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Grey Literature Report - January 2009
Vol. 11, No. 1 - January 2009

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AARP Knowledge Management

AARP member opinions on supportive services in Georgia - 2008

Impact of the economy on health behaviors - 2008

Perceptions regarding the quality of care in South Carolina : an AARP member survey - 2008

Prescription for the future : medications, Medicare Part D, and managing expenses in a difficult economy - 2008

A year-end look at the economic slowdown's impact on middle-aged and older Americans - 2009

AARP Public Policy Institute

Comparative effectiveness : what's at stake for consumers? - 2008

Cost containment in Medicare : a review of what works and what doesn't - 2008

The costs of doing nothing : what's at stake without health care reform - 2008

Racial and ethnic disparities in influenza and pneumococcal immunization rates among Medicare Beneficiaries - 2008

Strategies to increase generic drug utilization and associated savings - 2008

Valuing the invaluable : the economic value of family caregiving, 2008 update - 2008

AHIP Center for Policy and Research

Low-income & minority beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage plans, 2006 - 2008

Low-income & rural beneficiaries with Medigap coverage - 2008

Trends and innovations in health information technology : an update from America's Health Insurance Plans - 2008

Alzheimer's Foundation of America

Memory matters : screening approaches to increase early detection and treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias, and recommendations for national policy - 2008

American College of Physicians

How is a shortage of primary care physicians affecting the quality and cost of medical care? : a comprehensive evidence review - 2008

A system in need of change : restructuring payment policies to support patient-centered care - 2006

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Growing up in North America : child health and safety in Canada, the United States, and Mexico - 2008

Association of Academic Health Centers

The promise and power of academic health centers - 2008

Association of American Medical Colleges

Principles for US health care reform : a guide for policy makers - 2008

Association of Clinicians for the Underserved ; National Health Law Program

Language access : understanding the barriers and challenges in primary care settings : perspectives from the field - 2008

Booz Allen Hamilton

Toward health information liquidity : realization of better, more efficient care from the free flow of health information - 2009

Brunel University, Health Economics Research Group

Medical research : what's it worth? : estimating the economic benefits from medical research in the UK - 2008

California Endowment

Overcoming language barriers to health care - 2008

California HealthCare Foundation

Actuarial value : a method for comparing health plan benefits - 2008

Delivering care anytime, anywhere : telehealth alters the medical ecosystem - 2008

Do hospital characteristics drive clinical performance? : an analysis of standardized measures - 2008

Equipped for efficiency : improving nursing care through technology - 2008

Geography is destiny : differences in health care among Medicare beneficiaries in the United States and California - 2008

Measure for measure : analyzing California hospital characteristics and performance - 2008

Navigating care transitions in California : two models for change - 2008

Rethinking the nursing home : culture change makes headway in California - 2008

Right here right now : ten telehealth pioneers make it work - 2008

Slowing Medi-Cal churn : counties collaborate to improve efficiency - 2008

Snapshot : drilling down : access, affordability, and consumer perceptions in adult dental health - 2008

Tools for clinics : four health centers use chronic disease management systems - 2008

California HealthCare Foundation ; National Opinion Research Center

California employer health benefits survey, 2008 - 2008

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

A decade of broken promises : the 1998 state tobacco settlement ten years later : a report on the states' allocation of the tobacco settlement dollars - 2008

Carsey Institute ; Rural Sociological Society

Concentrated rural poverty and the geography of exclusion - 2008

Center for Community Health and Evaluation

Chronic disease prevention in Shasta County : a health department's transformation - 2008

Center for Economic and Policy Research

The impact of the Medicare drug benefit in health care spending by older households - 2008

Center for Global Development

Pricing and access : lessons from randomized evaluations in education and health - 2009

Center for Health Care Strategies

EPSDT at 40 : modernizing a pediatric health policy to reflect a changing health care system - 2008

Center for Science in the Public Interest

Salt assault : brand-name comparisons of processed foods - 2008

Center for Studying Health System Change

Rising rates of chronic health conditions : what can be done? - 2008

Word of mouth and physician referrals still drive health care provider choice - 2008

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

CBO estimates show house SCHIP bill would provide health insurance to 41 million uninsured children - 2009

The long-term fiscal outlook is bleak : restoring fiscal sustainability will require major changes to programs, revenues, and the nation's health care system - 2008

Louisiana's Medicaid waiver proposal : is it the right fit for Louisiana? - 2008

Preliminary analysis of Medicaid assistance for states in the House economic recovery package - 2009

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Public health preparedness : strengthening CDC's emergency response : a CDC report on Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (TPER) - funded activities for fiscal year 2007 - 2009

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Medicare medical home demonstration (MMHD) : overview - 2008

Century Foundation

Getting better value from Medicare - 2008

Help, I've fallen into the doughnut hole and I can't get up : the problems with Medicare Part D - 2008

Child Trends

School food unwrapped : what's available and what our kids actually are eating - 2008

Children's Defense Fund

The state of America's children, 2008 - 2008

Children's Partnership ; Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured

Emerging health information technology for children in Medicaid and SCHIP programs - 2008

Chronic Poverty Research Center

The effects of parental death and chronic poverty on children's education and health : evidence from Indonesia - 2009

Institutions and instruments for tackling chronic poverty : the case of special protection and HIVAIDS - 2008

Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection

State of healthcare 2008 - 2008

Commonwealth Fund

An analysis of leading congressional health care bills, 2007-2008 : part I, insurance coverage - 2009

An analysis of leading congressional health care bills, 2007-2008 : part I, insurance coverage [Figures] - 2009

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

Duke University Hospital : organizational and tactical strategies to enhance patient satisfaction - 2008

Flowers Hospital : nearing perfection on core measures - 2008

Getting and keeping coverage : states' experience with citizenship documentation rules - 2009

Hutcheson medical center : focusing on personal interactions - 2008

Munson Medical center : constant focus on patient satisfaction - 2008

Rising health care costs : implications for the health and financial security of US families ; invited testimony, Committee on Finance United States Senate ; Hearing on "High Health Care Costs : A State Perspective?" Missoula, Mont - 2008

Rising health care costs : implications for the health and financial security of US families ; invited testimony, Committee on Finance United States Senate ; Hearing on "High Health Care Costs : A State Perspective?" Missoula, Mont [Figures] - 2008

Community Catalyst

Getting what we pay for : reducing wasteful medical spending - 2008

Copenhagen Consensus Center

Micronutrient supplements for child survival : (vitamin A and Zinc) - 2008

Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

An agenda for change : improving quality and curbing health care spending : opportunities for the Congress and the Obama Administration ; - 2008

Regional and racial variation in health care among medicare beneficiaries : a brief report of the Dartmouth Atlas Project - 2008

Deloitte Consulting, Center for Health Solutions

Medical tourism : the Asian chapter - 2008

Department for International Development (DFID)

Review of the UK government's 2005 framework for good practice in the pharmaceutical Industry : a review commissioned by the UK Department for International Development - 2008

Disease Control Priorities Project

Sex, gender, and women's health : why women usually come last - 2008

Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings

Real health care reform in 2009 : getting to better quality, higher value, and sustainable coverage - 2008

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

Annual epidemiological report on communicable diseases in Europe 2008 report on the state of communicable diseases in the EU and EEAEFTA countries - 2008

HIVAIDS surveillance in Europe, 2007 - 2008

Meeting report : workshop on linking environmental and infectious diseases data : Sigtuna, 28-29 May 2008 - 2008

European Foundation Centre

European philanthropic support to address HIVAIDS in 2007 - 2008

Families United for Senior Action Foundation

Congress delivers help to people with Medicare : an overview of the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act of 2008 - 2008

The hidden link : health costs and family economic insecurity - 2009

Left behind : America's uninsured children - 2008

Limited-benefit plans : expanding coverage or holding your state back? - 2008

Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 : addressing racial and ethnic health disparities - 2008

A painful recession : states cut health care safety net programs - 2008

A shot in the arm for West Virginia : increasing health coverage for working families - 2009

Squeezed! : caught between unemployment benefits and health care costs - 2009

The world can't wait : more funding needed for research on neglected infectious diseases - 2008

Florida Department of Law Enforcement

Drugs identified in deceased persons by Florida Medical Examiners : 2008 interim report - 2008

Food Research and Action Center

School breakfast scorecard : school year 2007-2008 - 2009

Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit

On the sorting of physicians across medical occupations - 2008

Underpaid or overpaid? : wage analysis for nurses using job and worker attributes - 2008

Funders Concerned About AIDS

US philanthropic support to address HIVAIDS in 2007 - 2008

Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government

Is there a human right to essential pharmaceuticals? : the global common, the intellectual common, and the possibility of private intellectual property - 2008

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Approaches to covering the uninsured : a guide - 2008

Cost sharing for health care : France, Germany, and Switzerland - 2009

Eliminating racialethnic disparities in health care: what are the options? - 2008

The emerging role of group Medicare private fee-for-service plans - 2008

Enrolling uninsured low-income children in Medicaid and SCHIP - 2009

The federal government's authority to regulate advertising in Medicare - 2008

Florida Medicaid reform waiver : early findings and current status - 2008

The fraying link between work and health insurance : trends in employer-sponsored insurance for employees, 2000-2007 - 2008

Health coverage in a period of rising unemployment - 2008

Health insurance coverage of America's children - 2009

Medicaid home and community-based service programs : data update - 2008

Medicaid in a crunch : a mid-FY 2009 update on state Medicaid issues in a recession - 2009

Pitching private Medicare plans : an analysis of Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plan advertising - 2008

The public's health care agenda for the new president and Congress - 2009

The public's health care agenda for the new president and Congress : chartpack - 2009

Rising unemployment, Medicaid and the uninsured - 2009

The role of Medicaid in state economies : a look at the research - 2009

Short term options for Medicaid in a recession - 2008

Turning to Medicaid and SCHIP in an economic recession : conversations with recent applicants and enrollees - 2008

The uninsured : a primer : key facts about Americans without health insurance - 2008

The uninsured : a primer : supplemental data tables - 2008

Vermont's choices for care Medicaid long-term services waiver : progress and challenges as the program concluded its third year - 2008

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation ; Project for Excellence in Journalism

Health news coverage in the US media : January 2007 - June 2008 - 2008

Heritage Foundation

Employer-based health insurance : why Congress should cap tax benefits consistently - 2008

Ensuring access to affordable health insurance : a memo to President- elect Obama - 2008

How a public health plan will erode private care - 2008

How Medicare's drug pricing can hurt R & D - 2009

Key questions for Senator Tom Daschle, nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services - 2009

The Obama health care plan : a closer look at cost and coverage - 2008

The Obama health care plan : more power to Washington - 2008

Institut de recherche et documentation en économie de la santé

Comparability of health care responsiveness in Europe using anchoring vignettes from SHARE - 2008

Health status, neighborhood effects and public choice : evidence from France - 2008

Impact of health care system on socioeconomic inequalities in doctor use - 2008

Social heterogeneity in self-reported health status and measurement of inequalities in health - 2008

Institute for Energy and Environmental Research

The use of reference man in radiation protection standards and guidance with recommendations for change - 2008

Institute of Public Health in Ireland

Health impacts of education : a review - 2008

Insure the Uninsured Project

ITUP's thoughts on California-federal health care issues - 2008

Making sense of economic stimulus, budget deficits and the prospects for health reform - 2008

A summary of the Obama and McCain health reform plans - 2008

Thoughts on next steps for California health reform : seek a waiver or wait and see? - 2009

International AIDS Society

The AIDS 2008 impact report : evidence to action : XVII International AIDS Conference 3-8 August 2008, Mexico City - 2008

International Longevity Center-USA

Caregiver training in America and Southern California : results of a national review - 2008

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Costs and outcomes of and extra-care housing scheme in Bradford - 2008

Guidance on standards for the establishment and operation of drug consumption rooms in the UK - 2008

Social well-being in extra care housing - 2007

Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Improving care for people with severe mental illnesses - 2008?

Integration of mental health in quality-assurance policies - 2008?

Integration of mental health in the public health system - 2008?

Medical homes and integration of mental health - 2008?

Primary care providers' role in mental health - 2008?

The role of federal programs : Medicaid, SCHIP & Medicare - 2008?

Latino Commission on AIDS

Shaping the new response : HIVAIDS & Latinos in the Deep South - 2008?

Lewin Group

Analysis of drug rebate equalization act's savings to the Medicaid program - 2008

Analysis of dual eligible pharmacy costs under Medicaid and Medicare Part D - 2008

Increasing use of the capitated model for dual eligibles : cost savings estimates and public policy opportunities - 2008

Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service

Medicare : Part B premiums - 2008

Maryland Public Policy Institute

Health insurance coverage in Maryland through 2007 : a biennial report of findings by age, income, employment, race, education, and citizenship - 2009

Massachusetts Division of Health and Human Services

Fair share contribution : 2007 results to date - 2008

Inequitable impact : the HIVAIDS epidemic among gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men in Massachusetts - 2008

MASSPIRG Education Fund

Connecting the commonwealth : key public transportation projects and their benefits for Massachusetts - 2008

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Design of the CMS medical home demonstration : draft - 2008

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

Matrix Knowledge Group : Bazian

Department of Health: prioritising investments in public health - 2008

Mayors Against Illegal Guns

Inside straw purchasing : how criminals get guns illegally - 2008?

Medicaid Institute at United Hospital Fund

Automated renewal : strategies tot maintain coverage of eligible children in Medicaid and Child Health Plus - 2008

Coverage and manged care enrollment patterns among long-term beneficiaries in New York's Medicaid Program - 2008

Managing care for high-cost elderly duals : a challenge for Medicaid - 2008

Mercury Policy Project

Over the limit : eating too much high-mercury fish - 2008

Metlife

The MetLife market survey of adult day services & home care costs - 2008

The MetLife market survey of nursing home & assisted living costs - 2008

National Academies Press

Gulf War and health - 2008

HHS in the 21st century charting a new course for a healthier America - 2009

Nutrition standards and meal requirements for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs phase I : proposed approach for recommending revisions - 2008

National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors

Adelante : a call to action : strengthening the response to HIVAIDS and viral hepatitis in Latino communities - 2008

The domestic epidemic is worse than we thought : a wake-up call for HIV Prevention - 2008

National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health

Pediatric perspectives and practices on transitioning adolescents with special needs to adult health care - 2008

Structuring health care reform to work for adolescents - 2008

National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems

America's public hospitals and health systems, 2007 : results of the annual NAPH hospital characteristics survey : interim report - 2008

Economic recovery : ensuring health care access & creating jobs - 2008

National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy

The changing twenties - 2008?

Say what? : defining and understanding key outcomes and measures related to births and pregnancies - 2008

National Center for Children in Poverty

Unclaimed children revisited : the status of children's mental health policy in the United States : report - 2008

National Center for Policy Analysis

Health care entrepreneurs : the changing nature of providers - 2008

Thinking about tomorrow - 2008

National Committee for Quality Assurance

The state of health care quality 2007 - 2007

National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia

Systematic literature review : air quality in and around traffic tunnels : final report - 2008

National Health Policy Forum

Medicare and mental health services - 2008

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Monitoring the future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2007 ; Vol.1, Secondary school students - 2008

Monitoring the future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2007 ; Vol.2, College students and adults ages 19-45 - 2008

National Social Marketing Centre

Some are more equal than others : public attitudes to health inequalities and social determinants of health : a collaboration between the National Social Marketing Centre (NSMC) and University College London (UCL) - 2008

National Wildlife Federation

Increasing vulnerability to hurricanes : global warming's wakeup call for the U S Gulf and Atlantic coasts - 2008

Natural Resources Defense Council

Deepest cuts : repairing health monitoring programs slashed under the Bush Administration - 2008

New America Foundation

The cost of doing nothing : why the cost of failing to fix our health system is greater than the cost of reform - 2008

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Managing asthma - 2008

New York State Office of Criminal Justice Services

Domestic homicide in New York State, 2007 - 2008

NGA Center for Best Practices

Maternal and Child Health (MCH) update : states increase eligibility for children's health in 2007 - 2008

NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

The good indicators guide : understanding how to use and choose indicators - 2008

Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services

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

Nuffield Trust

Becoming European : how France, Germany, Spain and the UK engage with European Union health policy - 2008

Integrated care : lessons from evidence and experience : report of the 2008 Sir Roger Bannister Annual Health Seminar - 2008

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

Major depressive episode and treatment for depression among veterans aged 21 to 39 - 2008

Participation in self-help groups for Alcohol and Illicit drug use : 2006 and 2007 - 2008

Office of the National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman

A long road to recovery : battling operational stress injuries : second review of the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces' Action on Operational Stress Injuries - 2008

Office of the New York City Public Advocate

A better shot at prevention : HPV vaccine more available at city health clinics - 2008

Ontario Public Health Association

First steps to equity : ideas and strategies for health equity in Ontario, 2008-2010 - 2008

Organisation for Economics Co-operation and Development

The remuneration of general practitioners and specialists in 14 OECD Countries : what are the factors influencing variations across countries? - 2008

Oxford Institute of Ageing

Health and social care for older people in the UK : a snapshot view - 2008

Individual good, public bad, or societal syndrome? : a cross-country study of income, inequality and health - 2008

Tackling poverty and social exclusion of older people : lessons from Europe - 2008

Pacific Research Institute

2008 US index of health ownership - 2008

Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

Hospital-acquired infections in Pennsylvania : data reporting period : 2006 & 2007 - 2009

Physicians for Human Rights

Broken laws, broken lives : medical evidence of torture by US personnel and its impact : a report - 2008

Physicians' Foundation

The physicians' perspective : medical practice in 2008 : survey summary & analysis - 2008

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Priorities for personalized medicine : report of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology - 2008

PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute

Healthcare policy in an Obama administration : delivering on the promise of universal coverage (Requires Free Registration) - 2008

Healthcare policy in an Obama administration : delivering on the promise of universal coverage - Chartpack (Requires Free Registration) - 2008

Public Health Institute, California

The planning perspective on health : built environments as determinants of health - 2009?

The planning perspective on health : community health as a goal of good design - 2009?

RAND

Briefing on linkage and exchange facilitating diffusion of innovation in health services - 2008

The economic burden of providing health insurance how much worse off are small firms? - 2008

The EU platform on diet, physical activity and health third monitoring progress report - 2008

The problem of measuring emergency preparedness the need for assessing "response reliability" as part of homeland security planning - 2008

The provision of neonatal services data for international comparisons - 2008

Valuing benefits in benefit-cost studies of social programs - 2008

Save the Children UK

The Child Development Index : holding governments to account for children's wellbeing - Full Report - 2008

The Child Development Index : holding governments to account for children's wellbeing - Chartpack - 2008

School Nutrition Association

Save by the lunch bell : as economy sinks, school nutrition program participation rises - 2008

Scottish Government

Better health, better care : action plan - 2007

Better health, better care : planning tomorrow's workforce today - 2007

Statens folkha¨lsoinstitut

Health on equal terms? : results from the 2006 Swedish National Public Health Survey - 2008

Trust for America's Health

Blueprint for a healthier America : modernizing the federal public health system to focus on prevention and preparedness - 2008

Germs go global : why emerging infectious diseases are a threat to America - 2008

Ready or not? : protecting the public's health from diseases, disasters, and bioterrorism - 2007

Ready or not? : protecting the public's health from diseases, disasters, and bioterrorism - 2008

UNAIDS

2008 report on the global AIDS epidemic - 2008

United Health Foundation

America's health rankings : a call to action for people and their communities - 2008

United Hospital Fund

The deteriorating financial condition of New York City's nonprofit hospitals, and its effect on capital investment - 2008

United States Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

Assessment of states' operating plans to combat pandemic influenza report to Homeland Security Council - 2009

Barriers and drivers of health information technology use for the elderly, chronically ill, and underserved - 2008

Characteristics of non-Hispanic Asian and non-Hispanic white adults uninsured for 6 to 12 months during a year, 2002-2005 - 2008

Differences in access to care for non-Hispanic Asian and Non- Hispanic white children, 2002-2005 - 2008

Employer-sponsored health insurance for state and local governments, by census division, 2006 - 2008

Home health care during an influenza pandemic issues and resources - 2008

United States Conference of Mayors

Hunger and homelessness survey : a status report on hunger and homelessness in America's cities : a 25-city survey - 2008

United States Congressional Budget Office

Budget options - 2008

Key issues in analyzing major health insurance proposals - 2008

United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Are lower income households willing and able to budget for fruits and vegetables? - 2008

Household food security in the United States, 2007 - 2008

United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

CMS financial report : fiscal year 2007 - 2007

United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General

Adverse events in hospitals : state reporting systems - 2008

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program annual report for FY 2007 - 2008

Nationwide review of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 oversight - 2008

United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Co-occurrence of substance use behaviors in youth - 2008

Domestic assaults by juvenile offenders - 2008

United States Department of Justice, National Drug Intelligence Center

National drug threat assessment 2009 - 2008

United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Policy

Advance care planning and public engagement - 2007

United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses

Gulf War illness and the health of Gulf War veterans scientific findings and recommendations - 2008

United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation

NOx budget trading program : compliance and environmental results 2007 - 2008

United States Food and Drug Administration

Food protection plan : an integrated strategy for protecting the nation's food supply - 2007

Food protection, plan one-year progress summary - 2008

United States Food Safety and Inspection Service

Draft interagency risk assessment for the public health impact of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in poultry, shell eggs, and egg products - 2008

United States Government Accountability Office

Defense health care : oversight of military services' post-deployment health reassessment completion rates is limited : [letter to congressional addressees - 2008

Disaster assistance : federal efforts to assist group site residents with employment, services for families with children, and transportation - 2008

Food insecurity persists in Sub-Saharan Africa despite efforts to halve hunger by 2015 : [letter to congressional requesters - 2008

Getting beyond getting ready for pandemic influenza - 2009

Health-care-associated infections in hospitals : number associated with medical devices unknown, but experts report provider practices as a significant factor : [letter to Edward M Kennedy, Michael B Enzi, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States and John D Dingell, Joe Barton, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives - 2008

Health information technology : more detailed plans needed for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's redesigned BioSense program : report to congressional committees - 2008

Hurricane Katrina : trends in the operating results of five hospitals in New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina : [letter to John D Dingell, Joe Barton, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives and Bart Stupak, John Shimkus, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives - 2008

Information technology : federal agencies' experiences demonstrate challenges to successful implementation : testimony before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, US Senate - 2009

Medical devices : FDA should take steps to ensure that high-risk device types are approved through the most stringent premarket review process : report to Congressional addressees - 2009

Medicare : trends in fees, utilization, and expenditures for imaging services before and after implementation of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 : [letter to Gordon H Smith, Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate and John D Rockefeller IV - 2008

Medicare Advantage : characteristics, financial risks, and disenrollment rates of beneficiaries in private fee- for-service plans : report to congressional requesters - 2008

Medicare advantage organizations : actual expenses and profits compared to projections for 2006 : [letter to the Pete Stark, Chairman; Subcommittee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives - 2008

Medicare Part D : opportunities exist for improving information sent to enrollees and scheduling the annual election period : report to the Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives - 2008

Public health and border security : HHS and DHS should further strengthen their ability to respond to TB incidents : report to congressional requesters - 2008

Ryan White Care Act : first-year experiences under the Part D administrative expense cap : report to congressional committees - 2008

Schedule and timing issues complicate withholding premiums for Medicare Parts C and D from Social Security payments : [letter to Max Baucus, Committee on Finance, United States Senate - 2008

State and local fiscal challenges : rising health care costs drive long-term and immediate pressures : statement for the record for the Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2008

United States Office of National Drug Control Policy

Making the drug problem smaller, 2001-2008 - 2008

United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Celebrating life : the US president's emergency plan for AIDS relief : 2009 annual report to congress - 2009

United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund

Trouble in toyland : the 23nd annual survey of toy safety - 2008

United States Senate Finance Committee

Call to action : health reform 2009 - 2008

University of California, Berkeley, Center on Health, Economic, & Family Security, Institute for America's Future

The case for public plan choice in national health reform : key to cost control and quality coverage - 2008

University of Kansas, School of Journalism and Mass Communications

Untapped potential : evaluating state emergency management agency web sites 2008 - 2008

University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research

Population ageing and the well-being of older persons in Thailand - 2008

University of York, Centre for Health Economics

Price regulation of pluralistic markets subject to provider collusion - 2008

Urban Institute

Targeting subsidies : employers versus individuals : timely analysis of immediate health policy issues - 2008

Who gained the most under health reform in Massachusetts? : Massachusetts Health Reform Survey - 2008

Victorian Health Promotion Foundation

Building cultures of respect and non-violence : a review of literature concerning adult learning and violence prevention programs with men - 2008

How does freedom of religion and belief affect health and wellbeing - 2008?

Vintage Books

World at risk the report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism - 2008

World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe

Home care in Europe - 2008

World Health Organization

The World Health Report 2008 : primary health care : now more than ever - 2008

Yale University Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity

Access to healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods : opportunities for public policy - 2008