Grey Literature Report - July 2006
Vol.8, No.4 - July 2006
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The following are our recent grey literature
acquisitions:
AARP
Comparing long-term care insurance policies : bewildering choices for consumers - 2006
AARP Knowledge Management
Legislative issues in North Carolina : a survey of residents 50 plus - 2006
Nursing home quality and long-term care in the District of Columbia : a survey of registered voters
age 35+ - 2006
Prescription drug issues on Long Island : an AARP survey - 2006
Strategies to support home and community-based long-term care : a New Jersey survey - 2005
AARP Public Policy Institute
An assessment of beneficiary knowledge of Medicare coverage options and the
prescription drug benefit - 2006
Medicaid estate recovery: a 2004 survey of state programs and practices - 2005
Personal health records : an overview of what is available to the public - 2006
The status of the Medicare HI and SMI trust funds : the trustees' 2006 annual report
- 2006
Trends in manufacturer list prices of generic prescription drugs used by older
Americans : first quarter 2006 update - 2006
Trends in manufacturer prices of brand name prescription drugs used by older
Americans : first quarter 2006 update - 2006
We can do better : lessons learned for protecting older persons in disasters - 2006
AEI-Brookings
An exploratory analysis of pharmaceutical price disparities and their implications
among six developed nations - 2006
Health insurance and job creation by the self-employed - 2006
A representative survey of MS patients on attitudes toward the benefits and risks of
drug therapy - 2006
Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality
Changes in co-pays employer-sponsored health insurance plans, 1999-2003 - 2006
Changes in out-of-pocket maximum limits for employer-sponsored health insurance plans, 1999-
2003 - 2006
Health insurance status of Children in America, first half 1996-2005 estimates for the US civilian
noninstitutionalized population under age 18 - 2006
Out-of-pocket expenditures on health care and insurance premiums among the elderly population,
2003 : - 2006
Out-of-pocket health care expenses by age and insurance coverage, 2003 - 2006
Outpatient prescribed medicine expenses by source of payment and insurance status for the
Medicare and non-Medicare populations, 2003 - 2006
The persistence in the level of health expenditures over time estimates for the U S population,
2002-2003 - 2006
Trends in the use of diuretics to treat hypertension, 1997 and 2003 : - 2006
The uninsured in America, 1996-2005 estimates for the US civilian noninstitutionalized population
under age 65 - 2006
The uninsured in America, first half of 2005 estimates for the US civilian noninstitutionalized
population under age 65 - 2006
American Legacy Foundation
Evaluating the truth® campaign - 2005
American Lung Association
Estimated prevalence and incidence of lung disease by
lung association territory - 2006
American Lung Association, Research and Scientific Affairs, Epidemiology and Statistics Unit
Trends in tuberculosis morbidity and mortality - 2006
Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
State innovations to prevent teen pregnancy - 2006
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Addressing mental health and suicide after disasters :
working with state health agencies - 2006
Financing state newborn screening systems
in an era of change - 2006
Health information technology in public
health emergencies - 2006
Brookings Institution, Center on Children and Families
Reducing unwed childbearing : the missing link in efforts to promote
marriage - 2006
California HealthCare Foundation
Conference highlights-chronic disease care : better ideas for
solving real world problems - 2006
Employer-based insurance : coverage and cost : Snapshot
- 2006
Examining the 2005 Medi-Cal Hospital Waiver - 2006
Medicare drug benefit : how good are the options? - 2006
Questions and answers about the 2005 Medi-Cal hospital waiver - 2006
SAFER California Healthcare Coalition meeting : September 28,
2005, University of California, Oakland, California - 2006
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
Holding health plans accountable : the provision of culturally and linguistically competent service by
health plans participating in the healthy families program - 2006
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
A broken promise to our children : the 1998 state tobacco settlement seven years later
: a report on the states' allocation of the tobacco settlement dollars - 2005
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Health care in Canada -
2006
Improving the health of young Canadians : patterns of health and
disease are largely a consequence of how we learn, live and work - 2005
Measuring the retention for registerd nurses in Canada : a study of
2004 registration data - 2006
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Moving population and public health knowledge into action : a casebook of
knowledge translation stories - 2006
Canadian Policy Research Networks
Nursing skills and mobility : facilitating the transfer and tracking of nurses across Canada - 2006
Towards a broader framewrork for understanding accessibility in canadian health care - 2006
Carers UK
Who cares wins : the social and business benefits of supporting working carers
- 2006
Cato Institute
Individual mandates for health insurance : slippery slope to national health care - 2006
A seismic shift : how Canada's supreme court sparked a patients' rights revolution - 2006
Center for Global Development
Measuring commitment to health : global health indicators working
group consultation report - 2006
Tackling healthcare corruption and governance woes in developing countries
- 2006
When will we ever learn? : improving lives through impact evaluation - 2006
Center for Health Care Strategies
Disability care Coordination Organizations: the experience of Medicaid managed care programs for people
with disabilities - 2006
Environmental scan : health supports for consumers with chronic conditions - 2005
Measuring the effectiveness of managed care for adults with disabilities - 2006
Center for Science in the Public Interest
School foods report card : a state-by-state evaluation of policies for foods and
beverages sold through vending machines, school stores, a la cart, and other venues outside of school meals - 2006
Center for Strategic and International Studies
The G-8, Russia's presidency, and HIVAIDS in Euriasia : a report of the CSIS Task Force on
HIVAIDS in collaboration with the Kaiser Family Foundation - 2006
Integrating reproductive health and HIVAIDS programs: strategic opportunities for PEPFAR:
a report of the CSIS Task Force on HIVAIDS - 2006
Center for Studying Health System Change
Methodology for estimating the extent of financial protection afforded by employer-sponsored private
health insurance plans - 2005
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Administration Medicaid rule would put pressure on states to reduce benefits or eligibility or to lower payments
to providers - 2006
Health savings accounts unlikely to significantly reduce health care spending - 2006
HHS guidance will exacerbate problems caused by new Medicaid documentation requirement - 2006
Informing the debate about health savings accounts : an examination of some misunderstood issues -
2006
Lessons from New Hampshire : Senate heatlh bill could drive up heatlh insurance premiums for many small
businesses - 2006
Senate health bill would preempt states' small group rating rules - 2006
Using information technology to document citizenship in Medicaid - 2006
West Virginia's Medicaid changes unlikely to reduce state costs or improve beneficiaries' health - 2006
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
2006 Annual report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and
the Federal Supplememtal Medical Insurance Trust Funds : communication from the board of trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplememtal Medical
Insurance Trust Funds: transmitting the 2006 Annual report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplememtal Medical Insurance Trust Funds
[includes letter to J Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Richard B Cheney, President of the Senate - 2006
Century Foundation
Public policy in an older America : a Century Foundation guide to the issues -
2006
Child Trends Data Bank
Dating - 2006?
Overweight children and youth - 2006?
Participation in school athletics - 2006?
Children's Defense Fund
Katrina's Children : a call to conscience and action - 2006
Citizens' Health Care Working Group
Health care that works for all Americans : interim
recommendations of the Citizens' Health Care Working Group - 2006
Commonwealth Fund
Automatically enrolling eligible chlidren and families into Medicaid and
SCHIP : opportunities, obstacles, and options for federal policymakers - 2006
Committed to safety : ten case studies on reducing harm to patients
- 2006
Facilitating implementation of evidence-
based guidelines in hospital settings : learning from trauma centers - 2006
Gaps in health insurance : an all-
American problem : [chartpack] - 2006
Gaps in health insurance : an all-American problem : findings from the
Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey - 2006
Health savings accounts : why they won't cure what
ails US health care : invited testimony Committee on Ways and Means US House of Representatives Hearing on "Health Savings Accounts" (testimony) - 2006
Health savings accounts : why they won't
cure what ails US health care : invited testimony Committee on Ways and Means US House of Representatives Hearing on "Health Savings Accounts" (charts) - 2006
Instability of public health insurance coverage for children and their
families : causes, consequences, and remedies - 2006
Medicare Part D : what are the concerns? - 2006
Congressional Research Service
Gun control : statutory disclosure limitations on ATF firearms trace data and multiple handgun
sales reports - 2006
Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers
Group medical plan
costs continue to climb for all sizes of employers, the council's survey shows - 2006
Department of Health - United Kingdom
Research governance framework for health and social care - 2005
Families USA Foundation
Big dollars, little sense : rising Medicare prescription drug prices - 2006
High-risk health insurance pools - 2006
Making history : Maryland's Fair Share Health Care law - 2006
Foundation Center
Giving in the aftermath of September 11 : final update on the Foundation and
Corporated Response - 2004
Georgetown University, School of Public Health and Health Services
Laying the foundation : health system reform in New
York State and the primary care imperative - 2006
Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS
The state of business and HIVAIDS (2006) : a baseline report - 2006
Global Forum for Health Research
Basic research funds to dicsover important
new drugs: who contributes how much? - 2006
Drug R&D for neglected diseases by public-
private partnerships: are public funds appropriately distributed? - 2006
Health technology and innovation: a Brazilian
experience - 2006
Malaria research and development : an
assessment of global investment - 2006
Monitoring financial flows for health
research, 2005 : behind the global numbers - 2006
New prevention technologies : trends in
resource flows for HIV vaccines and microbicides - 2006
Towards the building of robust, sustainable
systems of data collection and reporting on expenditures for research for health - 2006
Harris Interactive Inc.
The FDA's reputation
with the general public is under assault : most US adults say the FDA's decisions are influenced to some extent or a great extent by politics rather than medical science - 2006
Public awareness of
avian flu has increased, but relatively few US adults have prepared for a potential pandemic - 2006
US adults lack
knowledge but have concerns about common treatments for patients with ADHD - 2006
Health Protection Agency
Port health and medical inspection review : report from the project team - 2006
Power frequency electromagnetic fields, melatonin and the risk of breast cancer :
report of an independent advisory group on non-ionising radiation - 2006
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
2006 Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Americans on
HIVAIDS : summary and chartpack - 2006
2006 Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Americans on
HIVAIDS - 2006
African American men survey - 2006
Effects of a televised two-city safer sex mass media campaign targeting high sensation-seeking and impulsive decision-
making young adults - 2006
International assistance for HIVAIDS in the developing world : taking stock of the G8, other donor
governments and the European Commission - 2006
The media family : electronic media in the lives of infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their parents -
2006
The media family : electronic media in the lives of infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their
parents (appendices) - 2006
Observations on the initial implementation of the Medicare Prescription Drug Program : perspectives of
state Medicaid directors through a focus group discussion - 2006
Premiums and cost-sharing features in Medicare's new prescription drug program, 2006 - 2006
Retired steelworkers and their health benefits : results from a 2004 survey - 2006
Toward making Medicare work for low-income beneficiaries : a baseline comparison of the Part D low-
income subsidy and Medicare savings programs eligibility and enrollment rules - 2006
Understanding the recent changes in Medicaid spending
and enrollment growth between 2000-2004 - 2006
Vermont's global commitment waiver : implications for the Medicaid program - 2006
Voices of the storm health care after Katrina - 2006
Heritage Foundation
Building on the President's health care
agenda - 2006
Institute of Public Health in Ireland
Health impact assessment guidance - 2006
International Society for Equity in Health
Equity and health sector reform in Latin America and the Carribbean [sic] from
1995 to 2005 : approaches and limitations - 2006
International Treatment Preparedness Coalition
Missing the target : off target for 2010: how to avoid breaking the promise of universal access:
update to IPTC's AIDS treatment report from the frontlines - 2006
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
African Americans and Medicare Part D : regional data - 2006
The impact of food insecurity on the development of young low-income
Black and Latino children ; Protecting the health and nutrition of young children of color : the impact of nutrition assistance and income support programs - 2006
Measuring the divide : African Americans' access to the online
universe - 2006
The sexual and reproductive health of young men of color :
analyzing and interpreting the data - 2006
Keystone Center
Citizen voices on pandemic flu choices : a
report of the Public Engagement Pilot Project on Pandemic Influenza - 2005
The Keystone forum on away-from-home foods : opportunities
for preventing weight gain and obesity : final report - 2006
Long Term Care Community Coalition
Nursing home at risk : failure of the New York State nursing home
survey and complaint systems - 2005
Lewin Group
An evidence-based study of the role of dietary
supplements in helping seniors maintain their independence - 2006
Markle Foundation
Lessons from Katrinahealth - 2006
Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
When things go wrong : responding to adverse events : a consensus
statement of the Harvard Hospitals - 2006
Mathematica Policy Research
Evaluation of the program for elders in managed care - 2005
How much are Medicaid buy-in participants earning? - 2006
New Hospital information technology : is it helping to improve quality? - 2006
Medicaid Institute at United Hospital Fund
The costs and policy implications of covering dual enrollees of Medicaid and Medicare -
2006
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Report to the Congress : increasing the value of
Medicare - 2006
MetLife Mature Market Institute
The MetLife market survey of assisted living costs
- 2005
The Metlife market survey of nursing home & home care
costs - 2005
Metlife
Financial impact of premature death : the value
of adequate life insurance coverage when tragedy strikes - 2006
MetLife Foundation alzheimer's survey : what America
thinks - 2006
MTV Networks International
The Global Media AIDS Initiative : harnessing the power of communication to save
lives - 2006
National Abortion Federation
Crisis pregnancy centers : an affront to
choice - 2006
National Academy of Social Insurance
Improving the Medicare savings programs : report of the
Study Panel on MedicareMedicaid Dual Eligibles - 2006
Medicare finances : findings of the 2006 trustees report - 2006
National Association for Sport and Physical Education
Shape of the nation report : status of physical education in the USA
- 2006
National Association of Public Hospitals & Health Systems
Medicaid section 1115
demonstration projects : emerging trends in safety net financing - 2006
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Making a love connection : teen relationships, pregnancy, and marriage
- 2006
National Center for Children in Poverty
Most low-income parents are employed - 2006
On the edge in the Empire State: New York's low-income children - 2006
Short take no 2 : maximizing the use of EPSDT to improve the health and development of young children - 2006
National Center for Policy Analysis
Medicaid empire : why New York spends so much on health care for the poor and near poor and how the
system can be reformed - 2006
National Center on Caregiving at Family Caregiver Alliance
Caregiver assessment : principles, guidelines and strategies for
change - 2006
Caregiver assessment : voices and views from the field - 2006
National Committee for Quality Assurance
Protecting consumers in an evolving health insurance market - 2006
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Overview of key findings 2005 : monitoring the future: national results on
adolescent drug use - 2006
National Quality Forum
National voluntary consensus standards for ambulatory care : an
initial physician-focused performance measure set - 2006
Pre-voting review for safe practices for better healthcare - 2006
update - 2006
Pre-voting review for serious reportable events in
healthcare - 2006
New York State Council on Children and Families
Health of older adults in New York - 2006
Open Society Institute
HIVAIDS policy in the United
States : monitoring the UNGASS declaration of commitment on HIVAIDS : a series of reports on HIVAIDS policy in Nicaragua, Senegal, Ukraine, the United States, Vietnam, and
Zambia - 2006
Partnership for a Drug Free America
The Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) : teens in grades 7 through 12, 2005 - 2006
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Finding answers online in sickness and in health - 2006
Population Reference Bureau
Youth in a global world - 2006
Press Ganey Associaties
Press Ganey 2006
health care satisfaction report - 2006
Project Salaam
Bringing communities together
for wellness: an assessment of emotional health needs among San Diego's Middle Eastern, North African, and East African groups - 2006
Public Agenda
The science of aging gracefully : scientists and the public talk
about aging research - 2005
RAND
Consumer decisionmaking in the insurance market - 2006
Quality improvement: implications for public health preparedness - 2006
Redefining and reforming health care for the last years of life - 2006
Tabletop exercises for pandemic influenza preparedness in local public
health agencies - 2006
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Americans' views of disparities in health care : a poll conducted by the
Harvard School of Public Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and ICRInternational Communications Research - 2005
Cultural transformation in health care : a white paper that describes the complex nature
of organizational culture and its role in health care organizations - 2005
How has hospital consolidation affected the price and
quality of hospital care? - 2006
Medical malpractice : impact of the crisis and effect
of state tort reforms - 2006
Medical malpractice : impact of the crisis and
effect of state tort reforms - 2006
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
The impact of welfare reform on health insurance coverage in rural areas - 2005
Medicare Part D: early findings on enrollment and choices for rural
beneficiaries - 2006
Why are health care expenditures increasing and is there a rural differential? - 2005
Save the Children
State of the world's mothers, 2006 : saving the lives of mothers and
newborns - 2006
Sentencing Project
The next big thing? : methamphetamine in the United States - 2006
State of New Jersey Department of Human Services
Disparity in health insurance coverage : urban versus non-urban areas of New
Jersey - 2006
Full-cost buy-in options for optimizing coverage through NJ FamilyCare - 2006
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health insurance coverage : estimates from the National Health Interview Survey,
2005 - 2006
U.S. Congress, Congressional Budget Office
Medical malpractice tort limits and health care spending - 2006
Potential growth paths for medical spending by the Department of Veterans
Affrairs - 2006
A potential influenza pandemic : an update on possible macroeconomic effects and
policy issues - 2006
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Animal and plant health inspection service oversight of Avian Influenza: audit report - 2006
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The critical care workforce : a study of the supply and demand for critical care
physicians : report to Congress - 2006
Determining average manufacturer prices for prescription drugs under the Deficit Reduction
Act of 2005 - 2006
Medicaid hospital outlier payments in New York for state fiscal years 1998 through 2002 -
2006
Monitoring Medicare Part B drug prices : a comparison of average sales prices to average
manufacturer prices - 2006
Physical therapy billed by physicians : [letter to Leslie V Norwalk, Deputy Administrator,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - 2006
OIG semiannual report to congress - 2006
The size and characteristics of the residential care population: evidence from three national
surveys - 2006
State discipline of physicians : assessing state medical boards through case studies - 2006
The supply and demand of professional social workers providing long-term care services : report
to congress - 2006
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Nationwide plan review : phase 2 report - 2006
U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice
Drug Courts : the second decade - 2006
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Drinking water state revolving fund program : delivering sustainable
public health protection for America - 2006
U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Perspectives on
marketing, self-regulation, & childhood obesity : a report on a joint workshop of the Federal Trade Commission & the Department of Health & Human Services - 2006
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Anthrax : federal agencies have taken some steps to validate sampling methods and to develop a next-
generation anthrax vaccine : testimony before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of
Representatives - 2006
Clean water : how states allocate revolving loan funds and measure their benefits : report to the
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives - 2006
Clinical lab quality : CMS and survey organization oversight should be strengthened : report to congressional
requesters - 2006
Clinical labs : CMS and survey organization oversight is not sufficient to ensure lab quality : testimony
before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, Committee on Government Reform, House of representatives - 2006
Consumer-directed health plans : small but growing enrollment fueled by rising cost of health care coverage
: report to the Chairman, Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives - 2006
Foreign physicians: preliminary findings on the use of J-1 visa waivers to practice in underserved areas :
testimony before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives - 2006
Human health risk assessment : EPA has taken steps to strengthen its process, but improvements needed in
planning, data development, and training : report to the Chairman, Committee on Environment and Public Works, US Senate - 2006
Long-term care facilities: information on residents who are registered sex offenders or are paroled for other
crimes : report to congressional requesters - 2006
Medicaid financial management: steps taken to improve federal oversight but other actions needed to sustain
efforts : report to the Chairman, Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2006
Medicare hospital pharmaceuticals : survey shows price variation and highlights data collection lessons and
outpatient rate-setting challenges for CMS : report to congressional committees - 2006
Medicare Part D : prescription drug plan sponsor call center responses were prompt, but not consistently
accurate and complete : report to congressional requesters - 2006
Post-traumatic stress disorder : DOD needs to identify the factors its providers use to make mental health
evaluation referrals for servicemembers : report to congressional committees - 2006
VA health care : patient safety could be enhanced by improvements in employment screening and
physician privileging practices : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives - 2006
VA health care : selected credentialing requirements at seven medical facilities met, but an aspect of
privileging process needs improvement : report to the Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives - 2006
VA health care : steps taken to improve practitioner screening, but facility compliance with screening
requirements is poor : report to the Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives - 2006
United Hospital Fund
Advancing the health information strategy in New York : options
and recommendations for creating sustainable multi-stakeholder collaboration - 2005
University of New Hampshire
Dominance and symmetry in partner violence by male and female university students in 32 nations -
2006
University of South Florida, College of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Parent and child post-traumatic stress after Hurricane Charley : the CHEER study - 2006
World Bank
For
public service or money: understanding geographical imbalances in the health workforce - 2005
World Health Organization
Private medical insurance in the United Kingdom - 2006
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