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Grey Literature Report - March 2007
Vol. 9, No. 2 - March 2007

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AARP Public Policy Institute

Trends in manufacturer list prices of generic prescription drugs used by older Americans : 2006 year-end update - 2006

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

AARP Knowledge Management

AARP New York election survey : prescription drugs : executive summary for State Senate District 7 - 2007

Complementary and alternative medicine : what people 50 and older are using and discussing with their physicians - 2007

Long-term care : an AARP survey of New York residents age 50+ - 2007

Long-term care choices : a survey of Arkansas residents age 40+ - 2007

Long-term care preferences : a survey of Alabama residents age 35+ - 2007

Making prescription drugs more affordable-tough choices : a Maryland AARP member survey - 2007

Making prescription drugs more affordable-tough choices : a Missouri AARP member survey - 2007

Making prescription drugs more affordable-tough choices : an AARP Nebraska member survey - 2007

Making prescription drugs more affordable-tough choices : an AARP New Mexico member survey - 2007

Medicare price negotiation of prescription drugs : a national poll - 2007

Survey of AARP Nevada members : prescription drug affordability - 2007

Use of leave by 50+ workers for family and medical reasons - 2007

AARP Public Policy Institute

A growing crisis in health and long-term services and supports for midlife and older persons with disabilities : changes from 2002 to 2005 - 2006

Just getting by : unmet need for personal assistance services among persons 50 or older with disabilities - 2006

Population aging, entitlement growth, and the economy - 2007

Quality assurance for long-term care : the experiences of England, Australia, Germany and Japan - 2007

Abt Associates

How effective are health systems strengthening programs in reaching the poor? : a rapid assessments approach - 2006

Access to Benefits Coalition; National Council on the Aging

The next steps : strategies to improve the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy - 2007

AEI-Brookings

Health care savings from personalizing medicine using genetic testing : the case of warfarin - 2006

Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

A comparison of employer-sponsored health insurance characteristics for the private sector for the years 2001 and 2004, by average payroll - 2007

Dental expenditures in the 10 largest states, 2004 - 2007

Estimates of health care expenditures for the 10 largest states, 2004 - 2006

Offer rates, take-up rates, premiums, and employee-sponsored health insurance in the private sector for the 10 largest metropolitan ares, 2004 - 2006

The top five therapeutic classes of outpatient prescription drugs ranked by total expense for the Medicare population age 65 and older in the US civilian noninstitutionalized population, 2004 - 2006

The top five therapeutic classes of outpatient prescription drugs ranked by total expenses for adults age 18 and older in the US civilian noninstitutionalized population, 2004 - 2006

Trends in employer-sponsored health insurance plans that required no employee contribution to the premium cost, 1998-2004 - 2007

AHIP Center for Policy and Research

A survey of Medigap enrollment trends, July 2006 - 2006

Health cost trend remains stable at 7-8 percent - 2006

Long-term care insurance partnerships : new choices for consumers — potential savings for federal and state government - 2007

Low-income & rural beneficiaries with medigap coverage - 2007

American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Military Deployment Services for Youth, Families and Service Members

The psychological needs of US military service members and their families: a preliminary report - 2006

American Public Health Association

APHA's prescription for pandemic flu - 2007

American Society on Aging

Attitudes and awareness of brain health poll - 2006

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Developing partnerships with community health centers for emergency preparedness planning - 2007

Avalere Health LLC

Long-term care in America : an introduction - 2007

Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research

Out of the shadows : envisioning a brighter future for long-term care in America - 2006

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Justice and public health systems planning : confronting a pandemic outbreak - 2006

California Digital Library

The influence of early-life events on human capital, health status, and labor market outcomes over the life course - 2007

California Endowment

Barriers to care : Hmong experiences with the Sacramento health care system - 2006

Churning and racial disparities in medi-cal : effect of churning on eligible uninsured - 2006

Failing fitness : physical activity and physical education in schools - 2007

Physical education matters - 2007

The CHDP gateway : barriers to successful enrollment in Medi-Cal and Healthy Families - 2006

California HealthCare Foundation ; Center for Studying Health System Change

California employer health benefits survey, 2006 - 2005

California HealthCare Foundation

Death and dying in California : an overview : snapshot - 2006

Home health care in California : an overview : snapshot - 2006

Improving health care quality reporting : lessons from the California HealthCare Foundation - 2006

It takes a region : creating a framework to improve chronic disease care - 2006

Long term care reform : ten years after little hoover - 2006

Personal health records : employers proceed with caution - 2007

SB1953 and the challenge of hospital seismic safety in California - 2006

Seismic safety : will California's hospitals be ready for the next big quake? - 2006

Simplfy, automate, and follow the leader : lessons on expanding health coverage for children - 2006

Simplify, automate, and follow the leader : lessons from the California HealthCare Foundation - 2006

Step by step : grantees explore the challenges of expanding health coverage - 2006

Step by step : local coverage expansion initiative, year two - 2006

The medicare drug benefit : changes in California for 2007 - 2006

Campaign for Children's Health

America's uninsured children : minority children at greater risk - 2006

No shelter from the storm : America's uninsured children - 2006

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

A broken promise to our children : the 1998 state tobacco settlement eight years later : a report on the states' allocation of the tobacco settlement dollars - 2006

Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

Staffing for safety : a synthesis of the evidence on nurse staffing and patient safety - 2006

Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network

Closed to reason : the international narcotics control board and HIVAIDS - 2007; New York: Open Soi

Canadian Institute for Health Information

From patches to a quilt : piecing together a place for youth - 2006

Canadian Policy Research Networks

The ethical recruitment of internationally educated health professionals : lessons from abroad and options for Canada - 2007

Center for American Progress

Community health interventions : prevention's role in reducing racial and ethnic health disparities - 2007

Testimony of Jeanne M Lambrew, PhD, Associate Professor, George Washington University School of Public health & Health Services and Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, US House of Representatives - 2007

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Administration Policy change threatens health care coverage for poor infants - 2006

Cost-sharing and premiums in Medicaid : what rules apply? - 2007

GAO study confirms health savings accounts primarly benefit high-income individuals - 2006

Improving children's health : a chart book about the roles of Medicaid and SCHIP - 2007

New developments in health savings accounts : house committee approves bill, new GAO study - 2006

Options exist for offsetting the cost of extending health coverage to more low-income children - 2007

SCHIP reauthorization : president's budget would provide less than half the funds that states need to maintain SCHIP enrollment - 2007

The administration again proposes to shift federal Medicaid costs to states - 2007

Center for Global Development

AIDS treatment and intrahousehold resource allocations : children's nutrition and schooling in Kenya - 2006

Do visas kill? : health effects of African health professional emigration - 2007

New data on African health professionals abroad - 2007

Center for Health Care Strategies

Medicaid "best buys" for 2007 : promising reform strategies for governors - 2006

Reducing barriers to health care : practical strategies for local organizations : covering kids & families access initiative toolkit - 2007

Reducing racial and ethnic disparities : a quality improvement initiative in Medicaid managed care : toolkit - 2007

Using data on race and ethnicity to improve health care quality for Medicaid beneficiaries - 2006

Center for Health Workforce Studies

Preliminary findings from a survey of Hospital registered nurses in New York - 2006

The health care workforce in New York : trends in the supply and demand for health workers - 2006

Center for International Development, Harvard University

What works in fighting diarrheal diseases in developing countries? : a critical review - 2007

Center for Science in the Public Interest

Making the grade : an analysis of food safety in school cafeterias - 2007

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Moving beyond the US government policy of inadmissibility of HIV-infected noncitizens : a report of the CSIS Task Force on HIVAIDS - 2007

Center for Studying Health System Change

Do specialty Hospitals promote price competition? - 2006

Physician financial incentives: use of quality incentives inches up but productivity still dominates - 2006

Center on Social and Economic Dynamics

Pandemic influenza and the value of international travel restrictions - 2006

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

2002 data compendium - 2003

2003 data compendium - 2004

Century Foundation

Universal health insurance and the states - 2007?

Children's Defense Fund

Protect children, not guns 2007 - 2007

Children's Law Center of Los Angeles : California Endowment

Making reform real : addressing the mental health needs of children in the dependency system - 2006

Children's Partnership

California's express enrollment program : lessons from the Medi-CalSchool Lunch Pilot Program—and suggested next steps in making enrollment gateways efficient and effective - 2006

Citizens' Health Care Working Group

Health care that works for all Americans : dialogue with the American people - 2006

Central Office of Information (U.K.)

Global health partnerships : the UK contribution to health in developing countries - 2007

Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century

Planning for the future: capacity needs in a changing health care system - 2006

Commonwealth Fund

An analysis of leading congressional health care bills, 2005-2007 : part I, insurance coverage - 2007

An analysis of leading congressional health care bills, 2005-2007 : part I, insurance coverage - 2007

Caring for an aging America - 2007

Enhancing public hospitals' reporting of data on racial and ethnic disparities in care - 2007

Enhancing value in Medicare : demonstrations and other initiatives to improve the program - 2007

Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans : why they won't cure what AILS US Health Care - 2006

Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans : why they won't cure what AILS US Health Care - 2006

How to develop a statewide system to link families with community resources : a manual based on help me grow - 2005?

Learning from high performance health systems around the globe : Invited testimony senate health, education, labor, and pensions committee hearing on "Health care coverage and access: challenges and opportunities" - 2007

Promoting healthy development survey - plus (PHDS-PLUS) - 2005?

Providing language services in state and local health-related benefits offices : examples from the field - 2007

Public reporting and transparency - 2007

Slowing the growth of US health care expenditures : what are the options - 2007

State pharmacy assistance programs : a chartbook, updated and revised - 2007

State strategies to expand health insurance coverage : trends and lessons for policymakers - 2007

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006 - 2007

The State Children's Health Insurance Program : past, present, and future - 2007

Community Catalyst Inc.

Consumer health advocacy : a view from 16 states - 2006

Connecticut Health Foundation

HUSKY A dental care : avoiding the repercussions of poor dental care for children on Medicaid - 2007

Council on Health Research for Development

Supporting health research systems development in Latin America - 2006

Deloitte Center for Health Solutions

Reducing corporate health care costs : 2006 survey - 2006

Targeted therapies : navigating the business challenges of personalized medicine - 2007

Demos

Borrowing to stay healthy: how credit care debt is related to medical expenses - 2007

Department of Health (U.K.)

A recipe for care, not a single ingredient : clinical case for change - 2007

Coding for success : simple technology for safer patient care - 2007

Commissioning toolkit for community based eye care services - 2007

General ophthalmic services review - 2005

Health is global : proposals for a UK government-wide strategy : a report from the UK's chief medical adviser - 2007

Obesity guidance for healthy schools co-ordinators and their partners - 2007

Report on the Implementation of Standard 9 of the National Services Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services : Annex : models of good practice - 2006

Report on the implementation of Standard 9 of the National Services Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services - 2006

Substance use disorder and serious psychological distress by employment status - 2006

Economic and Social Research Council

Developing the evidence base for tackling health inequalities and differential effects - 2006?

Employment Policies Institute

Comparing the effects of health insurance reform proposals : employer mandates, Medicaid expansions, and tax credits - 2007

Environics Research Group Limited

Alcohol use during pregnancy and awareness of fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder : results of a national survey : final report - 2007

European Foundation Centre

European perspectives on global health : a policy glossary - 2006

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Australia : health system review - 2006

Families USA Foundation

How HSAs can drain your wallet and harm your health - 2006

No bargain : Medicare drug plans deliver high prices - 2007

SCHIP and children's health coverage : leveling the playing field for minority children - 2006

Fraser Institute

Long-term or short-term, public health insurance in not sustainable : a reply to CUPE about health spending trends in Canada - 2007

Global Forum for Health Research

Monitoring financial flows for health research 2006 : the changing landscape of health research for development - 2006

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Ministry of Health

Financing sustainable healthcare in Europe : new approaches for new outcomes : conclusions from a collaborative investigation into contentious areas of healthcare - 2007

Great Britain Dept. of Health, National Strategic Partnership Forum

Making partnerships works : examples of good practice - 2007

Great Britain Dept. of Health

Communities for health : learning from the pilots - 2007

Learning for a change in healthcare : first report to the Department of Health and the NHS from professor R H Fryer CBE, National DIrector for Widening Participation in Learning - 2006

The way ahead : the local challenge: report from Dr Sue Roberts National Clinical Director for Diabetes, for the Secretary of State for Health - 2007

Harris Interactive Inc.

Employer-sponsored healthcare coverage appears to be meeting needs of US adults - 2006

Few patients use or have access to online services for communication with their doctor, but most would like to - 2006

Food safety warnings receive attention from the general public ; but few report food-related illnesses to governing agencies or food providers - 2007

Many people continue to make health-related new year's resolutions, but meeting those goals remains a challenge - 2007

Most US adults support paid sick time requirements - 2007

The Commonwealth Fund health care opinion leaders survey : congressional priorities - 2007

US adults ambivalent about the risks and benefits of off-label prescription drug use - 2006

Harvard School of Public Health ; Center for the Advancement of Health

Children left behind : how metropolitan areas are failing America's children - 2007

Children left behind : how metropolitan areas are failing America's children : chartbook - 2007

Harvard School of Public Health

Trends in smoke nicotine yield and relationship to design characteristics among popular US cigarette brands : 1997-2005 - 2007

Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government

Soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan : the long-term costs of providing veterans medical care and disbility benefits - 2007

Healthcare Commission

Better safe than sorry : preventing unintentional injury to children - 2007

No ifs, no buts : improving services for tobacco control - 2007

Health Consumer Alliance

Medicare Part D : continued hardships for low-income Californians - 2006

Health Grades

Fifth annual HealthGrades hospital quality and clinical excellence study - 2007

Healthy Youth Alliance

Sex education in Washington public schools - 2007

Harvard School of Public Health

Seniors and the Medicare prescription drug benefit : chartpack - 2006

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

A decade of SCHIP experience and issues for reauthorization - 2007

Aging out of EPSDT : issues for young adults with disabilities - 2007

Beyond cash and counseling : the second generation individual budget-based community long-term care programs for the elderly - 2007

Changes in employer-sponsored health insurance sponsorship, eligibility, and participation : 2001 to 2005 - 2006

Characteristics of the uninsured : who is eligible for public coverage and who needs help affording coverage? - 2007

Health care : squeezing the middle class with more costs and less coverage - 2007

Health coverage and access to care for Hispanics in "New Growth Communities" and "Major Hispanic Centers" - 2006

Health insurance coverage of America's children - 2007

Key facts : race, ethnicity & medical care - 2007

Medicaid 1915(c) home and community-based service programs : data update - 2006

Medicaid enrollment in 50 states : June 2005 data update - 2006

Resuming the path to health coverage for children and families : a 50 state update on eligibility rules, enrollment and renewal procedures, and cost-sharing practices in Medicaid and SCHIP in 2006 - 2007

Incenter Strategies

Making the case for addressing Adolescent health care - 2007

Preliminary thoughts on restucturing medicaid to promote adolescent health - 2007

Racial and ethnic disparities in adolescent health and access to care - 2007

Racial and ethnic disparities in health and access to care among older adolescents - 2007

Institute for Public Policy Research

Improving our health : a holistic approach - 2007

Institute for the Future of Aging Services

Step up now for better jobs and better care : the evaluation of a workforce intervention for direct care workers : executive summary - 2006

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission

Off the map : how HIVAIDS programming is failing same-sex practicing people in Africa - 2007

International Longevity Center

Do health and longevity create wealth? - 2006?

Stress : putting the brain back into medicine - 2006

International Monetary Fund

What should macroeconomists know about health care policy? - 2007

International Treatment Preparedness Coalition

Missing the target #3 : stagnation in AIDS treatment scale up puts millions of lives at risk: second six- month update to IPTC's AIDS treatment report from the frontlines - 2006

King's Fund

Funding health care : 2008 and beyond : report from the Leeds Castle summit - 2007

KPMG, LLP.

Healthcare industry report - 2006

Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service

Avian influenza in poultry and wild birds - 2007

Avian flu pandemic : potential impact of trade disruptions - 2007

CRS report for Congress : obesity discrimination and the Americans with Disabilities Act - 2007

Federal R&D, drug discovery, and pricing : insights from the NIH-university-industry relationship - 2006

Follow-on biologics : intellectual property and innovation issues - 2007

Health care spending and the aging of the population - 2007

Hurricane-damaged drinking water and wastewater facilities : impacts, needs, and response - 2006

Long-term care : consumers, providers, payers, and programs : CRS report for congress - 2007

Pharmaceutical costs : a comparison of department of veterans affairs (VA), Medicaid, and Medicare policies - 2007

Pharmaceutical costs : an international comparison of government policies - 2007

The federal food safety system: a primer - 2007

The prescription Drug User Fee Act (DFUFA): background and issues for PDUFA IV reauthorization - 2007

Trends in US Global aids spending : FY 2000-FY2007 - 2006

Long Term Care Pharmacy Alliance

State by state formulary variability in Medicare prescription drug plans for auto- assigned long-term care residents - 2007

Lowy Institute for International Policy

HIVAIDS : the looming Asia Pacific pandemic - 2007

Mathematica Policy Research

Tracking Medicare health and prescription drug plans, monthly report for January 2007 - 2007

Media Campaign

Teens and prescription drugs : an analysis of recent trends on the emerging drug threat - 2007

Medicaid Institute at United Hospital Fund

New York's SSI medicaid beneficiaries : the move to managed care - 2006

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Report to the Congress: impact of changes in Medicare payments for Part B drugs - 2007

Merck Company Foundation ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The State of aging and health in America 2007 - 2007

MetLife Mature Market Institute

Out and aging : the MetLife Study of Lesbian and Gay Baby Boomers - 2006

National Association of County and City Health Officials

Local health department guide to pandemic influenza planning : version 10 - 2006

National Academies Press

Addressing foodborne threats to health policies, practices, and global coordination : workshop summary - 2006

Assessing the medical risks of human oocyte donation for stem cell research workshop report - 2007

Cancer control opportunities in low- and middle-income countries - 2007

Dietary Reference Intakes Research Synthesis Workshop summary - 2007

Implementing cancer survivorship care planning : workshop summary - 2007

Joint US-Mexico Workshop on Preventing Obesity in Children and Youth of Mexican Origin summary - 2007

Modeling community containment for pandemic influenza a letter report - 2006

Rewarding provider performance aligning incentives in Medicare - 2007

National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors

Survey of health department HIV prevention activities directed toward black men who have sex with men (MSM) - 2007

National Association of Community Health Centers

Access denied : a look at America's medically disenfranchised - 2007

Legacy of a disaster : health centers and Hurricane Katrina one year later - 2006

National Bureau of Economic Research

Crime and circumstance : the effects of infant health shocks on fathers' criminal activity - 2006

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Teen contraceptive use - 2006

Terms of engagement : how to involve parents in programs to prevent teen pregnancy - 2006

The public costs of teen childbearing - 2006

National Committee for Quality Assurance

The state of health care quality : industry trends and analysis - 2006

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute ; Fenway Institute at Community Health;

BiNet USA

Bisexual health : an introduction and model practices for HIVSTI prevention programming - 2007

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute

An epidemic of homelessness - 2006

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

Methadone and buprenorphine for the management of opioid dependence - 2007

Public health interventions to promote positive mental health and prevents mental health disorders among adults: evidence review - 2007

Smoking and public health : a compendium of smoking behaviour initiatives that address socially disadvantaged populations: evidence review - 2007

Healthy ageing : a challenge for Europe - 2006

National Sexual Violence Resource Center

Sexual violence and the spectrum of prevention : towards a community solution - 2006

National Women's Law Center

Close to home : state strategies to strengthen and support family, friend, and neighbor care - 2007

Don't take "no" for an answer : a guide to pharmacy refusal laws, policies and practices - 2007

New York Academy of Medicine

Breaking barriers : a toolkit for getting and keeping people in HIV care - 2007

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Chlamydia testing and treatment - 2006

NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene

World trade center health registry resource guide - 2007

NHS : National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

The coronary heart disease national service framework : shaping the future : progress report for 2006 - 2006

North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center : Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina

The experience of sole community rural independent pharmacies with Medicare Part D : reports from the field ; A Joint Publication of the North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, and the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis - 2006

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

Cigarette use among pregnant women and recent mothers - 2007

Co-Occurring major depressive episode (MDE) and alcohol use disorder among adults - 2007

Methamphetamine use - 2007

Substance use and substance use disorders among American Indians and Alaska Natives - 2007

OMB Watch

Against the public's will : summary of responses to the Environmental Protection Agency's plans to cut toxic reporting - 2006

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Canada - 2006

Pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Mexico - 2007

Open Society Institute

Confronting a hidden disease : TB in Roma communities : a research report prepared for the Roma Health Project - 2007

Overseas Development Institute

Global health : making partnerships work seven recommendations for building effective global public-private health partnerships - 2007

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

How young people view their lives, futures and politics : a portrait of "Generation Next" - 2007

Policy Press for the Social Care Institute for Excellence

Developing the evidence base for social work and social care practice - 2005

Using digital media to access information and good practice for paid carers of older people : a feasibility study - 2006

Population Studies Center University of Michigan

Age patterns of disease incidences in the US elderly : population-based analysis - 2006

Public Health Advisory Committee

An idea whose time has come : new opportunities of Health Impact Assessment in New Zealand public policy and planning - 2007

RAND

Analysis of Department of Defense plans and responses to three potential anthrax incidents in March 2005 executive summary - 2006

Reviewing the returns of research : capturing payback from funding by the Arthritis Research Campaign - 2006

The health insurance experiment : a classic rand study speaks to the current health care reform debate - 2006

The Medicare hospice payment system : a preliminary consideration of potential refinements - 2006

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Health information technology in the United States : the information base for progress - 2006

The state of kids' coverage - 2006

RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis

Enrollment in Medicare part D for rural beneficiaries is encouraging - 2007

San Joaquin Valley Health Consortium

Central valley nursing workforce diversity initiative - 2007

State Coverage Initiatives : AcademyHealth

State of the states : building hope, raising expectations - 2007

Stationery Office (U.K.)

The provision of out-of-hours care in England : sixteenth report of session 2006-07: report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence : ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 27 February 2007 - 2007

Government's response to the Health Select Committee's report on NHS deficits - 2007

Learning from tragedy, keeping patients safe: overview of the government's action programme in response to the recommendations of the Shipman Inquiry - 2007

Trust, assurance and safety: the regulation of health professionals in the 21st century - 2007

Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Infectious Diseases & Emergency Preparedness Branch

Inventory of HIV incidence and prevalence studies in Canada - 2006

Swedish National Institute of Public Health

Towards a more health-promoting health service: summary of study material, government bills, parliamentary decisions, draft indicators and examples of application - 2006

Trust for America's Health

2007 Health priorities - 2007

Ready or not? : protecting the public's health from diseases, disasters, and bioterrorism - 2006

UNAIDS

Collaborating with traditional healers for HIV prevention and care in sub- Saharan Africa : suggestions for programme managers and field workers - 2006

Union of Concerned Scientists

Greener eggs and ham : the benefits of pasture- raised swine, poultry, and egg production - 2006

United Nations

World urbanization prospects : the 2005 revision : executive summary, facts sheets, data tables - 2006

United States Congressional Budget Office

Future medical spending by the Department of Veterans Affairs: statement of Allison Percy, principal analyst, before the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations, US House of Representatives - 2007

[General effects of the disclosure of drug rebates]: [letter to Joe Barton, Ranking member, Committee on Energy and Commerce; Jim McCrery, Ranking member, House Committee on Ways and Means, House of representatives] - 2007

Medicare's payments to physicians : options for changing the sustainable growth rate - 2007

The Medicare Advantage program : trends and options: CBO testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, US House of Representatives - 2007

United States Dept. of Defense, Office of Inspector General

Report on quality assurance in the DoD healthcare system : memorandum for Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller), Naval Inspector general, Auditor General, Department of the Army - 2007

United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics

Intimate partner violence in the United States - 2006

Mental health problems of prison and jail inmates - 2006

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

Service utilization for mental health problems among adults - 2006

United States Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

Closing the quality gap : a critical analysis of quality improvement strategies : - 2007

Closing the quality gap : a critical analysis of quality improvement strategies : - 2007

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

How young adults obtain prescription pain relievers for nonmedical use - 2006

United States Food & Drug Administration

The future of drug safety, promoting and protecting the health of the public : FDA's response to the Institute of Medicine's 2006 report - 2007

United States Federal Trade Commission

Agreements filed with the Federal Trade Commission under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 : summary of agreements filed in FY 2006 - 2006

United States Government Accountability Office

Biological research laboratories : issues associated with the expansion of laboratories funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases : [letter to Bart Gordon, Chairman, Committee on Science and technology, House of Representatives - 2007

Children's health insurance : state experiences in implementing SCHIP and considerations for reauthorization: testimony before the Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2007

Children's health insurance: states' SCHIP enrollment and spending experiences and considerations for reauthorization: testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives - 2007

Federal employees health benefits program : premium growth has recently slowed, and varies among participating plans : report to the Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, US Senate - 2006

Fiscal and health care challenges - 2007

Fiscal, retirement, and health care challenges - 2007

Health care spending : public payers face burden of entitlement program growth, while all payers face rising prices and increasing use of services : testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives - 2007

Health careers opportunity program : process for awarding competitive grants included independent review - 2007

Health information technology : early efforts initiated but comprehensive privacy approach needed for national strategy : report to Congressional requesters - 2007

Health information technology : early efforts initiated but comprehensive privacy approach needed for national strategy : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia:; Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S.Senate - 2007

Health information technology : HHS is continuing efforts to define a national strategy: testimony before the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives - 2006

Health savings accounts : early enrollee experiences with accounts and eligible health plans : testimony before the Subcommittee on Health Care, Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2006

Hospital accreditation : joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations' relationship with its affiliate : report to congressional requesters - 2006

Hurricane Katrina : allocation and use of $2 billion for Medicaid and other health care needs: report to congressional committees - 2007

Leaking underground storage tanks : EPA should take steps to better ensure the effective use of public funding for cleanups: report to congressional requesters - 2007

Medicaid outpatient prescription drugs : estimated 2007 federal upper limits for reimbursement compared with retail pharmacy acquisition costs : [letter to Joe Barton, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives] - 2006

Medicare : taking care of your future? - 2007

Military health : increased TRICARE eligibility for reservists presents educational challenges: report to congressional committees - 2007

National drug control strategy - 2007

Older workers : some best practices and strategies for engaging and retaining older workers : testimony before the US Senate Special Committee on Aging - 2007

Poverty in America : economic research shows adverse impacts on health status and other social conditions as well as the economic growth rate : report to congressional requesters - 2007

Prescription drugs : an overview of approaches to negotiate drug prices used by other countries and US private payers and federal programs : testimony before the Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2007

Prescription drugs : oversight of drug pricing in federal programs: testimony before the Committee on Oversight and Government reform, House of representatives - 2007

Tobacco settlement : states' allocations of payments from tobacco companies for fiscal years 2000 through 2005: testimony before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, US Senate - 2007

VA health care : preliminary information on resources allocated for mental health strategic plan initiatives : testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives - 2006

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Bureau of Health Professions

The rationale for diversity in the health professions : a review of the evidence - 2006

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

Suspected Medicaid fraud referrals - 2007

University of Michigan, Population Studies Center

Understanding social disparities in hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control : the role of neighborhood context - 2007

VHA, Inc.

Health care quality almanac 2007 : value-based purchasing - 2007

Violence Policy Center

When men murder women : an analysis of 2004 homicide data: females murdered by males in single victimsingle offender incidents - 2006

WHO Regional Office for Europe on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Health systems in transition : template for analysis - 2007

Women Won't Wait Campaign

Show us the money : is violence against women on the HIV&AIDS funding agenda? - 2007

World Bank

City indicators : now to Nanjing - 2007

Extending health insurance to the rural population : an impact evaluation of China's new cooperative medical scheme - 2007

Health insurance for the poor : initial impacts of Vietnam's health care fund for the poor - 2007

Migration and mental health: evidence from a natural experiment - 2007

Social health insurance reexamined - 2007

Trade in health services in the ASEAN region - 2007

World Economic Forum

Working towards wellness: accelerating the prevention of chronic disease - 2007

World Health Organization Pan American Health Organization

The commission on social determinants of health - 2006

World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa

The health of the people : the African regional health report - 2006

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Ninth futures forum on health systems governance and public participation - 2006

Promoting physical activity and active living in urban environments : the role of local governments - 2006

The challenge of obesity in the WHO European region and the strategies for response : summary - 2007