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Current Grey Literature Report
Vol. 10, No. 3 - May 2008

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AARP Knowledge Management

2007 survey of WV residents age 50+ on prescription drugs affordability - 2008

The 2008 Hawaii Health and Long-Term Care Survey - 2008

Colorado health care : a study of voter concerns and the support for state reform - 2008

Does it make you sick? : public opinion on health care quality in New Jersey - 2008

Employment at older ages and the changing nature of work - 2007

Healthy @ home - 2008

Improving health care in Iowa : a survey of self-Identified registered voters age 18+ - 2008

Long-term care in Tennessee : a survey of self-identified registered likely voters age 18+ - 2008

Minnesota health care : a study of current challenges and the support for state reform - 2008

Ready for change : opinion on health care reform in New Jersey - 2008

Ready for change : opinions of Pennsylvanians age 50+ on health care reform - 2008

The state of health care in Montana : a survey of self-identified registered voters age 18+ - 2008

AARP Public Policy Institute

Retiree health care : what do the new Auto Industry VEBAs mean for current and future retirees? - 2008

Rx watchdog report trends in manufacturer prices of brand name prescription drugs used by Medicare beneficiaries 2002 to 2007 - 2008

AEI Center for Regulatory and Market Studies

Happiness research and cost-benefit analysis - 2008

Introducing a "different lives" approach to the valuation of health and well-being - 2008

AFL-CIO Working America

2008 health care for America survey - 2008

Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

Becoming a high reliability organization : operational advice for hospital leaders - 2008

Demographics and health care access and utilization of limited-English- proficient and English-proficient Hispanics - 2008

Medical expenditures of the non-elderly by age and insurance status, 2004 - 2008

National healthcare disparities report 2007 - 2008

The top five therapeutic classes of outpatient prescription drugs ranked by total expense for adults age 18 and older in the US civilian noninstitutionalized population, 2005 - 2008

The top five therapeutic classes of outpatient prescription drugs ranked by total expense for the Medicare population age 65 and older in the US civilian noninstitutionalized population, 2005 - 2008

Violence-related stays in US hospitals, 2005 - 2008

AHIP Center for Policy and Research

January 2008 census shows 61 million people covered by HSAHigh-deductible health plans - 2008

Trends and innovations in chronic disease prevention & treatment : an update on Medicare Advantage plans - 2008

Alliance for Health and the Future

Reduce avoidable hospitalisations : a policy to increase value from health care expenditures - 2007

Alzheimer's Association

2008 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures - 2008

American College of Physicians

Establishing federal protections against genetic discrimination : a policy monograph of the American College of Physicians - 2008

American Enterprise Institute

An examination of state non-group and small-group health insurance regulations - 2008

American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)

HIV in correctional settings : implications for prevention and treatment policy - 2008

Association of American Medical Colleges

Medical school enrollment plans : analysis of the 2007 AAMC survey - 2008

Report of the AAMC task force on industry funding of medical education to the AAMC executive council : for consideration, June 18-19, 2008 - 2008

Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO)

Commonly used public health statistics and their confidence intervals - 2008

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

2007 State Public Health : workforce survey results - 2008

Privacy & state public health : results from the ASTHO 2007 privacy survey - 2008

Avalere Health LLC

Beyond health care : the economic contribution of hospitals - 2008

Conference summary : Avalere health forum on diabetes : broaden your view : Washington, DC, March 12-13, Mandarin Oriental - 2008

The impact of Medicare part D on beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes : drug utilization and out-of-pocket costs - 2008

The power of information : new directions in health system reform : post-summit proceedings - 2008

California Center for Public Health Advocacy

Designed for disease : the link between local food environments and obesity and diabetes - 2008

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Tobacco tax benefits for Massachusetts : reducing smoking, saving lives, and saving money - 2008

Cato Institute

The grass is not always greener : a look at national health care systems around the world - 2008

Organ sales and moral travails lessons from the living kidney vendor program in Iran - 2008

Center for Global Development

Prevention failure : the ballooning entitlement burden of US global AIDS treatment spending and what to do about it - 2008

Center for Health Care Strategies

Medicaid best buys : improving care management for high-need, high-cost beneficiaries - 2008

Medicaid eligibility issues for long-term care insurance partnership programs - 2008

Medicaid managed care for children in child welfare - 2008

Physician-level pay-for-performance : a dashboard report of state program design efforts state : Arizona, Connecticut, Idaho, Massachusetts, and Missouri - 2008

Purchasing strategies to improve care management for complex populations : a national scan of state purchasers - 2008

Rate setting for Medicaid managed long-term supports and services : best practices and recommendations for states - 2008

Center for Health Economics Research and Evaluation

A model for best practice HTA - 2008

Center for Medicine in the Public Interest

The hazards of harassing doctors : regulation and reaction in Trans-Atlantic healthcare - 2008?

Center for Studying Health System Change

Public health workforce shortages imperil nation's health - 2008

Centre for Spatial Economics

The economic cost of wait times in Canada - 2008

Century Foundation

National health insurance lessons from abroad - 2008

Children's Defense Fund Healthy Child Campaign

Disparities in children's health and health coverage - 2008

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

The administration's Medicaid regulations : state-by-state impacts - 2008

FDA and fresh spinach safety - 2008

Hospital emergency surge capacity : not ready for the "predictable surprise" - 2008

Commonwealth Fund

Health and wealth : measuring health system performance ; Invited Testimony Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and tourism Hearing on "Rethink the Gross Domestic Product as a Measurement of National Strength" - 2008

Health and wealth : measuring health system performance ; Invited Testimony Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and tourism Hearing on "Rethink the Gross Domestic Product as a Measurement of National Strength" [Figures] - 2008

Identifying and evaluating equity provisions in state health care reform - 2008

Medicare out-of-pocket costs : can private savings incentives solve the problem? - 2008

Physician organization in relation to quality and efficiency of care : a synthesis of recent literature - 2008

Racial and ethnic disparities in US health care : a chartbook - 2008

Medicare advantage : options for standardizing benefits and information to improve consumer choice - 2008

Medicare Part D : how do vulnerable beneficiaries fare? - 2008

Medicare Part D : state and local efforts to assist vulnerable beneficiaries - 2008

Community Catalyst, Inc.

A guide to protecting consumers under an individual mandate - 2008

Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress

Consumer Product Safety Commission : current issues - 2008

Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Tracking the care of patients with severe chronic illness : The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 2008 - 2008

Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing choices and aspirations of older people : research from the New Horizons Programme - 2008

Impact assessment of national strategy for housing in an aging society : advice and information, rapid repairs service - 2008

Lifetime homes, lifetime neighbourhoods : a national strategy for housing in an ageing society - 2008

Towards lifetime neighbourhoods : designing sustainable communities for all : a discussion paper - 2007

Department for International Development

A study of the child rights climate within the UK's Department for International Development - 2007

Employee Benefit Research Institute ; Commonwealth Fund

Findings from the 2007 EBRI/Commonwealth fund consumerism in health survey - 2008

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

The future of the European biomedical healthcare sector : four scenarios - 2008

Trends and drivers of change in the biomedical healthcare sector in Europe : mapping report - 2007

Express Scripts

2007 drug trend report - 2008

The Field Poll

As insecurities with the health care system grow, Californians are concerned about the state's failure to enact health reform legislation - 2008

First Focus

CMS' Medicaid regulations : implications for children with special health care needs - 2008

Foundation for Child Development

2008 special focus report : trends in infancyearly childhood and middle childhood well-being, 1994-2006 : the Foundation for Child Development child and youth well-being index (CWI) project : a composite index of trends in the well-being of America's children and youth - 2008

Fraser Institute

Access delayed, access denied 2008 : waiting for new medicines in Canada - 2008

Cost burden of prescription drug spending in Canada and the United States - 2007

The misguided war against medicines 2008 - 2008

Seniors and drug prices in Canada and the United States - 2007

Genworth Fincancial

Genworth Financial 2008 cost of care survey : home care providers, adult day health care facilities, assisted living facilities and nursing homes - 2008

Harris Interactive Inc.

Confidence in FDA hits new low, according to WSJ.com/Harris Interactive study : US adults concerned about safety of prescription drugs - 2008

US adults concerned about potential risks of prescription medications, but many not taking steps to decrease risks : WSJ.com/Harris Interactive health-care study finds that only half talk to their doctor about other drugs - 2008

WSJ.com/Harris Interactive study asks: "Are there fair and reliable ways to assess healthcare quality?" : electronic medical records, consumer ratings of doctors are appealing - 2008

Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government

Social interactions and smoking - 2008

Health Grades

The Fifth annual HealthGrades Patient Safety in American Hospitals study - 2008

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Health care affordability and the uninsured - 2008

Health centers : an overview and analysis of their experiences with private health insurance - 2008

How non-group health coverage varies with income - 2008

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll : Election 2008 (Issue 7) - 2008

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll : Election 2008 (Toplines) - 2008

Medicaid, SCHIP and economic downturn : policy challenges and policy responses - 2008

Medicare prescription drug plans in 2008 and key changes since 2006 : summary of findings - 2008

Methodology appendix to the Medicare Part D 2008 data spotlights - 2008

National ADAP monitoring project : ADAP formularies, as of March 5, 2008 - 2008

National ADAP monitoring project : annual report - 2008

National ADAP monitoring project : annual report : [summary and detailed findings] - 2008

States moving toward comprehensive health care reform - 2008?

Summary : five basic facts on immigrants and their health care - 2008

Uninsured moderate-income children : the impact of parent employment on access to employer coverage - 2008

Will the payment error rate measurement (PERM) program affect state efforts to facilitate enrollment of eligible children and parents in Medicaid and SCHIP? : views from officials in 11 states - 2008

Heritage Foundation

America's unstable health insurance system : recommendations for increasing stability and coverage - 2008

Health care reform : design principles for a patient-centered, consumer-based market - 2008

State and local governments must address unfunded health care liabilities - 2008

King's Fund

Free choice at the point of referral - 2008

Low-income groups and behaviour change interventions : a review of intervention content and effectiveness - 2008

Mathematica Policy Research

Oral health promotion, prevention, & treatment strategies for head start families : early findings from the oral health initiative evaluation - 2007

State comprehensive access initiatives - 2008

Tracking Medicare health and prescription drug plans, monthly report for February 2008 - 2008

Tracking Medicare health and prescription drug plans, monthly report for March 2008 - 2008

Medicaid Institute at United Hospital Fund

Changes in nursing home care, 1996-2005 : New York State - 2008

Medicaid in New York : a primer : revised and updated 2008 - 2008

Medicaid managed care reexamined - 2008

National Academies Press

The Richard & Hinda Rosenthal lecture 2007 : transforming today's health care workforce to meet tomorrow's demands - 2008

National Academy for State Health Policy

The CMS August 2007 directive : implementation issues and implications for state SCHIP programs - 2008

Examining a major policy shift : new federal limits on Medicaid coverage for children - 2008

State health policies aimed at promoting excellent systems : a report on states' roles in health systems performance - 2008

US Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care hearing : "Covering uninsured children : the impact of the August 17th CHIP directive" - 2008

National Academy of Social Insurance

Achieving universal participation in social insurance systems - 2008

Medicare finances : findings of the 2008 trustees report - 2008

National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors

Activities to address HIVAIDS in Native American Communities - 2008

Black gay menMSM and HIVAIDS : confronting the crisis and planning for action : Alexandria, VA, February 4-5, 2008 : meeting summary - 2008

National Association of Social Workers

Assuring the sufficiency of a frontline workforce : a national study of licensed social workers ; executive summary - 2006

Assuring the sufficiency of a frontline workforce : a national study of licensed social workers ; special report : social work services for children & families - 2006

Assuring the sufficiency of a frontline workforce : a national study of licensed social workers ; special report : social work services for older adults - 2006

More money-less money : factors associated with the highest and lowest social work salaries - 2007

Overview of survey participants - 2007

Parity mental health benefits : what is the impact on client access to services and on systems of care? - 2007

National Business Coalition on Health

Connecting the dots in health care : 2007 report - 2007?

National Coalition for the Homeless

Hate, violence, and death on Main Street USA : a report on hate crimes and violence against people experiencing homelessness 2007 - 2008

National Health Policy Forum

The aging services network : accomplishments and challenges in serving a growing elderly population - 2008

Completing the recipe for children's health : new variations on key ingredients - 2008

National Institute for Health Care Management

Reducing health disparities among children : strategies and programs for health plans - 2007

Understanding the uninsured : tailoring policy solutions for different subpopulations : NIHCM Foundation issue brief - 2007

New America Foundation Health Policy Program

Employer health costs in a global economy : a competitive disadvantage for US firms - 2008

Financing health insurance coverage : California's revenue structure and options - 2008

New Jersey Department of Human Services

New Jersey Commission on Rationalizing Health Care Resources, final report 2008 - 2008

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Buprenorphine : an office-based treatment for opioid dependence - 2008

Childhood asthma in New York City - 2008

Health behaviors among youth in East and Central Harlem, Bedford- Stuyvesant and Bushwick, and the South Bronx - 2008

Report to the New York City Council on progress in preventing childhood lead poisoning in New York City, 2006 - 2008

Treating tobacco addiction - 2008

Northwest Federation of Community Organizations

Insuring health or ensuring profit? : a look at the financial gains of Washington State's health insurers - 2008

Nuffield Trust

Integrating NHS care : lessons from the front line - 2007

OCLC, RLG Programs

Copyright investigation summary report - 2008

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

Employment status and substance abuse treatment admissions : 2006 - 2008

Parent awareness of youth use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana - 2008

Quantity and frequency of alcohol use among underage drinkers - 2008

State estimates of persons aged 18 or older driving under the influence of alcohol or illicit drugs - 2008

Substance use and dependence following initiation of alcohol or illicit drug use - 2008

Office of National Drug Control Policy

National drug control strategy : 2008 annual report - 2008

Open Society Institute International Harm Reduction Development Program

Harm reduction developments 2008 : countries with injection-driven HIV epidemics - 2008

Open Society Institute Public Health Watch

Involving the community in responding to TBHIV : outcomes of community-led monitoring and advocacy - 2008

Police, harm reduction, and HIV - 2008

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

The prevention of lifestyle-related chronic diseases : an economic framework - 2008

Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

Hospital-acquired infections in Pennsylvania : calendar year 2006 - 2008

Measuring the quality of Pennsylvania's commercial HMOs - 2008

Population Reference Bureau

Family planning worldwide : 2008 data sheet - 2008

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Paying for performance : incentives and the English health system - 2008

The price of excess : identifying waste in healthcare spending - 2008

Project on Government Oversight

Pandemic flu : lack of leadership and disclosure plague vaccine program - 2008

RAND

Invisible wounds : predicting the immediate and long-term consequences of mental health problems in veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom - 2008

Modeling the health and medical care spending of the future elderly - 2008

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Choice in medical care : when should the consumer decide? - 2007

Consumer choice in the health insurance and provider markets : a look at the evidence thus far - 2007

The current and future role of consumers in making treatment decisions - 2007

The elusive health care consumer : what will it take to activate patients? - 2007

Improving quality health care : the role of consumer engagement - 2007

Navigating health care : why it's so hard and what can be done to make it easier for the average consumer - 2007

Rewarding results pay-for-performance : lessons for Medicare - 2008?

RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis

Critical access hospitals' experiences with Medicare Advantage plans - 2008

Scottish Health Council

Enhancing public involvement in major NHS service change - 2008

State Coverage Initiatives

State of the states : rising to the challenge - 2008

State University of New York at Albany, Center for Health Workforce Studies

Residency training outcomes by specialty in 2007 for New York : a summary of responses to the 2007 New York resident exit survey - 2008

Stationery Office

Maternal health : fifth report of session 2007-08 [Volume I] - 2008

Maternal health : fifth report of session 2007-08 [Volume II] - 2008

Working for a healthier tomorrow : Dame Carol Black's review of the health of Britain's working age population : presented to the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - 2008

Sustainable Development Commission

Green, healthy and fair : a review of the government's role in supporting sustainable supermarket food - 2008

Health, place and nature : how outdoor environments influence health and well-being : a knowledge base - 2008

UNAIDS

Asia : AIDS epidemic update regional summary - 2008

Caribbean : AIDS epidemic update regional summary - 2008

Eastern Europe and Central Asia : AIDS epidemic update regional summary - 2008

Ethical considerations in biomedical HIV prevention trials - 2007

Latin America : AIDS epidemic update regional summary - 2008

Middle East and North Africa : AIDS epidemic update regional summary - 2008

North America, Western and Central Europe : AIDS epidemic update regional summary - 2008

Oceania : AIDS epidemic update regional summary - 2008

Reducing HIV stigma and discrimination : a critical part of national AIDS programmes : a resource for national stakeholders in the HIV response - 2007

Sub-Saharan Africa : AIDS epidemic update regional summary - 2008

UNICEF Innocenti Research Center

Child mortality and injury in Asia : an overview - 2008

Child mortality and injury in Asia : survey methods - 2008

U.S. PIRG

Playing by their own rules : an analysis of drug company gifts to doctors - 2008

Union of Concerned Scientists

Interference at the EPA : science and politics at the US Environmental Protection Agency - 2008

Walking a nuclear tightrope : unlearned lessons of year-plus reactor outages - 2006

United Hospital Fund

Trends in ambulatory care, New York City, 1995-2004 - 2008

Use of hospital emergency departments in New York City : what does it tell us about access to health care? - 2008

United States Congressional Budget Office

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate : HR 5613, protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 - 2008

Covering uninsured children in the State Children's Health Insurance Program - 2008

Growing disparities in life expectancy - 2008

Taxes and health insurance - 2008

United States Government Accountability Office

Abstinence education : assessing the accuracy and effectiveness of federally funded programs : before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives - 2008

Catastrophic disasters : federal efforts help states prepare for and respond to psychological consequences, but FEMA's crisis counseling program needs improvements : report to congressional requesters - 2008

DOD pharmacy program : continued efforts needed to reduce growth in spending at retail pharmacies : report to congressional committees - 2008

Health insurance : most college students are covered through employer-sponsored plans, and some colleges and states are taking steps to increase coverage : report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, US Senate - 2008

Hospital quality data : issues and challenges related to how hospitals submit data and how CMS ensures data reliability : testimony before the Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2008

Medicaid demonstration waivers : recent HHS approvals continue to raise cost and oversight concerns : report to congressional requesters - 2008

Toxic chemicals : EPA's new assessment process will increase challenges EPA faces in evaluating and regulating chemicals : testimony before the, Committee on Environment and Public Works, US Senate - 2008

VA health care : additional efforts to better assess joint ventures needed : report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, US Senate - 2008

United States Social Security Administration, Office of Policy, Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics

Social security programs throughout the world - 2008

Urban Institute

Are we heading toward socialized medicine? - 2008

Can faster economic growth bail out our retirement programs? - 2008

Can the Massachusetts health care reform work in the District of Columbia? - 2008

The failure of SCHIP reauthorization : what next? - 2008

Genetics and economic mobility - 2008

Growing pains for the Los Angeles Healthy Kids program : findings from the second evaluation case study - 2008

Health and economic mobility - 2008

Minnesota Integrated Services Project : voices of program participants - 2008

To treat or not to treat : evidence on the prospects of expanding treatment to drug-involved offenders - 2008

Victorian Health Promotion Foundation

Burden of disease due to health inequalities - 2008

Key influences on health inequalities - 2008

World Bank

Measuring financial protection in health - 2008

Medical migration : what can we learn from the UK's perspective? - 2008

World Health Organization

The world health report 2007 : a safer future : global public health security in the 21st century - 2007

World Health Organization, on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Payment for performance (P4P) : international experience and a cautionary proposal for Estonia - 2008

Pharmaceutical policies in Finland : challenges and opportunities - 2008

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Eleventh futures forum on the ethical governance of pandemic influenza preparedness - 2008