Vol. 10, No. 4 - July 2008

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AARP Knowledge Management

2007 survey of registered Maryland voters on health care reform - 2008

AARP Segunda Juventud self-help study among Hispanics ages 40+ - 2008

Condition critical : a survey of Washington businesses about the future of employee health care benefits - 2008

The economic slowdown's impact on middle-aged and older Americans - 2008

Fixing health care in New Mexico : an AARP survey of New Mexico residents age 50+ - 2008

Going from good to great : a livable communities survey of Marietta, Ohio - 2008

Hoosiers speak out : Indiana's health care system needs reform - 2008

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

Long-term care in Connecticut : a survey of AARP members - 2008

Medicare premium support survey - 2008

Ready for change : AARP survey of Oregonians age 35+ on health care reform - 2008

Workforce issues : views from 103 North Carolina employers : summary of findings from a web survey - 2008

AARP Public Policy Institute

How prescription drug use affects health care utilization and spending by older Americans : a review of the literature - 2008

Opportunities for creating livable communities - 2008

Quick health facts 2008 : a compilation of selected state data - 2008

Rx watchdog report trends in manufacturer prices of generic prescription drugs used by Medicare beneficiaries 2003 to 2007 - 2008

AcademyHealth

Administrative simplification project : case study Council for Affordable Quality HealthCare (CAQH) - 2007

Access Project

2007 Health Insurance Survey of Farm and Ranch Operators - 2007

Africa Fighting Malaria

Malaria treatment in Africa by Richard Tren [et al] - 2008

Africa Progress Panel

Africa's development : promises and prospects - 2008

AHIP Center for Policy and Research

Technical memo : estimates of the potential reduction in health care costs from AHIP's affordability proposals - 2008

AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition

The search must continue : AVAC report 2008 - 2008

Alan Guttmacher Institute

Ensuring a healthier tomorrow in Central America : protecting the sexual and reproductive health of today's youth - 2008

Public funding for family planning, sterilization and abortion services, FY 1980-2006 - 2008

State government innovation in the design and implementation of Medicaid family planning expansions - 2008

Alliance for Children & Families

Transforming human services for older adults : responding to our aging society : a summary report of the new age of aging planning findings - 2007

Alliance for Health Reform

Changing the nursing home culture - 2008

Employer-sponsored coverage : shape it up? ship it out? - 2008

American College of Physicians

Impact of Medicare cuts on practicing physicians - 2008

American Enterprise Institute

Genetically engineered animals and public health : compelling benefits for health care , nutrition , the environment, and animal welfare - 2007?

Have health reformers forgotten Medicare - 2008

American Foundation for AIDS Research

Women and HIVAIDS - 2008

American Human Development Project

The measure of America - 2008

American Lung Association

American Lung Association : lung disease data : 2008 ; improving life, one breath at a time - 2008

American Medical Association

2008 national health insurer report card - 2008

2008 national health insurer report card [Data Only] - 2008

2008 national health insurer report card [Methodology] - 2008

2008 national health insurer report card [Additional information at the AMA website] - 2008

Annie E. Casey Foundation

The Annie E Casey Foundation 2008 Kids Count data book : state profiles of child well-being - 2008

Anxiety Disorders Association of America

The effects of social anxiety disorder on personal relationships : survey results - 2008

Association of American Medical Colleges

Industry funding of medical education : report of an AAMC task force - 2008

Report X : contemporary issues in medicine : education in safe and effective prescribing practices - 2008

Association of Public Health Observatories

Statistical process control methods in public health intelligence - 2008

Avalere Health LLC

Part D formularies : opportunities for further FDACMS collaboration - 2008

Technology's promise in enabling long-term care reform - 2008

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

State Medicaid policy choices under the Deficit Reduction Act Provisions affecting children and adults with mental disorders - 2008?

State Medicaid policy choices under the Deficit Reduction Act Provisions affecting children and adults with mental disorders [Table] - 2008?

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

2008 medical cost reference guide : facts and trends driving healthcare costs, quality and access - 2008

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association ; Harvard Medical School Department of Health Care Policy

Engaging consumers@work : a report - 2008

Boston College Center for Retirement Research

How can we improve long-term care financing? - 2008

Boston University Institute for Geriatric Social Work

A statewide training program to promote workforce development in aging : a final report to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs - 2008

Brookings Institution ; Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Using the media to promote adolescent well-being - 2008

California Center for Public Health Advocacy

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

California Endowment

Mental health and universal coverage - 2008

Roadmap to improving food and physical activity environments : tips and tools from the healthy eating, active communities program - 2008

Stability and churning in Medi-Cal and healthy families - 2008

California HealthCare Foundation

The CHCF care transition projects : interim progress report and meeting summary - 2008

A delicate balance : behavioral health, patient privacy, and the need to know - 2008

Health care costs 101 - 2008

Helping patients plug in : lessons in the adoption of online consumer tools - 2008

Improving decision support tools for the long term care consumer - 2008

Increasing access to dental care in Medicaid : does raising provider rates work? - 2008

The Medicare drug benefit : options for low-income Californians in 2008 - 2008

Promoting effective self-management approaches to improve chronic disease : lessons learned - 2008

"Retail clinics: disruptive innovation in primary care?" : proceedings of the California Healthcare Foundation Health Affairs Roundtable - 2008

Same disease, different care : how patient health coverage drives treatment plans in California - 2008

Scope of practice laws in health care : exploring new approaches for California - 2008

Snapshot : living with chronic illness : Californians' perspectives on cost and coordination of care - 2008

Snapshot : the state of health information technology in California : consumer perspective - 2008

Snapshot : the state of health information technology in California : use among hospitals and long term care facilities - 2008

The wisdom of patients : health care meets online social media - 2008

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

A win-win solution for Ohio's health and economy : raise the tobacco tax to fund economic stimulus and preserve tobacco prevention programs ; (instead of raiding tobacco settlement funds from Ohio's tobacco prevention program) - 2008

Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network ; International HIV/AIDs Alliance ; Open Society Institute

"Nothing about us without us" : greater, meaningful involvement of people who use illegal drugs : a public health, ethical, and human rights imperative - 2008

Canadian Institute for Health Information

The cost of hospital stays : why costs vary - 2008

Drug expenditure in Canada 1985 to 2007 : National Health Expenditure Database - 2007

Health indicators - 2008

State of the evidence review on urban health and healthy weights - 2008

Canadian Institute for Health Information Canadian Population Health Initiative

Improving the health of Canadians : 2008 : mental health, delinquency and criminal activity - 2008

Canadian Policy Research Networks=Réseaux canadiens de recherche en politiques publiques

Frameworks of integrated care for the elderly : a systematic review - 2008

Cato Institute

Who's fooling who? : the World Health Organization's problematic ranking of health care systems - 2008

Center for American Progress

Genetic non-discrimination : policy considerations in the age of genetic medicine - 2008

Testimony to the US Senate Finance Committee "Prepare for Launch : Health Reform Summit 2008" Session : "The role of public programs in reform" - 2008

Center for American Progress Action Fund

Testimony for the hearing entitled, "Getting better value in health care" - 2008

Center for Global Development HIV/AIDS Monitor

The numbers behind the stories : PEPFAR Funding for fiscal years 2004 to 2006 - 2008

Center for Health Care Strategies

The CMS Medicaid targeted case management rule : implications for special needs service providers and programs - 2008

Negotiating the new health system at ten : Medicaid managed care and the use of disease management purchasing - 2008

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

Health care employment projections : an analysis of bureau of labor statistics occupational projections, 2006-2016 [zip file] - 2008

The hospital nursing workforce in New York : findings from a survey of hospital registered nurses [zip file] - 2008

Impact analysis of the proposed federal methodology on primary care shortage designations in New York [zip file] - 2008

Trends in demand for new physicians, 2001-2007 : a summary of demand indicators for 35 physician specialties [zip file] - 2008

Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness

Building bridges : public health and private sectors responding to pandemic influenza, Sheraton Gate way Hotel Burlingame, CA June 19-21, 2007 - 2007

Center for Law and Social Policy

Healthy marriage and the legacy of child maltreatment : a child welfare perspective - 2008

The implications of multiple partner fertility for efforts to promote marriage in programs serving low-income mothers and fathers - 2008

Center for Law and Social Policy : Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

Seizing the moment : state governments and the new commitment to reduce poverty in America - 2008

Center for Law and Social Policy : Zero to Three

Building on the promise : state initiatives to expand access to Early Head Start for young children and their families - 2008

Center for Medicine in the Public Interest

Who wants to know? : direct-to-consumer advertising and patient information - 2008

Center for Strategic and International Studies

The graying of the great powers : demography and geopolitics in the 21st century - 2008

Managing the next domestic catastrophe : ready (or not)? : a beyond Goldwater-Nichols Phase 4 report - 2008

Center for Studying Health System Change

Developing health system surge capacity : community efforts in jeopardy - 2008

Falling behind : Americans' access to medical care deteriorates, 2003-2007 - 2008

Getting what we pay for : innovations lacking in provider payment reform for chronic disease care - 2008

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Delaying administration's Medicaid regulation's will not weaken the program's fiscal integrity - 2008

GAO study again confirms health savings accounts primarily benefit high-income individuals - 2008

Improving the Medicare savings programs would help low-income seniors cope with higher medical expenses - 2008

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

2008 Annual report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds : communication from the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds : transmitting the 2008 Annual report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds [includes letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Richard B Cheney, President of the Senate - 2008

Child Trends Data Bank

Children with special health care needs - 2008

Child Welfare Information Gateway

Child abuse and neglect fatalities : statistics and interventions - 2008

Chronic Poverty Research Centre

Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09 : escaping poverty traps - 2008

Commonwealth Fund

The building blocks of health reform : achieving universal coverage and health system savings - 2008

Colocating health services : a way to improve coordination of children's health care? - 2008

Culture change in nursing homes : how far have we come? : findings from the Commonwealth Fund 2007 national survey of nursing homes - 2008

Culture change in nursing homes : how far have we come? : findings from the Commonwealth Fund 2007 national survey of nursing homes [Figures] - 2008

Embracing accountability : physician leadership, public reporting, and teamwork in the Wisconsin collaborative for healthcare quality - 2008

Evidence-informed case rates : paying for safer, more reliable care - 2008

Health care opinion leaders' views on health care delivery system reform - 2008

Medicare Part D : simplifying the program and improving the value of information for beneficiaries - 2008

Monitoring and assessing the use of external quality review organizations to improve services for young children : a toolkit for state Medicaid agencies - 2008

Moving to a higher level : how collaboration and cooperation can improve nursing home quality ; Invited testimony: US House of Representatives Committee in Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations "In the Hands of Strangers: Are Nursing Homes Safeguards Working?" - 2008

Moving to a higher level : how collaboration and cooperation can improve nursing home quality ; Invited testimony: US House of Representatives Committee in Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations "In the Hands of Strangers: Are Nursing Homes Safeguards Working?" [Chartpack] - 2008

Multinational comparisons of health systems data, 2006 - 2007

National scorecard on US health system performance, 2008 : chartpack - 2008

The North Dakota experience : achieving high-performance health care through rural innovation and cooperation - 2008

The North Dakota experience : achieving high-performance health care through rural innovation and cooperation [Exhibits] - 2008

Performance measures using electronic health records : five case studies - 2008

Public programs : critical building blocks in health reform - 2008

Rising numbers of uninsured young adults : causes, consequences, and new policies ; invited testimony, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Services, and the District of Columbia Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, United States House of Representatives hearing on "Providing Health Insurance to Young Adults enrolled as dependents in FEHBP" - 2008

Rite of passage? : why young adults become uninsured and how new policies can help, 2008 update - 2008

Rite of passage? : why young adults become uninsured and how new policies can help, 2008 update [Figures] - 2008

States' roles in shaping high performance health systems - 2008

States' roles in shaping high performance health systems [Figures] - 2008

US variations in child health system performance : a state scorecard - 2008

US variations in child health system performance : a state scorecard [Figures] - 2008

Who pays for health care when workers are uninsured? - 2008

Why not the best? : results from the national scorecard on US health system performance, 2008 : Commonwealth Fund Commisson on a high performance health system - 2008

Why not the best? : results from the national scorecard on US health system performance, 2008 : Commonwealth Fund Commisson on a high performance health system : Executive summary - 2008

Community Catalyst

Medicare special needs plans : a critical need for quality standards of care - 2008

Copenhagen Consensus Center

Diseases : disease control [site] - 2008

Diseases : disease control - 2008

Hunger and malnutrition - 2008

Corporation for Supportive Housing

Hilton Foundation project to end homelessness for people with mental illness in Los Angeles : changes in homelessness, supportive housing , and tenant characteristics since 2005 - 2008

Taking health care home : evolution of permanent supportive housing in the taking health care home communities 2004 - 2007 : tenant, programs, policies, and funding at project end - 2008

Cover the Uninsured

Health care coverage in America : understanding the issues & proposed solutions - 2008

Demos ; Institute on Assets and Social Policy at Brandeis University

Economic (in)security : the experience of the African-American and Latino middle classes - 2008

Department for International Development (DFID)

Achieving universal access, the UK's strategy for halting and reversing the spread of HIV in the developing world - 2008

Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases, Georgia Department of Human Resources

Governor Sonny Perdue's Mental Health Service Delivery Commission : progress report - 2008

Economic Policy Institute

A decade of decline : the erosion of employer-provided health care in the United States and California, 1995-2006 - 2008

eHealth Initiative ; Center for Improving Medication Management

Electronic prescribing : becoming mainstream practice : a collaborative report - 2008

Environmental Defense Fund

Are we ready? : preparing for the public health challenges of climate change - 2008

Erasmus Research Institute of Management, Erasmus University

Sales growth of new pharmaceuticals across the globe : the role of regulatory regimes - 2008

European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

Quality in and equality of access to healthcare services : executive summary - 2008

Families United for Senior Action Foundation

America's health care crisis : cities in the front lines - 2008

Failing grades : state consumer protections in the individual health insurance market - 2008

In your own backyard : how NIH funding helps your state's economy : a report - 2008

Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics

Older Americans 2008 : key indicators of well-being - 2008

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Aging in place in upstate New York - 2007

Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit

Civil wars beyond their borders : the human capital and health consequences of hosting refugees - 2008

Education, information, and improved health : evidence from breast cancer screening - 2008

Estimating the causal effect of gun prevalence on homicide rates : a local average treatment effect approach - 2008

Intergenerational transmission of healthy eating behaviour and the role of household income - 2008

The rise in obesity across the Atlantic : an economic perspective - 2008

Fraser Institute

Canada's drug price paradox 2008 - 2008

Waiting your turn : hospital waiting lists in Canada - 2006

Gallup

Public knowledge, perceptions and behavior regarding diabetes and diabetes prevention : a societal barometer ; submitted to: Novo Nordisk National Changing Diabetes Program (NCDP) - 2008

Georgetown University, Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth

CAMY monitoring report : youth exposure to alcohol advertising on television and in national magazines, 2001 to 2006 - 2007

Youth exposure to alcohol advertising on television, 2001 to 2007 - 2008

Global Forum for Health Research

Equitable access : research challenges for health in developing countries : a report Forum 11, 29 October - 2 November 2007, Beijing, People's Republic of China - 2008

Great Britain Department for Communities and Local Government

State of the English cities : the state of American cities - 2006

Great Britain Department of Health

Equality impact assessment - health inequalities : progress and next steps - 2008

Health inequalities : progress and next steps - 2008

Greenlining Institute

Representing the new majority - 2008

Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government

Dynamics and regulation of the Asian pharmaceutical industry : a critical review - 2008

Health Canada

Reducing work-life conflict : what works? what doesn't ; Executive Summary - 2008?

Health Council of Canada = Conseil canadien de la santé

Canadian survey of experiences with primary health care in 2007 : a data supplement to fixing the foundation : an update on primary health care and home care renewal in Canada - 2008

Fixing the foundation : an update on primary health care and home care renewal in Canada - 2008

Health Foundation ; ZonMw

Driving quality in healthcare in Europe : an exchange to accelerate improvements : report of the International Quality Improvement Exchange 7-9 December 2006 - 2008

Health Protection Agency

Static magnetic fields: report of the independent advisory group on non- ionizing radiation - 2008

Healthy Eating Active Living Convergence Partnership

Strategies for enhancing the built environment to support healthy eating and active living - 2008

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Addressing disparities in health and health care : issues for reform - 2008

Children's media use and sleep problems : issues and unanswered questions - 2008

Choosing premium assistance : what does state experience tell us? - 2008

Determining income eligibility in children's health coverage programs : how states use disregards in children's Medicaid SCHIP - 2008

Economic problems facing families - 2008

Financing the response to AIDS in low- and middle-income countries : International assistance from the G8, European Commission and other donor Governments, 2007 - 2008

Health care and the economy in two swing state : a look at Ohio and Florida : summary & chartpack - 2008

Health care and the economy in two swing states : a look at Ohio and Florida : toplines - 2008

Health insurance coverage in America, 2006 - 2008

How private health coverage works : a primer : 2008 update - 2008

Kaiser health tracking poll : election 2008 [Toplines] - 2008

Kaiser health tracking poll : election 2008 [Issue 8] - 2008

Medicare advantage in 2008 - 2008

Public views of direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising - 2008

State-based health reform efforts - 2008

Summary of Healthy Indiana Plan : key facts and issues - 2008

Tax subsidies for health insurance : an issue brief - 2008

Uninsured young adults : a profile and overview of coverage options - 2008

Heritage Foundation

Health care reform in Massachusetts : Medicaid waiver renewal will set a precedent - 2008

The success of Medicare advantage plans : what seniors should know - 2008

Human Rights Campaign Foundation ; Gay and Lesbian Medical Association

Healthcare equality index : creating a national standard for equal treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender patients and their families - 2008

Incenter Strategies

Adolescent medicine at the crossroads : a review of fellowship training and recommendations for reform - 2008

State policies affecting the assurance of confidential care for adolescents - 2008

Institute for Public Policy Research

Biodefence in the 21st century - 2008

Just care? : a fresh approach to adult services - 2008

Private spending on healthcare - 2008

Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care

Methods for assessment of the relation of benefits to costs in the German statutory health care system - 2008

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

World disasters report 2008 : focus on HIV and AIDS - 2008

International Food Policy Research Institute

Impact of climate change and bioenergy on nutrition - 2008

International Harm Reduction Association

The global state of harm reduction 2008 : mapping the response to drug-related HIV and hepatitis C epidemics - 2008

International Save the Children Alliance

In the face of disaster : children and climate change - 2008

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Supporting older people in care homes at night - 2008

Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service

Does price transparency improve market efficiency? : implications of empirical evidence in other markets for the health sector - 2008

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria : progress report and issues for Congress - 2008

International HIVAIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria : key changes to US programs and funding - 2008

Revising the national ambient air quality standard for lead - 2008

Tuberculosis : international efforts and issues for congress - 2008

Veterans affairs : eligibility for disability benefit programs - 2008

Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging

European welfare state regimes and their generosity towards the elderly - 2006

Maryland Public Policy Institute

Single-payer health care for Maryland : two analyses - 2008

Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy

Comprehensive review of mandated benefits in Massachusetts : report to the legislature - 2008

Employers who had fifty or more employees using Masshealth, Commonwealth care, or the uncompensated care pool in state FY07 : a report by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Care Finance and Policy - 2008

Health care in Massachusetts : key indicators - 2008

Massachusetts Technology Collaborative ; New England Healthcare Institute

Saving lives, saving money : the imperative for computerized physician order entry in Massachusetts hospitals - 2008

Mathematica Policy Research

The three E's : enrollment, employment, and earnings in the Medicaid buy-in program, 2006 : final report - 2008

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

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

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Experiences obtaining drugs under Part D : groups with beneficiaries, physicians, and pharmacists - 2008

Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research

Is hospital treatment in Australia inequitable? : evidence from the HILDA survey - 2008

MetLife Mature Market Institute

Alzheimer's disease - caregiving challenges - 2007

Becoming an effective advocate for care - 2006

Hiring an independent caregiver - 2006

Milbank Memorial Fund

Medical regulatory authorities and the quality of medical services in Canada and the United States - 2008

Minnesota Department of Health

2007 Minnesota sexually transmitted disease statistics - 2007

Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting

2008 Minnesota teen pregnancies and births - 2008

National Academies Press

Assessment of the role of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants : letter report - 2008

The future of human healthspan : demography, evolution, medicine, and bioengineering : task group summaries : the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative - 2008

Initial guidance for an update of the National Vaccine Plan a letter report to the National Vaccine Program Office - 2008

Research priorities in emergency preparedness and response for public health systems : a letter report - 2008

National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors

Findings from targeted interviews on HIV prevention activities directed toward black men who have sex with men (MSM) - 2008

The landscape of HIVAIDS among African American women in the United States - 2008

National Association of Counties

Emerging issues in 2008 : county based health care - 2008

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University

"You've got drugs!" V : prescription drug pushers on the Internet - 2006

National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs

Anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender violence in 2007 : a report of the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs - 2008

National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health

Food security issues in a public health context : literature review and environmental scan - 2008

Food security issues in a public health context : synthesis paper - 2008

National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy ; Canadian Policy Research Networks

Evidence and healthy public policy : insights from health and political sciences - 2008

National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare

Coverage for all : inclusion of mental illness and substance use disorders in State Healthcare Reform Initiatives - 2008

National Federation of Independent Business

Small business principles for health care reform - 2007

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Monitoring the future : national results on adolescent drug use : overview of key findings, 2007 - 2008

National Poverty Center

Obesity and developmental functioning among children aged 2-4 years - 2008

New Jersey Policy Perspective

Falling short : time to keep the FamilyCare promise - 2008

A step backward : how federal rules would deny health insurance to New Jersey children - 2008

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

New York City child fatality report : 2007 report from the Child Fatality Review Team - 2008

Rabies in New York City and human rabies prevention - 2008

The requirement to post calorie counts on menus in New York City Food Service Establishments (Section 8150 of the New York City Health Code) : how to comply : what your establishment needs to know about posting calories on menus and menu boards - 2008

A review of the potential health and safety risks from synthetic turf fields containing crumb rubber infill - 2008

New York State Council on Children and Families

NYS Kids count 2007 data book - 2008

NGA Center for Best Practices

State strategies for curbing colorectal cancer - 2008

Nuffield Trust

The quest for quality : refining the NHS reforms - 2008

Office of National Drug Control Policy

Teen marijuana use worsens depression : an analysis of recent data shows "self-medicating" could actually make things worse - 2008

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Health workforce and international migration : can New Zealand compete? - 2008

Pacific Research Institute

From heart transplants to hairpieces : the questionable benefits of state benefit mandates for health insurance - 2008

Parliament of Canada

Population health policy : issues and options : fourth report of the Subcommittee on Population Health of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology - 2008

Partnership for Prevention

Investing in health : proven health promotion practices for workplaces - 2008

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

Pharmaceutical industry profile 2008 - 2008

PolicyLink ; California Endowment

Why place matters : building a movement for healthy communities - 2007

Population Reference Bureau

Ensuring a wide range of family planning choices - 2008

Prevention Institute

Restructuring government to address social determinants of health : report from the healthier America California convening in Sacramento, CA, February 2008 - 2008

RAND

Invisible wounds : mental health and cognitive care needs of America's returning veterans - 2008

Organizing for quality : inside the "Black Box" of health care improvement in Europe and the United States - 2008

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The links between the neighborhood food environment and childhood nutrition - 2007

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation : AcademyHealth

The individual insurance market : a building block for health care reform? : insights from HCFO research results [Policy brief] - 2008

The individual insurance market : a building block for health care reform? : insights from HCFO research results [Report] - 2008

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation : State Coverage Initiatives : AcademyHealth

State coverage initiatives : reinsurance in state health reform - 2008

State coverage initiatives : the Urban Institute's microsimulation model for reinsurance : model construction and state-specific application - 2008

RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis

Healthcare needs of North Dakota American Indian veterans - 2008

Prevalence of evidence-based safe medication practices in small rural hospitals - 2008

Rutgers Center for State Health Policy

The dwindling supply of empty beds : implications for hospital surge capacity : Academy Health Annual Research Meeting : Monday June 9, 2008, Washington, DC - 2008

Save the Children

Closing the survival gap for children under 5 - 2008

In the face of disaster : children and climate change - 2008

Society of Acturaries

Key findings and issues : understanding and managing the risks of retirement, 2007 risks and process of retirement survey report - 2008

State Health Access Data Assistance Center

State health insurance coverage estimates : a fresh look at why state-survey estimates differ from CPS - 2007

Swedish National Institute of Public Health

Discrimination : a threat to public health : final report - Health Discrimination Project - 2006

From news to everyday use : the difficult art of implementation - 2008-09

Trust for America's Health

Fixing food safety : protecting America's food supply from farm-to-fork - 2008

A healthier america : 10 top priorities for prevention - 2008

Healthy women, healthy babies : an issue brief from Trust for America's Health - 2008

Trustees of Dartmouth College

Disparities in health and health care among Medicare beneficiaries : a brief report of the Dartmouth Atlas Project - 2008

UNAIDS

The development of programme strategies for integration of HIV, food and nutrition activities in refugee settings - 2006

Preventing carer burnout : Inter-Mission Care and Rehabilitation Society (IMCARES) - 2008

UNICEF

The state of the world's children, 2008 - 2007

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre

Child mortality and injury in Asia : survey results and evidence - 2007

United Hospital Fund

New York's eligible but uninsured - 2008

Offer, eligibility, and take-up rates of employer-sponsored coverage in New York, 2005 - 2008

Streamlining renewal in Medicaid and SCHIP : strategies from other states and lessons for New York - 2008

Trends through December 2007 - 2008

United States Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

Health care expenses for adults with chronic conditions, 2005 - 2008

Hospital stays related to asthma for adults, 2005 - 2008

Hospital survey on patient safety culture : 2008 comparative database report - 2008

Identifying, categorizing, and evaluating health care efficiency measures - 2008

Monitoring and evaluating Medicaid fee-for-service care management programs : a user's guide - 2008

Patient self-management support programs : an evaluation - 2007

Premiums in the individual health insurance market for policyholders under age 65: 2002 and 2005 - 2008

Racial and ethnic disparities in hospital patient safety events, 2005 - 2008

Trends in statins utilization and expenditures for the US civilian noninstitutionalized population, 2000 and 2005 - 2008

Variation in ambulatory health care visits and visits for general checkup by demographic characteristics and insurance status, US civilian noninstitutionalized population ages 18-64, 2005 - 2008

United States Bureau of Labor Statistics

BLS spotlight on statistics : sports and exercise - 2008

United States Climate Change Science Program

Analyses of the effects of global change on human health and welfare and human systems final report, synthesis and assessment product 46 - 2008

United States Congressional Budget Office

Accounting for sources of projected growth in federal spending on Medicare and Medicaid - 2008

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

Evidence on the costs and benefits of health information technology - 2008

Increasing the value of federal spending on health care : testimony, statement of Peter R Orszag before the Committee on the Budget, US House of Representatives - 2008

The long-term budget outlook and options for slowing the growth of health care costs : before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate - 2008

The overuse, underuse, and misuse of health care : testimony, statement of Peter R Orszag before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate - 2008

[Preliminary analysis of a proposal for comprehensive health insurance : letter to Senator Ron Wyden and Senator Robert F Bennett] - 2008

United States Department of Health and Human Services

Changes in coverage in the individual and group health insurance markets and the effect of health status - 2008

Modeling the decision to purchase private long-term care insurance - 2007

Residential care and assisted living compendium : 2007 - 2007

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

External quality reviews in Medicaid managed care - 2008

The Food and Drug Administration's generic drug review process - 2008

In the hands of strangers : are nursing home safeguards working? testimony of Lewis Morris, Chief Counsel to the Inspector General ; testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, US House of Representatives - 2008

Memorandum report : "hospice beneficiaries' use of respite care" - 2008

Review of quality improvement organization in New York state - 2008

United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

HIV in prisons, 2006 - 2008

United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General

Audit of alleged manipulation of waiting times in veterans integrated service network 3 - 2008

Audit of Veterans Health Administration's oversight of nonprofit research and education corporations - 2008

Follow-up healthcare inspection : VA's role in ensuring services for Operation Enduring FreedomOperation Iraqi Freedom veterans after traumatic brain injury rehabilitation - 2008

Healthcare inspection : evaluation of quality management in Veterans Health Administration facilities fiscal year 2007 - 2008

Healthcare inspection : scopes of practice for unlicensed physicians engaged in veterans health administration research activities - 2008

Healthcare inspection : veterans integrated service network oversight of peer review processes - 2008

United States Food and Drug Administration

National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System 2004 executive report - 2008

The sentinel initiative : national strategy for monitoring medical product safety - 2008

United States Government Accountability Office

Biosurveillance : preliminary observations on Department of Homeland Security's biosurveillance initiatives : testimony before the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives - 2008

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention : changes in obligations and activities before and after fiscal year 2005 budget reorganization - 2008

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention : human capital planning has improved, but strategic view of contractor workforce is needed : report to congressional requesters - 2008

Chemical assessments : low productivity and new interagency review process limit the usefulness and credibility of EPA's Integrated Risk Information System : report to Chairman, Committee on Environment and Public Works, US Senate - 2008

DOD health care : mental health and traumatic brain injury screening efforts implemented, but consistent pre- deployment medical record review policies needed : report to congressional addresses - 2008

Drinking water : District of Columbia and communities nationwide face serious challenges in their efforts to safeguard water supplies : testimony before the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - 2008

Drug safety : preliminary findings suggest recent FDA initiatives have potential, but do not fully address weaknesses in its foreign drug inspection program : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives - 2008

Emergency management : observations on DHS's preparedness for catastrophic disasters : testimony before the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations and Oversight, Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives - 2008

Emergency preparedness : states are planning for medical surge, but could benefit from shared guidance for allocating scarce medical resources : report to congressional requesters - 2008

Food and Drug Administration: agency complied with statutory requirement to reexamine condom labels : [letter to the Honorable Tom A Coburn, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, United States Senate - 2008

Food safety : selected countries' systems can offer insights into ensuring import safety and responding to foodborne illness : report to congressional requesters - 2008

Global HIVAIDS : a more country-based approach could improve allocation of PEPFAR funding : report to Congressional requesters - 2008

Global HIVAIDS : a survey of PEPFAR country team officials (GAO-08-534SP), an E-supplement to GAO- 08-480 - 2008

Health-care-associated infections in hospitals : leadership needed from HHS to prioritize prevention practices and improve data on these infections : report to the Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives - 2008

Health-care-associated infections in hospitals leadership needed from HHS to prioritize prevention practices and improve data on these infections : testimony before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives - 2008

Health and safety information : EPA and OSHA could improve their processes for preparing communication products : report to Congressional requesters - 2008

Health savings accounts : participation grew, and many HSA-eligible plan enrollees did not open HSAs while individuals who did had higher incomes : testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives - 2008

Health savings accounts: participation increased and was more common among individuals with higher incomes: [letter to] Honorable Henry A Waxman, Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, the Honorable Pete Stark, Chairman, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives - 2008

High-containment biosafety laboratories : DHS lacks evidence to conclude that foot-and-mouth disease research can be done safely on the US mainland : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives [Full Report] - 2008

High-containment biosafety laboratories : DHS lacks evidence to conclude that foot- and-mouth disease research can be done safely on the US mainland : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives [Summary] - 2008

Homeland security : first responders' ability to detect and model hazardous releases in urban areas is significantly limited : report to congressional requesters - 2008

Long-term fiscal outlook : long-term federal fiscal challenge driven primarily by health care : testimony before the Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2008

Medicaid : CMS needs more information on the billions of dollars spent on supplemental payments : report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2008

Medicaid financing : long-standing concerns about inappropriate state arrangements support need for improved federal oversight : testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives - 2008

Medicaid home and community-based waivers : CMS should encourage states to conduct mortality reviews for individuals with developmental disabilities : report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2008

Medical devices : FDA faces challenges in conducting inspections of foreign manufacturing establishments : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives - 2008

Medicare advantage organizations : actual expenses and profits compared to projections for 2005 : [letter to the Pete Stark, Chairman; Subcommittee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives] - 2008

Medicare : competitive bidding for medical equipment and supplies could reduce program payments, but adequate oversight is critical : testimony before the Subcommittee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives - 2008

Medicare Part B imaging services : rapid spending growth and shift to physician offices indicate need for CMS to consider additional management practices : report to congressional requesters - 2008

Medicare Part D low-income subsidy : SSA continues to approve applicants, but millions of individuals have not yet applied : testimony before the Special Committee on Aging, US Senate - 2008

Medicare Part D : plan sponsors' processing and CMS monitoring of drug coverage requests could be improved : report to congressional requesters - 2008

Nursing homes : federal monitoring surveys demonstrate continued understatement of serious care problems and CMS oversight weaknesses : report to Congressional requesters - 2008

Organ transplant programs federal agencies have acted to improve oversight, but implementation issues remain : report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2008

Prescription drugs : trends in FDA's oversight of direct-to-consumer advertising : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives - 2008

Reprocessed single-use medical devices : FDA oversight has increased, and available information does not indicate that use presents an elevated health risk : report to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives - 2008

Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2009 budget request for the Defense Health Program's Private Sector Care Budget Activity Group : [letter to Daniel Inouye, Chairman, Ted Stevens, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Defense, Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate ; John P Murtha, Chairman, C W Bill Young, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Defense, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives - 2008

Ryan White Care Act impact of legislative funding proposal on urban areas - 2007

September 11: fiscal year 2008 cost estimation process for World Trade Center health programs: [letter to The Honorable Charles E Schumer, Chairman, Joint Economic Committee; The Honorable Carolyn B Maloney, Vice Chair, Joint Economic Committee; The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chairman, Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health, Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate; The Honorable Vito J Fossella, House of Representatives; The Honorable Jerrold Nadler, House of Representatives] - 2008

September 11 : HHS needs to develop a plan that incorporates lessons from the responder health programs : report to Congressional requesters - 2008

Status of implementation of GAO recommendations on evacuation of transportation-disadvantaged populations and patients and residents of health care facilities : [letter to Herb Kohl, Chairman, Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate ; John D Dingell, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives] - 2008

VA and DOD health care progress made on implementation of 2003 President's Task Force recommendations on collaboration and coordination, but more remains to be done: [letter to the Honorable Daniel K Akaka, Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate] - 2008

VA health care : facilities have taken action to provide language access services and culturally appropriate care to a diverse veteran population : report to congressional requesters - 2008

VA health care : ineffective controls over medical center billings and collections limit revenue from third - party insurance companies : report to congressional requesters - 2008

VA health care : recruitment and retention challenges and efforts to make salaries competitive for nurse anesthetists : testimony before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, US Senate - 2008

Young adults with serious mental illness : some state and federal agencies are taking steps to address their transition challenges ; report to congressional requesters - 2008

United States House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

The administration's Medicaid regulations : summaries of state responses : March 3, 2008 - 2008

United States House of Representatives, House Armed Services Committee

Deploying federal civilians to the battlefield : incentives, benefits, and medical care - 2008

United States Maternal and Child Health Bureau

A profile of Healthy Start : findings from phase I of the evaluation 2006 - 2008

United States Public Health Service

US system of oversight of genetic testing : a response to the charge of the Secretary of Health and Human Services - 2008

United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies

Major depressive episode among youths aged 12 to 17 in the United States : 2004 to 2006 - 2008

Nonmedical use of pain relievers in substate regions : 2004 to 2006 - 2008

University of California, Berkeley, Center for Social Services Research

A strategic plan to increase the flow of minority, bilingual and culturally competent professional social workers into California's mental health system : focus group and key informant findings and recommendations - 2007

A strategic plan to increase the flow of minority, bilingual and culturally competent professional social workers into California's mental health system : review of literature - 2007

University of Michigan, Population Studies Center

Changes in Diarrheal Disease and treatment among Brazilian children, 1986 to 1996 - 2008

Community characteristics, sexual initiation and condom use among young black south Africans - 2008

Prevalence of and disparities in mental illness among pre-Katrina residents of New Orleans one year after Hurricane Katrina - 2008

Shape of the BMI-mortality association by cause of death, using generalized additive models : NHIS 1986-2002 - 2008

Urban Institute

Final report of the evaluation of the San Mateo County Children's Health Initiative ; submitted to: San Mateo County Children's Health Initiative - 2008

Health Insurance coverage in New York, 2005-2006 - 2008

Health insurance coverage of young adults : issues and broader considerations - 2008

Health savings accounts and high deductible health insurance plans : implications for those with high medical costs, the low-income, and the uninsured - 2008

Life after lockup : improving reentry from jail to the community - 2008

Making work pay II : comprehensive health insurance for low-income working families - 28 m

Modeling alternative designs for a revised PPS for skilled nursing facilities - 2008

World Bank

Blood services in Central Asian health systems : a clear and present danger of spreading HIVAIDS and other infectious diseases - 2008

World Health Organization

Unequal, unfair, ineffective and inefficient : gender inequity in health : why it exists and how we can change it : final report to the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health - 2007

The World Health report 2006 : working together for health - 2006

World Health Organization Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre)

Our cities, our health, our future : acting on social determinants for health equity in urban settings : report to the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health from the Knowledge Network on Urban Settings - 2007

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Guidance on developing quality and safety strategies with a health system approach - 2008

How can European health systems support investment in and the implementation of population health strategies? - 2008

Protecting health in Europe from climate change - 2008