Vol.9, No.1 - January 2007

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AARP Public Policy Institute

2006 Medicare advantage benefits and premiums - 2006

Follow the money : payment reform as the key to health reform - 2006

Trends in manufacturer list prices of generic prescription drugs used by older Americans-third quarter 2006 update - 2007

Trends in manufacturer prices of brand name prescription drugs used by older Americans : third quarter 2006 update - 2007

AARP

The costs of long-term care : public perception versus reality in 2006 - 2006

AARP Public Policy Institute

Across the states : profiles of long-term care and independent living - 2006

Across the states : profiles of long-term care and independent living : state data and rankings supplement - 2006

Methodological issues in estimating prescription drug coverage using the Medicare current beneficiary survey - 2006

Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

Children living with adult smokers, United States, 2004 - 2006

Obese patients in US Hospitals, 2004 - 2006

Providing mass medical care with scarce resources : a community planning guide - 2006

Residential care and assisted living : state oversight practices and state information available to consumers - 2006

Alliance for Excellent Education

Healthier and wealthier : decreasing health care costs by increasing educational attainment - 2006

American Lung Association

Trends in lung cancer morbidity and mortality - 2006

Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs

HIV testing in pregnant women - 2006

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

ASTHO survey of state and territorial pandemic influenza antiviral purchase and stockpiling - 2006

Compendium of state healthy lifestyle initiatives - 2006

Health risk assessments (HRAs) : saving costs and improving health in the workplace - 2007

State options for reducing overweight and obesity - 2006

Avalere Health LLC

2006 New Jersey health care almanac summary - 2006

California HealthCare Foundation

Hospice in California : a look at cost and quality : snapshot - 2006

Canadian Health Care Consensus Group

The Good news : pharmaceuticals and the cost of medical care - 2006

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Exploring the 7030 split : how Canada's health care system is financed - 2005

Drug expenditure in Canada, 1985 to 2005 - 2006

Giving birth in Canada : the costs - 2006

How healthy are rural Canadians? an assessment of their health status and health determinants - 2006

Improving the health of Canadians : an introduction to health in urban places - 2006

Medical imaging technologies in Canada 2006- : supply, utilization and sources of operating funds - 2006

Canadian Policy Research Networks

Frontline health care in Canada : innovations in delivering services to vulnerable populations - 2006

Center for American Progress

Paper tigers and killer air : how weak enforcement leaves communities vulnerable to smog - 2006

Center for Health Care Strategies

Seeking higher value in Medicaid: a national scan of state purchasers - 2006

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

Health care costs, taxes, and the retirement decision : conceptual issues and illustrative simulations - 2006

Center for Health Services and Policy Research

Canadian Rx atlas - 2005

Measuring the performance of primary health care : existing capacity and future information needs - 2006

Toward a national pharmaceuticals strategy : a summary of the 2006 health policy conference of the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research - 2006

Century Foundation

How to slow runaway health care costs & get more bang for the buck - 2006

Commonwealth Fund

Beyond referral : pediatric care linkages to improve developmental health - 2006

Learning from high performance health systems around the globe - 2007

Medicare physician group practices: innovations in quality and efficiency - 2006

The Commonwealth Fund 2006 international health policy survey of primary care physicians in seven countries - 2006

Toward more effective use of research in state policymaking - 2006

Community Catalyst

Understanding health reform in Vermont - 2006

Covance Market Access Services, Inc.

Comparison of compounds on the formularies of Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs) and the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (VA) national and regional formularies ; prepared for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) - 2006

Department for International Development (DFID)

Malawi - 2006

Department of Health - United Kingdom

Analysis of the National Childhood Obesity Database 2005-06 : a report for the Department of Health by the South East Public Health Observatory on behalf of the Association of Public Health Observatories - 2006

Care and resource utilisation : ensuring appropriateness of care - 2006

The future regulation of health and adult social care in England - 2006

Report on the National Patient Choice Survey: July 2006, England - 2006

Safety first : a report for patients, clinicians and healthcare managers - 2006

Tackling health inequalities : 2003-05 data update for the National 2010 PSA target - 2006

Division of Health Care Finance and Policy (Mass.)

Health insurance status of Massachusetts residents - 2006

Massachusetts health expenditures accelerating - 2006

Economic and Social Research Institute

Patient-centered care for underserved populations : ddefinition and best practices - 2006

Employee Benefit Research Institute

The 2nd annual EBRICommonwealth fund consumerism in health care survey, 2006 : early experience with high-deductible and consumer-driven health plans - 2006

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (WHO)

Screening in Europe - 2006

Families USA Foundation

HSAs: missing the target - 2006

Food Research and Action Center

School breakfast scorecard - 2006

Fraser Institute

Canada's physician shortage : effects, projections, and solutions - 2006

Harris Interactive Inc.

2006 international survey of primary care doctors - 2006

Harvard School of Public Health

The public's health care agenda for the new Congress and presidential campaign - 2006

The public's health care agenda for the new Congress and presidential campaign : survey chartpack report - 2006

Health Consumer Alliance

A tear in the safety net : hospitals fail to ensure financial assistance for low-income Californians - 2006

Health Protection Agency

The public health impact of the Buncefield oil depot fire - 2006

Healthcare Commission

Variations in the experiences of patients using the NHS services in England : analysis of the healthcare commission's 20042005 surveys of patients - 2006

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; Hewitt Associates

Retiree health benefits examined : findings from the KaiserHewitt 2006 survey on retiree health benefits - 2006

Retiree health benefits examined : findings from the KaiserHewitt 2006 survey on retiree health benefits : chartpack - 2006

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Benefit design and formularies of Medicare drug plans : a comparison of 2006 and 2007 offerings : a first look - 2006

Kaiser Family Foundation national survey of enrollees in consumer directed health plans : chartpack - 2006

Kaiser Family Foundation national survey of enrollees in consumer directed health plans - 2006

Media multitasking among American youth : prevalence, predictors and pairings - 2006

Profiles of Medicaid's high cost populations - 2006

SCHIP program enrollment : June 2006 update - 2006

The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act : a side-by-side comparison of prior law to the newly reauthorized CARE act - 2006

Voices of beneficiaries : Medicare Part D insights and observations one year later - 2006

Institute for Policy Innovation

The dangers of undermining patient choice : lessons from Europe and Canada - 2006

Inter-Agency Standing Committee

The need for HIVAIDS interventions in emergency settings : emergencies increase HIV vulnerability, how HIV aggravates crisis and delays recovery practical measures - 2004?

Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy

Personal health records and electronic health records : navigating the intersections - 2006

The power of consumer choice : thoughts from the conference : "the transformation of competition in health care" - 2006

Reducing disparities : goals, roles, and opportunities - 2006

King's Fund

How to regulate health care in England? : an international perspective - 2006

The reconfiguration of hospital services - 2006

Lake Research Partners

Attitudes toward end-of-life care in California - 2006

Maternal & Child Health Policy Research Center

Promising state and regional approaches for extending access to pediatric subspecialty and coordination with primary care - 2006

Mathematica Policy Research

Tracking Medicare health and prescription drug plans, monthly report for October 2006 - 2006

Tracking Medicare health and prescription drug plans, monthly report for December 2006 - 2006

Missouri Foundation for Health

Consequences of the lack of health insurance on health and earnings - 2006

Costs, access, and utilization under Medicaid : a review of the evidence - 2006

Geographic variations in health insurance : a profile of Missouri - 2006

High-deductible health plans with health savings accounts : emerging evidence and outstanding issues - 2006

Implementing reinsurance : health insurance reform in Missouri - 2006

Increasing health insurance coverage in Missouri through subsidies - 2006

Missouri Medicaid spending growth : 2001-2005 - 2006

The Missouri economy and changes in health insurance coverage : 2000- 2004 - 2006

National Academies Press

Gulf War and health - 2006

National Academy for State Health Policy

State policy options to improve delivery of child development services : strategies from the eight ABCD states - 2006

National Association of County and City Health Officials

Tackling health inequities through public health practice : a handbook for action - 2006

National Association of State Medicaid Directors : Avalere Health LLC

State perspectives in emerging Medicaid : pharmacy policies and practices - 2006

National Bureau of Economic Research

Global patterns of income and health : facts, interpretations, and policies - 2006

National Health Policy Forum

Complexity, coordination, and compromise : states and the Medicare drug benefit (August 4, 2006) : a report from the forum session - 2006

Medicare and mental health : the fundamentals - 2006

Value-based coverage policy in the United States and the United Kingdom : different paths to a common goal - 2006

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

Dementia : supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care - 2006

National Network of Public Health Institutes

A multi-state comparison of local public health preparedness assessment using a common, standardized tool - 2006

New York Academy of Medicine

Nurse retention and workforce diversity : two key issues in New York City's nursing crisis - 2006

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Local government plan chemical dependency services - 2007

Local government plan mental health services - 2007

New York City Department of Homeless Services

The health of homeless adults in New York City : a report from the New York City Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene and Homeless Services - 2005

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

Cigarette brand preferences in 2005 - 2007

Facilities operating opioid treatment programs: 2005 - 2006

Substance use in the 15 largest metropolitan statistical areas : 2002-2005 - 2007

Office of Health Care Access (Conn.)

Health insurance coverage in Connecticut : executive summary of the 2006 household survey - 2006

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

2006 report : medicines in development for HIVAIDS : researchers are testing 77 medicines and vaccines for HIV and opportunistics infections - 2006

Pharmaceutical industry profile 2006 - 2006

Prevention Institute

Creating safe environments : violence prevention strategies and programs - 2006

Public Advocate for the City of New York

Giving birth in the dark : city hospitals still failing to provide legally mandate maternity information - 2006

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The nursing faculty shortage : a crisis for health care - 2006

Wisdom at work : the importance of the older and experienced nurse in the workplace - 2006

Social Care Institute for Excellence and the Race Equality Unit (UK)

Doing it for themselves : participation and black and minority ethnic service users - 2006

Using qualitative research in systematic reviews : older people's views of hopital discharge - 2006

Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada

I-Track : enhanced surveillance of risk behaviours among injection drug users in Canada : phase I report - 2006

U.S. Congress, Congressional Budget Office

Designing a premium support system for Medicare - 2006

Nonprofit hospitals and the provision of community benefits - 2006

Nonprofit hospitals and tax arbitrage - 2006

Research and development in the Pharmaceutical Industry - 2006

Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

2006 National healthcare disparities report - 2006

2006 National healthcare quality report - 2006

UNAIDS

Evidence for HIV decline in Zimbabwe : a comprehensive review of the epidemiological data - 2005

Union of Concerned Scientists

Digging up trouble : the health risks of construction pollution in California - 2006

United Hospital Fund

A blueprint for universal health insurance coverage in New York - 2006

United Kingdom Department of International Development

Knowledge for action in HIVAIDS in the Russian Federation : report of findings for consultation among partners : working document - 2006

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Review of corrective actions concerning the human subject research program - 2006

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General

Audit of unobligated balances of funds awarded under the Public Health Preparedness and Response for Bioterrorism Program - 2006

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Abstinence education : efforts to assess the accuracy and effectiveness of federally funded programs : report to congressional requesters - 2006

Defense health care : access to care for beneficiaries who have not enrolled in TRICARE's managed care option : report to congressional committees - 2006

End-stage renal disease : bundling Medicare's payment for drugs with payment for all ESRD services would promote efficiency and clinical flexibility : report to the Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives - 2006

End-stage renal disease : Medicare payments for all ESRD services, including injectable drugs, should be bundled : testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives - 2006

Fiscal, social security, and health care challenges - 2007

Foreign physicians : data on use of J-1 visa waivers needed to better address physician shortages : report to congressional requesters - 2006

Health professions education programs : action still needed to measure impact : report to congressional requesters - 2006

Long-term care insurance : federal program has a unique profit structure and faced a significant marketing challenge : report to congressional committees - 2006

Medicaid : strategies to help states address increased expenditures during economic downturns : report to congressional requesters - 2006

Medicare : payment for ambulatory surgical centers should be based on the hospital outpatient system : report to congressional committees - 2006

New drug development : science, business, regulatory, and intellectual property issues cited as hampering drug development efforts : report to congressional requesters - 2006

Prescription drugs : improvements needed in FDA's oversight of direct-to-consumer advertising : report to congressional requesters - 2006

Prevalence of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking : [letter to congressional committees] - 2006

VA health care : spending for mental health strategic plan initiatives was substantially less than planned : report to congressional requesters - 2006

Veterans' disability benefits : VA can improve its procedures for obtaining military service records : report to the Ranking Democratic Member, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives - 2006

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Adult day services : a key community service for older adults - 2006

Evaluation of early offer reform of medical malpractice claims: final report - 2006

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Levelling up (part 1) : a discussion paper on concenpts and principles for tackling social inequities in health - 2006

Levelling up (part 2) : a discussion paper on concepts and principles for tackling social inequities in health - 2006

Lyme borreliosis in Europe : influences of climate and climate change, epidemiology, ecology and adaptation measures - 2006

York Health Economics Consortium

Cost benefit analysis of health impact assessment - 2006