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Grey Literature Report - April 2009
Vol. 11, No. 2 - March 2009

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AARP Knowledge Management

2008 AARP North Dakota member survey - 2008

2008 survey of AARP members in Maryland on caregiving - 2008

A balancing act : AARP survey on long-term care reform in New Hampshire - 2009

Caregiving and end of life issues : a survey of AARP members in Florida - 2009

Economic and health insecurity: a survey of Washington voters 18+ on current legislative issues - 2009

Health care in Florida : a study of current challenges and the support for state reform - 2009

Improving affordability, expanding coverage : opinions about health care reform in Utah - 2009

Multi-generational housing patterns - 2009

AARP Public Policy Institute

Across the states : profiles of long-term care and independent living - 2009

Medicare advantage benefit design : what does it provide, what doesn't it provide, and should standards apply? - 2009

The Medicare beneficiary population - 2009

Medicare cost-sharing requirements for 2009 - 2009

Myths about the Medicaid program and the people it helps - 2008

State handbook of economic, demographic & fiscal indicators - 2008

Taking the long view : investing in Medicaid home and community-based services is cost-effective - 2009

American Lung Association, Epidemiology & Statistics Unit, Research and Program Services Division

Trends in asthma morbidity and mortality - 2009

Avalere Health LLC

Long-term care : an essential element of healthcare reform - 2008

Business Roundtable

The Business Roundtable health care value comparability study : executive summary - 2009

California HealthCare Foundation

Assessing the impact of California's nurse staffing ratios on Hospitals and patient care - 2009

Behavioral health IT : toward seamless care for California's kids - 2009

California health care almanac : California health plans and insurers - 2009

The CHCF care transition projects : final progress report and meeting summary - 2009

For the record : EHR adoption in the safety net - 2009

Hospital seismic safety - 2009

Retail clinics : six state approaches to regulation and licensing - 2009

Touchscreen check-in : kiosks speed hospital registration - 2009

An unprecedented opportunity : using federal stimulus funds to advance health IT in California - 2009

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Financing the health care system : is long-term sustainability possible? - 2008

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Alternate level of care in Canada - 2009

Health care in Canada 2008 - 2008

Primary health care (PHC) indicators chartbook : an illustrative example of using PHC data for indicator reporting - 2008

Reducing gaps in health : a focus on socio-economic status in urban Canada - 2008

Regulated nurses—trends, 2003 to 2007 : registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, registered psychiatric nurses - 2008

Supply, distribution and migration of Canadian physicians, 2007 - 2008

Workforce trends of occupational therapists in Canada, 2007 - 2008

Workforce trends of pharmacists for selected provinces and territories in Canada, 2007 - 2008

Workforce trends of physiotherapists in Canada, 2007 - 2008

Cato Institute

Does the doctor need a boss? - 2009

Health-status insurance : how markets can provide health security - 2009

Center for American Progress

Health care in crisis : 14,000 losing coverage a day - 2009?

Center for Democracy & Technology

Rethinking the role of consent in protecting health information privacy - 2009

Center for Studying Health System Change

Access to prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries - 2009

Making medical homes work : moving from concept to practice - 2009

More nonelderly Americans face problems affording prescription drugs - 2009

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Improving Medicaid as part of building on the current system to achieve universal coverage - 2009

Number of homeless families climbing due to recession : recovery package should include new housing vouchers and other measures to prevent homelessness - 2009

Senate SCHIP bill, like the House bill, would provide health insurance to 41 million uninsured children - 2009

Senate's Medicaid assistance for states less targeted than in House recovery bill - 2009

States should tap new tools to help Medicaid beneficiaries maintain coverage - 2009

"Upcoding" problem exacerbates overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans : administration to begin addressing problem in 2010 - 2009

Chief Public Health Officer (Canada)

The Chief Public Health Officer's report on the state of public health in Canada, 2008 - 2008

Child Trends Data Bank

Sexually active teens - 2008?

Child Trends

Federal, state, and local spending to address child abuse and neglect in SFY 2006 - 2008

Teen births : examining the recent increase - 2009

Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection

Defence Medical Services : a review of the clinical governance of the Defence Medical Services of the UK and overseas : service review - 2009

Commonwealth Fund

Brigham and Women's Hospital : "moving the needle" takes people, processes, and leadership - 2008

Closing the quality chasm : opportunities and strategies for moving toward a high performance health system - 2009

Closing the quality chasm : opportunities and strategies for moving toward a high performance health system [Figures] - 2009

Flowers Hospital : nearing perfection on core measures - 2008

Hutcheson medical center : focusing on personal interactions - 2008

Insurance design matters : underinsured trends, health and financial risks, and principles for reform - 2009

Insurance design matters : underinsured trends, health and financial risks, and principles for reform [Figures] - 2009

Maintaining health insurance during a recession : likely COBRA eligibility : an updated analysis using the Commonwealth Fund 2007 Biennial Health Insurance Survey - 2009

Maintaining health insurance during a recession : likely COBRA eligibility : an updated analysis using the Commonwealth Fund 2007 Biennial Health Insurance Survey [Charts] - 2009

Munson Medical center : constant focus on patient satisfaction - 2008

The path to a high performance US health system : a 2020 vision and the policies to pave the way - 2009

The Swiss and Dutch health insurance systems : universal coverage and regulated competitive insurance markets - 2009

The Swiss and Dutch health insurance systems : universal coverage and regulated competitive insurance markets [Figures] - 2009

Community Catalyst

Expanding coverage for dependents - 2009

Saving money by improving Medicaid - 2009

CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis

Modelling health care expenditures : overview of the literature and evidence from a panel time series model - 2009

Department of the Premier and Cabinet (South Australia)

Healthy societies : addressing 21st century health challenges - 2008

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Health systems and the challenge of communicable diseases experiences from Europe and Latin America - 2008

Families United for Senior Action Foundation

Americans at risk : one in three uninsured - 2009

Critical care : the economic recovery package and Medicaid - 2009

Protecting unemployed workers' health coverage : what states can do - 2009

Yes we can : cover more than 4 million uninsured children - 2009

Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit

Approaches to estimating the health state dependence of the utility function - 2009

External validation of the use of vignettes in cross-country health studies - 2009

Imitative obesity and relative utility - 2009

Non-parametric inference for the effect of a treatment on survival times with application in the health and social sciences - 2009

Self-employment and the role of health insurance - 2009

Fraser Institute

A comparative analysis of mortality rates associated mortality rates associated with coronary bypass graft (CABG) surgery in Ontario and select US states - 2009

The hidden costs of single payer health insurance : a comparison of the United States and Canada - 2008

How good is Canadian health care? : 2008 report : an international comparison of health care systems - 2008

Paying more, getting less : measuring the sustainability of government health spending in Canada : 2008 report - 2008

District of Columbia Department of Health, HIV/AIDS Administration

District of Columbia HIV/AIDS epidemiology update 2008 - 2008

Government Social Research Unit (UK)

Rapid Evidence Assessment Toolkit sitemap : REA toolkit - 2008

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Challenges of providing health coverage for children and parents in a recession : a 50 state update on eligibility rules, enrollment and renewal procedures, and cost-sharing practices in Medicaid and SCHIP in 2009 - 2009

Challenges of providing health coverage for children and parents in a recession : a 50 state update on eligibility rules, enrollment and renewal procedures, and cost-sharing practices in Medicaid and SCHIP in 2009 : data tables - 2009

Choosing a Medicare Part D plan : are Medicare beneficiaries choosing low-cost plans? - 2009

The COBRA subsidy and health insurance for the unemployed - 2009

Covering uninsured children : reaching and enrolling citizen children with non-citizen parents : findings from the Kaiser Survey of Children's Health Coverage - 2009

Dual eligibles : Medicaid enrollment and spending for Medicare beneficiaries in 2005 - 2009

Health care costs : a primer : key information on health care costs and their impact - 2009

Health care on a budget : an analysis of spending by Medicare households - 2009

Health insurance coverage of women ages 18 to 64 by state, 2006-2007 - 2008

The HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States - 2009

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll : February 2009 - 2009

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll : February 2009 : chartpack - 2009

Medicare and HIV/AIDS - 2009

National health insurance : a brief history of reform efforts in the US - 2009

Next steps in covering uninsured children : findings from the Kaiser Survey of Children's Health Coverage - 2009

Rethinking Medicaid's financing role for Medicare enrollees - 2009

Retiree health VEBAs : a new twist on an old paradigm : implications for retirees, unions and employers - 2009

Revisiting 'Skin in the Game' among Medicare beneficiaries : an updated analysis of the increasing financial burden of health care spending from 1997 to 2005 : data update - 2009

The Ryan White program - 2009

State fiscal conditions and Medicaid - 2009

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation ; American Cancer Society

Spending to survive : cancer patients confront holes in the health insurance system - 2009

Home Office (UK)

Together we can end violence against women and girls : a consultation paper - 2009?

Institute for Public Policy Research

Just desserts? : securing global food futures - 2009

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs

Setting up a hotline : field guide - 2003

Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS

Home truths : facing the facts on children, AIDS, and poverty - 2009

Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service

Medicare Advantage - 2009

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

HSA health-insurance plans after four years : what have we learned? - 2009

Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy

2008 annual report : health safety net - 2008

Health care in Massachusetts : key indicators - 2008

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Tracking Medicare health and prescription drug plans, monthly report for December 2008 - 2009

MetLife, Inc.

Retiree dental benefits : a new tool to attract and retain experienced workers - 2008

NACD

Needle exchange provision in Ireland : the context, current levels of service provision and recommendations - 2008

National Academies Press

Achieving sustainable global capacity for surveillance and response to emerging diseases of zoonotic origin workshop summary - 2008

Adolescent health services missing opportunities - 2009

Computational technology for effective health care immediate steps and strategic directions - 2009

Effectiveness of national biosurveillance systems BioWatch and the public health system : interim report - 2009

Environmental health sciences decision making - 2009

Military medical ethics : issues regarding dual loyalties : workshop summary - 2009

Preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders among young people progress and possibilities - 2009

Science and decisions advancing risk assessment - 2009

State of the USA health indicators letter report - 2008

Toward health equity and patient-centeredness integrating health literacy, disparities reduction, and quality improvement : workshop summary - 2009

The US commitment to global health : recommendations for the new administration - 2009

National Academy of Social Insurance

Administering health insurance mandates - 2009

Designing a mixed public and private system for the health insurance market - 2009

Designing administrative organizations for health reform - 2009

Health care cost containment and coverage expansion - 2009

Paying a fair share for health coverage and care - 2009

Recent changes in Dutch health insurance : individual mandate or social insurance - 2009

The regulation of private health insurance - 2009

Restructuring health insurance markets - 2009

Simplifying administration of health insurance - 2009

National Business Group on Health, Center for Prevention and Health Services

Eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities : a business case update for employers - 2009

National Public Health and Hospital Institute

Assuring healthcare equity : a healthcare equity blueprint - 2008

National Public Health Performance Standards Program

National Public Health Performance Standards Program : overview presentation - 2008

National Public Health Performance Standards Program : using the state assessment instrument - 2008

Natural Resources Defense Council

Quality and environmental impacts of bottled water - 2008

New Economics Foundation

National accounts of well-being : bringing real wealth onto the balance sheet - 2009

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Alcohol use and risky sex in New York City - 2008

Take Care New York : a policy for a healthier New York City : forth year progress report - 2008

NFIB Research Foundation

Small business effects of a National Employer Healthcare Mandate - 2009

NGA Center for Best Practices

Accelerating progress : using health information technology and electronic health information exchange to improve care - 2008?

Norwegian Directorate of Health

Health creates welfare : the role of the health system in Norwegian society - 2008

Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services

Integrated health care for people with chronic conditions : a policy brief - 2008

Nuffield Trust for Research and Policy Studies in Health Services

Across the pond : lessons from the US on integrated healthcare - 2009

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

Adolescent mental health : service settings and reasons for receiving care - 2009

Cigar use among young adults aged 18 to 25 - 2009

Predictors of substance abuse treatment completion or transfer to further treatment, by service type - 2009

Smokeless tobacco use, initiation, and relationship to cigarette smoking: 2002 to 2007 - 2009

Treatment outcomes among clients discharged from residential substance abuse treatment: 2005 - 2009

Trends in nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers: 2002 to 2007 - 2009

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Health care reform in the United States - 2008

Pacific Research Institute

The top ten myths of American health care a citizen's guide - 2008

Partnership for Prevention

The economic argument for disease prevention : distinguishing between value and savings - 2009

Pew Internet & American Life Project

Obama's online opportunities II : if you build it, will they log on? - 2009?

Prevention Institute

Preventing violence before it occurs : directions for improving outcomes for young people, our cities, and our economic recovery and growth - 2008

Reducing inequities in health and safety through prevention - 2009

Primary Health Care Research & Information Service

Exploring the impact of primary health care research : final report stage 2 Primary Health Care Research Impact project - 2009

Primary health care research impact project : final report stage 1 - 2009

Project on Government Oversight

The FDA's deadly gamble with the safety of medical devices - 2009

Public Health Agency of Canada

Health equity through intersectoral action : an analysis of 18 country case studies - 2008

Public Policy Institute of California

Californians & population issues - 2009

Emergency department care in California : who uses it and why? - 2008

Raad voor Gezondheidsonderzoek

Healthy services research : the future of health services research in The Netherlands - 2008

Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne

Learning from our neighbours : cross-national inspiration for Dutch public health policies : smoking, alcohol, overweight, depression, health inequalities, youth, screening - 2008

UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research

Home health services in British Columbia : a portrait of users and trends over time - 2008

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

One in four California adolescent girls have had human papillomavirus vaccination - 2009

UCSF Center for the Health Professions

Allied health regional workforce analysis : central California - 2009

UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo

HIV vulnerabilities of migrant women : from Asia to the Arab states : shifting from silence, stigma and shame to safe mobility with dignity, equity and justice - 2008

UN-HABITAT

The state of African cities 2008 a framework for addressing urban challenges in Africa (free registration required) - 2008

State of the world’s cities 2008/2009 : harmonious cities - 2008

Urban world harmonious cities : China and India in focus - 2008

United Hospital Fund

Hard times and health insurance : staying covered when you lose your job : a guide for New Yorkers - 2009

United States Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

The concentration and persistence in the level of health expenditures over time estimates for the US population, 2005-2006 - 2009

Health insurance status of full time workers by demographic and employer characteristics, 2006 - 2009

Influenza immunization rates for selected at risk populations among the US adult civilian noninstitutionalized population, 2006 - 2008

Length of coverage in the individual health insurance market for the non-elderly US populations, 2006 - 2008

National health care expenses in the US civilian noninstitutionalized population, 2006 - 2008

Premiums, employer costs, and employee contributions for private sector employer-sponsored health insurance, family coverage by firm size, 2006 - 2009

Recommendations for a national mass patient and evacuee movement, regulating, and tracking system - 2009

Screening for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen test - United States, 2006 - 2009

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, 2006 - 2009

United States Congressional Budget Office

Expanding health insurance coverage and controlling costs for health care : statement of Douglas W Elmendorf, director, before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate - 2009

Options for controlling the cost and increasing the efficiency of health care - 2009

Options for expanding health insurance coverage and controlling costs - 2009

United States Department of Health and Human Services

Americans speak on health reform report on Health Care Community Discussions - 2009

United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice

The code of the street and African-American adolescent violence - 2009

United States Government Accountability Office

Debt management : Treasury's cash management challenges and timing of payments to Medicare private plans : report to congressional requesters - 2009

DHS : organizational structure and resources for providing health care to immigration detainees : [letter to Robert C Byrd, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, and David Price, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives - 2009

Dietary supplements : FDA should take further action to improve oversight and consumer understanding - 2009

Electronic health records : DOD's and VA's sharing of information could benefit from improved management : report to Congressional Committees - 2009

Estimated adjusted Medicaid funding allocations related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act : [letter to Charles E Grassley, ranking member, Committee on Finance, United States Senate - 2009

Estimated temporary Medicaid funding allocations related to Section 5001 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act : [letter to Max Baucus, Chairman on Finance, United States Senate - 2009

Foster care : state practices for assessing health needs, facilitating service delivery, and monitoring children's care : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives - 2009

Health-care-associated infections in hospitals : continued leadership needed from HHS to prioritize prevention practices and improve data on these infections : testimony before the Subcommittee on Health Care, Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2009

Influenza pandemic : sustaining focus on the nation's planning and preparedness efforts : report to the Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives - 2009

Information technology : challenges remain for VA's sharing of electronic health records with DOD : testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs, and Related Agencies, House Committee on Appropriations - 2009

Medicare : callers can access 1-800-MEDICARE services, but responsibility within CMS for limited English proficiency plan unclear - 2008

Medicare : improvements needed to address improper payments in home health : report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2009

Medicare and Medicaid participating facilities : CMS needs to reexamine its approach for funding state oversight of health care facilities : report to congressional requesters - 2009

Nonprescription drugs: considerations regarding a behind-the-counter drug class : report to congressional requesters - 2009

Private health insurance : 2008 survey results on number and market share of carriers in the small group health insurance market : [letter to Olympia J Snowe, ranking member, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, United States Senate, Christopher S Bond, United States Senate, Richard J Durbin, United States Senate, Blanche L Lincoln, United States Senate - 2009

Ryan White CARE Act : estimated effect of proposed stop-loss provision on urban areas : [letter to Michael B Enzi, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate and Tom A Coburn, United States Senate - 2009

State Children's Health Insurance Program : CMS should improve efforts to access whether SCHIP is substituting for private insurance : report to the Chairman, Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2009

Traumatic brain injury : better DOD and VA oversight can help ensure more accurate, consistent, and timely decisions for the traumatic injury insurance program : report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives - 2009

VA health care : challenges in budget formulations and execution : testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations - 2009

Veterinarian workforce : actions are needed to ensure sufficient capacity for protecting public and animal health : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, US Senate - 2009

Veterinarian workforce : actions are needed to ensure sufficient capacity for protecting public and animal health : testimony report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, US Senate - 2009

UNSW, School of Public Health and Community Medicine

Human rights, health and development - 2008

Urban Institute

Community revitalization in the United States and the United Kingdom - 2009?

Health savings accounts and high deductible health insurance plans : implications for those with high medical costs, the low-income, and the uninsured - 2009

Setting income thresholds in MedicaidSCHIP : which children should be eligible? - 2009

Vera Institute of Justice

The experiences of New York City foster children in HIV/AIDS clinical trials - 2009

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Health matters : the role of health and the health sector in place-based initiatives for young children - 2008

Wellcome Trust

MRCWellcome Trust workshop : regulation and biomedical research, 13-14 May 2008 : full report - 2008

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Addressing the socioeconomic safety divide : a policy briefing - 2009