarterly report : October 2004. 2004

National Consumers League

Eye care providers. 2005

National Governors Association

Short-run Medicaid reform. 2005

National Health Policy Forum

Dispelling the myths and stigma of mental illness : the Surgeon General's report on mental health. 2000

Federal-State Medicaid match : an ongoing tug-of-war over practice and Policy. 2000

Income support policy and the U. S. child support system. 2001

Primary care case management : lessons for Medicare?. 2001

Report from the forum session : implementing the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit : continuing challenges for states. 2005

State-based pharmaceutical assistance programs : temporary fix or lessons for Medicare?. 2001

Welfare reform and the well-being of families : successes to date and challenges ahead. 2001

National Implementation Research Network

Implementation research : a synthesis of the literature. 2005

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

Health needs assessment : a practical guide. 2005

Practical lessons for dealing with inequalities in health impact assessment. 2005

NGA Center for Best Practices

State employee wellness initiatives. 2005

Office for Official Publications of the European Communities

Green paper : improving the mental health of the population : towards a strategy on mental health for the European Union. 2005

Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, Dept. of Health & Human Services

Alcohol use and alcohol-related risk behaviors among veterans. 2005

Arrests for driving under the influence among adult drivers. 2005

Availability of HIV services in substance abuse treatment facilities : 2004. 2005

College enrollment status and past year illicit drug use among young adults : 2002, 2003, and 2004. 2005

Differences in marijuana admissions based on source of referral : 2002. 2005

Male admissions with co- occurring psychiatric and substance use problems : 2003. 2005

Methamphetamine use, abuse, and dependence : 2002, 2003, and 2004. 2005

Substance abuse or dependence in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas : 2004 update. 2005

Substance use, dependence, and treatment among veterans. 2005

Suicidal thoughts among youths aged 12 to 17 with major depressive episode. 2005

Treatment admissions in rural areas : 2003. . 2005

Trends in admissions for PCP : 1993- 2003. 2005

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Digital broadband content : scienfic publishing. 2005

Getting better value for money from sweden's healthcare system. 2005

Pan American Health Organization

Gender, health and development in the Americas : basic indicators 2005. 2005

Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

Reducing hospital-acquired infections : the business case. 2005

Politics of Health Group

UK health watch 2005 : the experience of health in an unequal society. 2005

Population Reference Bureau

Child poverty in rural America. 2004

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Take care of yourself : employers embrace consumerism to control healthcare costs. 2005

Progressive Policy Institute

Fixing America's health care system : a progressive plan to cover everyone and restrain costs. 2005

RAND

Acculturation and Latino health in the United States : a review of the literature and its sociopolitical context. 2005

Effects of payment changes on trends in access to post-acute care. 2005

Process evaluation of project public health ready. 2005

Protecting emergency responders. 2003

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Communities helping children be healthy : a guide to reducing childhood obesity in low-income African American, Latino and Native American communities. 2003

Lessons learned : promoting physical activity at the community level. 2005

Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

Aging among Southeast Asian Americans in California : assessing strengths and challenges, strategizing for the future : a report on the Aging Among Southeast Asian Americans in California conference. 2003

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Drug use among racialethnic minorities. 2003

Minorities in medicine : an ethnic and cultural challenge for physician training : an update. 2005

Physician workforce policy guidelines for the United States, 2000-2020. 2005

UNAIDS

Access to treatment in the private-sector workplace : the provision of antiretroviral therapy by three companies in South Africa. 2005

HIV-related stigma, discrimination and human rights violations : case studies of successful programmes. 2005

On the front line : a review of policies and programmes to address HIVAIDS among peacekeepers and uniformed services. 2005

Report of a theological workshop focusing on HIV- and AIDS-related stigma. 2005

United Hospital Fund

New York state health information technology policy summit initiative : a briefing paper. 2005

New York state health information technology policy summit initiative interim report : addendum to the January 2005 briefing paper. 2005

New York state health information technology policy summit initiative interim report. 2005

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Universal Draft Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. 2005

United States. Government Accountability Office

Air pollution : estimated emissions from two new Mexicali power plants are low, but health impacts are unknown : report to congressional requesters. . 2005

Anabolic steroids are easily purchased without a prescription and present significant challenges to law enforcement officials. 2005

Childhood obesity : most experts identified physical activity and the use of best practices as key to successful programs. 2005

Computer-based patient records : VA and DOD made progress, but much more work remains to fully share medical information : testimony. 2005

Defense health care : health insurance stipend program expected to cost more than TRICARE but could improve continuity of care for dependents of activated reserve component members. 2005

Federal employees health benefits program : competition and other factors linked to wide variation in health care prices. 2005

Food and Drug Administration : limited available data indicate that FDA has been meeting some goals for review of medical device applications. 2005

Health care : continued leadership needed to define and implement information technology standards : testimony. 2005

Health centers : competition for grants and efforts to measure performance have increased : report to the Honorable Judd Gregg, U.S. Senate. 2005

HHS : efforts to research and inform the public about Nonoxynol-9 and HIV: report to congressional requesters. 2005

Indian health service : health care services are not always available to Native Americans : report to the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate. . 2005

Influenza pandemic : applying lessons learned from the 2004-05 influenza vaccine shortage: testimony before the Committee on Government Reform. 2005

Influenza vaccine : shortages in 2004- 1005 season underscore need for better preparation : report to congressional comittees. 2005

Mad cow disease : an evaluation of a small feed testing program FDA implemented in 2003 with recommendations for making the program a better oversight. 2005

Medicaid : transfers of assets by elderly individuals to obtain long-term care coverage : report to congressional requesters. 2005

Medicare : comments on CMS proposed 2006 rates for specified covered outpatient drugs and radiopharmaceuticals used in hospitals. 2005

Medicare : more effective screening and stronger enrollment standards needed for medical equipment suppliers : report. 2005

Medicare contracting reform : CMS's plan has gaps and its anticipated savings are uncertain : report to congressional committees. 2005

Overview of the long-term care partnership program : [letter to Charles E. Grassley, Chairman]. 2005

Physician services : concierge care characteristics and considerations for Medicare : report to congressional requesters. 2005

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act : program status : [letter to congressional committees]. 2005

U.S. insular areas : multiple factors affect federal health care funding : report to congressional requesters. 2005

VA and DOD health care : VA has policies and outreach efforts to smooth transition from DOD health care, but sharing of health information remains limited. 2005

VA health care : key challenges to aligning capital assets and enhancing veterans' care : report to the Honorable Christopher S. Bond, U.S. Senate. . 2005

VA health care : preliminary information on the Joint Venture Proposal for VA's Charleston facility : testimony before the Subcommittee on Health. 2005

United States. House of Representatives

New Medicare drug plans fail to provide meaningful drug price discounts : prepared for Rep. Henry A. Waxman. 2005

Urban Institute

Evaluation of the San Mateo County Children's Health Initiative : second annual report. 2005

Health and prisoner reentry. 2005

Insurance and uninsurance in the District of Columbia : starting with the numbers. 2005

National roundtable on the Indian Health System and Medicaid reform. 2005

Surmounting myths and mindsets in medical malpractice. 2005

Value of unpaid activities by older Americans tops $160 billion per year. 2005

Who will care for us? : addressing the long-term care workforce crisis. 2001

Health and prisoner reentry. 2005

Medicaid spending on foster children. 2005

Treatment matching. 2005

Violence Policy Center

When men murder women : an analysis of 2003 homicide data: females murdered by males in single victim/single offender incidents. 2005

Washington Policy Center

How-to guide to health savings accounts : policy brief. 2005

World Health Organization

Snapshots of health systems : the state of affairs in 16 countries in summer 2004. 2004