Vol.8, No.6 - November 2006

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AARP Knowledge Management

AARP election watch : pulse of a generation : October 9, 2006 - 2006

AARP election watch : pulse of a generation : September 18, 2006 - 2006

Legislative issues in Maryland : a survey of self-identified registered voters age 50 plus - 2006

Massachusetts election issues : opinions from AARP Bay State Members - 2006

A profile of older Americans : 2005 - 2005

AARP Public Policy Institute

Bridging the gaps : state and local strategies for ensuring backup personal care services - 2006

Health insurance coverage and costs at older ages : evidence from the health and retirement study - 2006

Implementing continuing competency requirements for health care practitioners - 2006

Paying for quality care : state and local strategies for improving wages and benefits for personal care assistants - 2006

AcademyHealth

Bridging the gap : the role of individual health insurance coverage - 2006

ERISA implications for state health care access initiatives : impact of the Maryland "Fair share act" court decision - 2006

Major changes in benefit design : a plausible way to control costs? - 2006

The Pennsylvania community health reinvestment agreement : establishing non - Profit insurers' community benefit obligations - 2006

Turning Medicaid beneficiaries into purchasers of health care : critical success factors for Medicaid consumer-directed health purchasing - 2006

Turning Medicaid beneficiaries into purchasers of health care : critical success factors for Medicaid consumer-directed health purchasing : [executive summary and update] - 2006

Uncharted territory : current trends in section 1115 demonstrations - 2006

AEI-Brookings

FDA new drug approval times, prescription drug user fees, and R & D spending - 2006

Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

2006 CAHPS health plan survey chartbook : what consumers say about the quality of their health plans and medical care - 2006

Changes in children's health insurance status, 1996-2005 estimates for the US civilian noninstitutionalized population under age 18 - 2006

Co-pays, deductibles, and coinsurance percentages for employer-sponsored health insurance in the non-federal workforce, by industry classification, 2004 - 2006

Co-pays, deductibles, and coinsurance percentages for employer-sponsored health insurance in the private sector, by firm size classification, 2004 - 2006

Health insurance status of Hispanic subpopulations in 2004 estimates for the US civilian noninstitutionalized population under age 65 - 200

The long-term uninsured in America, 2001-2004 estimates for the US population under age 65 - 2006

The long-term uninsured in America, 2003 to 2004 estimates for the US population under age 65 - 2006

Population characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries in the US civilian noninstitutionalized population, by level of annual prescribed medicines expenses, 2003 - 2006

Proportion and medical expenditures of adults being treated for diabetes, 1996 and 2003 - 2006

SCHIP enrollees with special health care needs and access to care - 2006

Trends in brand name and generic prescribed medicine utilization and expenditures, 1999 to 2003 - 2006

Trends in the use and expenditures for COX-2 inhibitors and traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, 1997-2003 - 2006

AHIP Center for Policy and Research

Small group health insurance in 2006 : a comprehensive survey of premiums, consumer choices, and benefits - 2006

AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition

AIDS vaccines : the next frontiers - 2006

Alan Guttmacher Institute

Achieving universal vaccination against cervical cancer in the United States : the need and the means - 2006

Estimating the impact of expanding Medicaid eligibility for family planning services - 2006

Estimating the impact of serving new clients by expanding funding for Title X - 2006

Alliance for Health and the Future

Navigating health : the role of health literacy - 2005

Alliance for Health Reform

Racial and ethnic disparities in health care - 2006

Alzheimer's Disease International

Dementia in the Asia Pacific region: the epidemic is here - 2006

American Enterprise Institute

Poor countries need relief from the world bank's 'help' on malaria - 2006

American Legacy Foundation

Trends in top box office movie tobacco use : 1996-2004 - 2006

Annie E. Casey Foundation

2006 kids count data book : state profiles of child well-being - 2006

Aon Consulting

The consumer as gatekeeper : consumer-driven health care controls costs - 2005

Aspen Institute

First informers in the disaster zone : the lessons of Katrina - 2006

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Developing leaders in the public health workforce - 2006

An examination of state use of performance standards - 2006

State efforts to expand health insurance : primary care resource guide - 2006

State mobilization of health personnel during the 2005 hurricanes - 2006

State pandemic influenza summits : Building partnerships for pandemic preparedness - 2006

States of preparedness : health agency progress 2006 - 2006

Australian Government Publishing Service

Ambient air quality standards setting: an approach to health-based hazard assessment - 2006

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation

The Massachusetts health reform law : public opinion and perception : a report for the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation - 2006

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

Without a trace : how the gun lobby and the government suppress the truth about guns and crime - 2006

Brookings Institute

Health status and access to care among low-income Washington, DC residents - 2006

Kids in the city : indicators of child well-being in large cities from the 2004 American Community Survey - 2006

California Endowment

Banning junk food and soda sales in the state's public schools - 2006

California HealthCare Foundation

California's uninsured : snapshot - 2006

Chronic disease in California : facts and figures - 2006

Covering California's uninsured : three practical options - 2006

Overuse of emergency departments among insured Californians - 2006

The medicare drug benefit in California : facts and figures - 2006

Physician practices : are application service providers right for you? - 2006

Canadian Institute for Health Information

The evolving role of Canada's fee-for-service family physicians, 1994 to 2003 : provincial profiles - 2006

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

The social sciences and humanities in health research : a Canadian snapshot of fields of study and innovative approaches to understanding and addressing health issues - 2005

Canadian Policy Research Networks

The effects of deficits in health status in childhood and adolescence on human capital development in early adulthood - 2006

Center for American Progress

Joining hands : partnerships between physicians and the community in the delivery of preventive care - 2006

Promoting prevention and preempting costs : a new wellness trust for the United States - 2006

Center for Global Development

Advance market commitments for vaccines against neglected diseases : estimating costs and effectiveness - 2006

A new database of health professional emigration from Africa - 2006

Center for Health Care Strategies

Involving and engaging stakeholders : New York's perspective - 2006

National health plan collaborative : phase one summary report - 2006

Center for Health Design

Health promotion by design in long-term care settings - 2006

The impact of light on outcomes in healthcare settings - 2006

The impact of the environment on infections in healthcare facilities - 2006

Center for International Development, Harvard University

Advance market commitments for vaccines against neglected diseases: estimating costs and effectiveness - 2006

Center for Research on Child Wellbeing

Segregation, the concentration of poverty, and birth weight - 2006

Center for Strategic and International Studies

International AIDS assistance : "New " Money? - 2006

Public health and international security : the case of India : a conference report of the CSIS Task Force on HIVAIDS - 2006

Center for Studying Health System Change

A decade of tracking health system change - 2006

Growing availability of clinical information technology in physician practices - 2006

Losing ground : physician income, 1995-2003 - 2006

Medicaid patients increasingly concentrated among physicians - 2006

Stretching the safety net to serve undocumented immigrants : community responses to health needs - 2006

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

House bill would make health savings accoutns more attractive as tax shelters for high-income individuals - 2006

Is Medicaid responsible for the erosion of employer-based health coverage - 2006

The illusion of choice : vulnerable Medicaid beneficiaries being placed in scaled-back "benchmark" benefit packages - 20

The number of uninsured Americans is at an all-time high - 2006

Paying for language services in Medicare : preliminary options and recommendations - 2006

Centre for Health Services and Policy Research

Data, data, everywhere— : improving access to population health and health services research data in Canada, final report - 2005

Century Foundation

Getting more bang for each health care dollar - 2005

Children Now

2005 California report card : an assessment of Children's well- being - 2005

Citizens' Health Care Working Group

Health care that works for all Americans : recommendations of the Citizens' Health Care Working Group - 2006

The health report to the American people - 2006

Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection

Living well in later life : a review of progress against the National Service Framework for Older People - 2006

Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century

A plan to stabilize and strengthen New York's health care system : final report of the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century - 2006

Commonwealth Fund

Cultural competency and quality of care : obtaining the patient's perspective - 2006

The deficit reduction act of 2005 : an overview of key Medicaid provisions and their implications for early childhood development services - 2006

The evidence base for cultural and linguistic competency in health care - 2005

A high-performing system for well-child care : a vision for the future - 2006

Improving quality and achieving equity : the role of cultural competence in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health care - 2006

Medicare physician payment : are we getting what we pay for? are we paying for what we want? [chartpack] - 2006

Medicare physician payment : are we getting what we pay for? are we paying for what we want? [testimony] - 2006

The National Committee for Quality Assurance's The State of Health Care Quality 2006 - 2006

Public views on shaping the future of the US Health System - 2006

Public views on shaping the future of the US Health System - 2006

The role and relationship of cultural competence and patient-centeredness in health care quality - 2006

Squeezed: why rising exposure to health care costs threatens the health and financial well-bring of AMerican families - 2005

State behavioral health innovations : disseminating promising practices - 2006

Taking cultural competency from theory to action - 2006

Community Catalyst

Consumer health advocacy : a view from 16 states - 2006

Connecticut Health Foundation

Estimates for the cost of interpretation services for Connecticut Medicaid recipients - 2006

Council for Affordable Health Insurance

State health insurance index 2006 : a 50-state comparison of the nations health insurance market - 2006

State health insurance index 2006 : a 50-state comparison of the nations health insurance market [methodology] - 2006

Council of Senior Centers & Services of NYC

A New York State survey: the operating expenses of vehicles for the elderly - 2006

Council of the City of New York

A bitter pill to swallow : New Yorkers face significant Rx price disparities : a staff report to the Committee on Oversight and Investigations, Eric Gioia, Chair ; Committee on Consumer Affairs, Leroy G Comrie, Jr, Chair ; Committee on Health, Jose Rivera, Chair - 2006

Council on Health Research for Development

Priority setting for health research : toward a management process for low and middle income countries - 2006

What factors influence national health research agendas in low and middle income countries? : perspectives of health research stakeholders from six countries and 11 international agencies - 2006

Deloitte Consulting

The catalyst for health care reform : providing more choices and applying innnovation to heal the US health care financing system - 2006

Department of Health - United Kingdom

Dual diagnosis in mental health inpatient and day hospital settings : guidance on the assessment and management of patients in mental health inpatient and day hospital settings who have mental ill-health and substance use problems - 2006

Health reform in England : update and commissioning framework - 2006

Independence, well-being, and choice : our vision for the future of social care for adults in England - 2005

Mass casualties incidents : a framework for planning - 2006

Mass casualties incidents : a framework for planning (suplementary materials)- 2006

Our health, our care, our say : a new direction for community services - 2006

Our health, our care, our say : making it happen - 2006

Reviewing the care programme approach 2006 : a consultation decument - 2006

A stronger local voice : a framework for creating a stronger local voice in the development of health and social care services - 2006

Economic & Social Research Council Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries

Public goods, global public goods and the common good - 2006

eHealth Initative

Improving the quality of healthcare through health information exchange : selected findings from eHealth Initiative's Third Annual Survey of Health Information Exchange Activities at the State, Regional and Local Levels - 2006

European Commission

AIDS prevention - 2006

European Men's Health Forum

European men's health conference 2005 : conference report - 2005

Express Scripts

Optimizing the copayment differential : impact on generic-fill rate - 2005

Families USA Foundation

Coverage through the "doughnut hole" grows scarcer in 2007 - 2006

Employers should pay their fair share for health care - 2006

Medicare privatization : windfall for the special interests - 2006

Premiums versus paychecks : a growing burden for New York's workers - 2006

TABOR : a wolf in sheep's clothing - 2006

Understanding how health insurance premiums are regulated - 2006

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Smoking : taxing health and social security - 2006

Florida Health Care Coalition

Florida purchasers health plan evaluation - 2006

Foresight

Infectious diseases : preparing for the future : T2: risk analysis - 2006

Trends and drivers of obesity : a literature review for the foresight project on obesity - 2006?

George Washington University. Center for Health Policy Research

Defined-contribution plans and limited-benefit arrangements : implications for Medicaid beneficiaries - 2006

The epidemiology of US immunization law : translating CDC immunization guidelines into practice : state laws related to the use of standing orders covering immunization practice - 2005

From SCHIP benefit design to individual coverage decisions - 2006?

Managed care and Medi-Cal beneficiaries with disabilities : assessing current state practice in a changing federal policy environment - 2006

Georgetown University, School of Public Health and Health Services

The legality of collecting and disclosing patient race and ethnicity data - 2006

Grant Makers in Health

Improving health care access : grantmakers share their experiences - 2006

Guttmacher Institute

US teenage pregnancy statistics national and state trends and trends by race and ethnicity - 2006

Harris Interactive Inc.

About half of US adults lack confidence in both Democrats and Republicans to do a better job of addressing healthcare system concerns : pluralities say that Democrats would be better at handling healthcare issues - 2006

Low-priced generics likely to attract large share of prescription drug sales - 2006

Many US adults use the USDA's food pyramid and food labeling to eat healthier - 2006

Number of "cyberchondriacs" - adults who have ever gone online for health information- increases to an estimated 136 million nationwide - 2006

Seniors satisfied with Medicare drug plan; seven in ten enrollees say their plan has saved them money on prescription drugs - 2006

HealthGrades

The ninth annual HealthGrades hospital quality in America study - 2006

Health Research and Educational Trust

Hospital language services for patients with limited English proficiency : results from a national survey - 2006

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Beneficiary challenges in using the Medicare Part D appeals process to obtain medically necessary drugs - 2006

Changes in employees' health insurance coverage, 2001-2005 - 2006

Employer health benefits : 2006 annual survey - 2006

Health care in America 2006 survey : chartpack - 2006

Health care in America 2006 survey - 2006

Health coverage for low-income Americans : an evidence-based approach to public policy - 2006

Health coverage for low-income Americans : an evidence-based approach to public policy - 2005

Health savings accounts and high deductible health plans : are they an option for low-income families? - 2006

The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust survey of employer health benefits 2006 - 2006

The Henry J Kaiser Family FoundationAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2006 update on consumers' views of patient safety and quality information - 2006

The Henry J Kaiser Family FoundationAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2006 update on consumers' views of patient safety and quality information : summary and chartpack - 2006

Kaiser Family Foundation national survey of pharmacists - 2006

Kaiser Family Foundation national survey of physicians - 2006

Low Medicaid spending growth amid rebounding state revenues : results from a 50-state Medicaid budget survey state fiscal years 2006 and 2007 - 2006

Medicaid's long-term care beneficiaries : an analysis of spending patterns - 2006

Oversight and enforcement of Medicare Part D plan requirements : federal role and responsibilities - 2006

Prescription drugs : advertising, out-of-pocket costs, and patient safety from the perspective of doctors and pharmacists - 2006

The "Reality" of health : reality television and the public health - 2006

The role of consumer copayments for health care : lessons from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment and beyond - 2006

Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act : a side-by-side comparison of current law and reauthorization proposals - 2006

The uninsured : a primer : key facts about Americans without health insurance - 2006

The USA TodayKaiser Family FoundationHarvard School of Public Health national survey of households affected by cancer - 2006

The USA TodayKaiser Family FoundationHarvard School of Public Health national survey of households affected by cancer : summary and chartpack - 2006

Why did the number of uninsured continue to increase in 2005? - 2006

Hewitt Associates

2006 health care expectations survey : executive summary - 2006

Institute for the Study of Labor

Immigrant selection systems and immigrants health - 2006

Inter-American Development Bank

Health policies and economic blocks - 2006

International Longevity Center

Caregiving in America - 2006?

Redesigning health care for an older America - 2006

Join Together

Blueprint for the states : policies to improve the ways states organize and deliver alcohol and drug prevention and treatment : findings and recommendations of a national policy panel - 2006

King's Fund

Community-based compulsory treatment orders in Scotland : the early evidence - 2006

Grow your own : creating the condition for sustainable workforce development - 2006

KRC Research

Medicare Rx education network survey of seniors : nationally representative (random-digit-dial) telephone survey of 802 seniors enrolled in Medicare conducted between September 1 to 7, 2006 - 2006

Latino Coalition

Strategies for improving Latino healthcare in America: report of the Latino Healthcare Taskforce - 2006

Levy Economics Institute of Bard College

Differing prospects for women and men : young old-age, old old -age, and elder care - 2006

Retiree health benefit coverage and retirement - 2006

Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals

[Louisiana health care redesign plan overview] - 2006

Mathematica Policy Research

How does the Medicaid buy-in program relate to other federal efforts to improve access to health coverage for adults with disabilities? - 2006

Pay for performance : are Hospitals ready and willing? - 2006

Tracking Medicare health and prescription drug plans, monthly report for August 2006 : a brief summary of selected significant facts and activities this month to provide background for those involved in monitoring and research, Medicare advantage and prescription drug plans - 2006

Tracking Medicare health and prescription drug plans, monthly report for July 2006 : a brief summary of selected significant facts and activities this month to provide background for those involved in monitoring and research, Medicare advantage and prescription drug plans - 2006

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

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

Medicaid Institute at United Hospital Fund

Medicaid coverage for adults in New York, 2001-2003 : trends and policy implications - 2006

Metlife

Closing the gap in consumer-driven health care : how short term disability income protection can ease the transition - 2006

Milken Institute

Financial innovations for accelerating medical solutions : financial innovations lab report - 2006

National Academies Press

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in veterans : review of the scientific literature - 2006

Asbestos : selected cancers - 2006

Brief summary, Institute of Medicine Regional Symposium : progress in preventing childhood obesity : focus on industry - 2006

Ethical considerations for research involving prisoners - 2006

Genes, behavior, and the social environment : moving beyond the naturenurture debate - 2006

Genes, behavior, and the social environment : moving beyond the naturenurture debate - 2006

Gulf War and health - 2006

Opportunities to address clinical research workforce diversity needs for 2010 - 2006

Preterm birth : causes, consequences, and prevention - 2006

Preventing HIV infection among injecting drug users in high risk countries : an assessment of the evidence - 2006

Reusability of facemasks during an influenza pandemic : facing the flu - 2006

Seafood choices : balancing benefits and risks - 2006

National Academy for State Health Policy

Moving beyond the tug of war : improving Medicaid fiscal integrity - 2006

National Academy of Social Insurance

Strengthening Medicare's role in reducing racial and ethnic health disparities - 2005

National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors

Addressing HIVAIDS : Latino perspectives & policy recommendations = El VIHSIDA en la mira : persectivas y directrices Latinas - 2006

HIV and mental health : the challenge of dual diagnosis - 2005

Preventing HIV, STD, unintended and teen pregnancy in schools : strengthening state health and education agency partnerships: evaluation of a national collaboration - 2006

National Association of Area Agencies on Aging

The maturing of America : getting communities on track for an aging population - 2006

National Association of State Chief Information Officers

Profiles of progress : state health IT initiatives - 2006

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Adolescent boys' use of health services - 2006

Adolescent girls' use of health services - 2006

By the numbers : the public costs of teen childbearing - 2006

Parent-child communication about sex and related topics - 2006

Science says: foster care youth - 2006

Teens' sexual experience, 1995-2002 - 2006

What works : curriculum-based programs that prevent teen pregnancy - 2006

National Center for Children in Poverty

Challenges and opportunities in children's mental health: a view from families and youth - 2006

National Center for Policy Analysis

Health care spending : what the future will look like - 2006

Opportunities for Medicaid reform - 2006

Shopping for drugs : 2007 - 2006

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University

The importance of family dinners III - 2006

National Council on Interpreting in Health Care

National standards of practice for interpreters in health care - 2005

National Governors Association

Preparing for a pandemic influenza : a primer for governors and senior state officials - 2006

National Health Law Program

Language services resource guide for health care providers - 2006

National Immigration Law Center

Facts about immigrants' low use of health services and public benefits - 2006

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

Interventions that use the environment to encourage physical activity : evidence review - 2006

Review of grey literature on drug prevention among young people - 2006

National Minority AIDS Council

African Americans, health disparities and HIVAIDS : recommendations for confronting the epidemic in Black America : a report from the National MInority AIDS Council - 2006

National Quality Forum

Improving use of prescription medications : a national action plan - 2005

Serious reportable events in healthcare: 2006 update - 2006

National School Boards Association

Living with HIVAIDS : students tell their stories of stigma, courage, and resilience - 2006

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Clinical guidelines for adults exposed to the World Trade Center disaster - 2006

Pandemic influenza: preparedness and response plan - 2006

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Bicyclist fatalities and serious injuries in New York City : 1996-2005 - 2006

New York State Council on Children and Families

Kids count 2006 data book - 2006

NGA Center for Best Practices

Creating healthy states : building healthier nutrition programs - 2006

Creating healthy states : building healthy communities - 2006

Creating healthy states : building healthy schools - 2006

Creating healthy states : building healthy worksites - 2006

Creating healthy states : promoting healthy living in the Medicaid program - 2006

Helping the working poor buy insurance : addressing barriers to premium assistance - 2006

Improving and increasing access to care : state health coverage expansions since 2004 - 2006

NHS: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

Food-support programmes for low-income and socially disadvantaged childbearing women in developed countries : systematic review of the evidence - 2006

Promotion of breastfeeding initiation and duration : evidence into practice briefing - 2006

Promotion of physical activity among adults : evidence into practice briefing - 2006

NICHQ: National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality

Expanding perspectives : improving cultural competency in children's health care - 2005

Nuffield Trust

Investing in health : benchmarking health systems - 2006

The role of health impact assessment - 2006

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

Emergency department visits involving ADHD stimulant medications - 2006

Emergency department visits involving dextromethorphan - 2006

Facilities offering special programs or groups for Women: 2005 - 2006

State estimates of past year methamphetamine use - 2006

Suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, major depressive episode, and substance use among adults - 2006

Underage alcohol use among full - time college students - 2006

OMB Watch

Cow sense: the Bush administration's broken record on Mad Cow Disease - 2006

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

A framework to measure the impact of investments in health research - 2006

The Ornithological Council

Avian Influenza : what ornithologists and bird banders should know - 2005

Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

Hospital-acquired infections in Pennsylvania - 2006

Pew Internet & American Life Project

Demographics, degrees of internet access, and health - 2006

Online health search 2006 : most internet users start at a search engine when looking for health information online, very few check the source and date of the information they find - 2006

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

2006 report : medicines in development for major diseases affecting Hispanic Americans : survey finds 581 medicines in development for major diseases that disproportionately afflict Hispanic Americans - 2006

Medicare Part D : improving care for beneficiaries without drug coverage - 2006

Policy Research Initiative

Measurement of social capital : reference document for public policy research, development, and evaluation - 2005

Measurement of social capital : reference document for public policy research, development, and evaluation - 2005

Measurement of social capital : reference document for public policy research, development, and evaluation - 2005

Social capital as a public policy tool : project report - 2005

Social capital in action : thematic policy studies - 2005

Population Reference Bureau

2006 world population data sheet of the Population Reference Bureau - 2006

Population Studies Center University of Michigan

The intersection among unintended, premarital, and teenage childbearing in the US - 2006

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Behind the numbers : medical cost trends for 2007 - 2006

My brother's keeper growing expectations confront hospitals : on community benefits and charity care - 2006

Public Citizen

A survey and ranking of state medical and osteopathic board web sites in 2006 : report of doctor disciplinary information on state web sites - 2006

Public Health Informatics Institute

Assessment of Childhood Obesity information needs : findings from stakeholder interviews - 2006

Taking care of business : a collaboration to define local health department business processes - 2006

Public/Private Ventures

Positive support : mentoring and depression among high-risk youth - 2006

RAND

Disparities in care for HIV patients : results of HCSUS study - 2006

Providing performance feedback to individual physicians : current practice and emerging lessons : final report - 2006

RAND pandemic influenza tabletop exercise template - 2006

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

New research that illuminates policy issues : balancing nursing costs and quality of care for patients - 2006

Regional coalitions for healthcare improvements : definition, lessons, and prospects - 2006

RRC, Inc.

Medicare reimbursement for power mobility : an asessment of the proposed reductions - 2006

RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis

Elements of successful rural diabetes management programs - 2006

Rural Policy Research Institute

Medicaid and its importance to rural health - 2006

Prevalence of safe medication practices in small rural hospitals, National Rural Health Association 29th Annual Conference, May 18, 2006 - 2006

Scottish Council Foundation

Working the system : creating a state of wellbeing - 20006

Statistics Finland

Social capital in Finland : statistical review - 2006

Teenage Research Unlimited

Liz Claiborne Inc topline findings : teen relationship abuse survey - 2006

Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium

College tobacco resources : 1990-2005 - 2006?

Trust for America's Health

Pandemic influenza : the state of the science : an issue brief from Trust for America's Health and the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 2006

Shortchanging America's health 2006 : a state - by - state look at how federal public health dollars are spent - 2006

U.S. Congress, Congressional Budget Office

The slowdown in Medicare spending growth - 2006

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Beneficiary choices in Medicare Part D and plan features in 2006 - 2005

Ensuring a qualified long-term care workforce: from pre-employment screens to on- the-job monitoring - 2005

Ernst & Young final report : "Review of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Medicaid Financial Management Oversight" - 2006

Pandemic planning update III : a report from Secretary Michael O Leavitt - 2006

Physician supply and demand : projections to 2020 - 2006

Review of Medicaid eligibility in New York state - 2006

Status on the use of recovery audit contractors (RACs) in the Medicare program: CMS RAC status document: FY2006 - 2006

U.S. Deptartment of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services

Police-community partnerships to address domestic violence - 2006

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

Reducing gun violence : community problem solving in Atlanta - 2006

The role of law enforcement in public health emergencies : special considerations for an all- hazards approach - 2006

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Review of VA medical facility compliance with controls over prescription drugs - 2006

U.S. Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

Recognition and measurement of asbestos-related cleanup costs - 2006

U.S. Federal Trade Commission

Multimedia hispanic surf : a report by the FTC's DIvision of Enforcement - 2006

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Global health : spending requirement presents challenges for allocating prevention funding under the President's emergency plan for AIDS relief : testimony before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives - 2006

Health professional shortage areas : problems remain with primary care shortage area designation system : report to congressional committees - 2006

Information security : the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to improve controls over key communication network : report to the Chairman, Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2005

Medicaid third-party liability : federal guidance needed to help states address continuing problems : report to the Chairman, Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2006

Medicare integrity program : agency approach for allocating funds should be revised : report to the Chairman, Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2006

September 11 : HHS has screened additional federal responders for World Trade Center health effects, but plans for awarding funds for treatment are incomplete : testimony before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and Internal Relations, Committee on Government reform, House of Representatives - 2006

Social security disability programs : clearer guidance could help SSA apply the medical improvement standard more consistently: report to the Chairman, Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2006

VA health care : budget formulation and reporting on budget execution need improvement : report to congressional requesters - 2006

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform

Absistence and its critics: prepared for the Hon Mark Souder, Chairman, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources - 2006

Benefits of proposed democratic Medicare drug program reforms - 2006

Pharmaceutical industry profits increase by over $8 billion after Medicare drug plan goes into effect: analysis - 2006

Weaknesses in FDA's food safety system - 2006

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Review of capacity of Department of Veterans Affairs readjustment counseling service vet centers : prepare for Rep Michael H Michaud, Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Health, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs - 2006

UCL Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

Capability and resilience : beating the odds - 2006

UNAIDS

2006 report on the global AIDS epidemic - 2006

High coverage sites : HIV prevention among young injecting drug users in transitional and developing countries : case studies - 2006

HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention among sex workers in Eastern Europe and Central Asia - 2006

Strategies to support the HIV-related needs of refugees and host populations : a joint publication of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS (UNAIDs) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - 2005

United Health Foundation

Interim report : measuring health centers against standard indicators of high quality performance ; early results from a multi-site demonstration project - 2006

United Hospital Fund

Health insurance coverage in New York, 2003-2004 : [charts] - 2006

Health insurance coverage in New York, 2003-2004 : [tables] - 2006

New York State policy agenda for family caregivers - 2006

United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

International mobility of health professionals: brain drain or brain exchange - 2006

Vimo Research Group

HSA Custodians : a Vimo Retings Report : expert, independent and objective health product ratings and analysis - 2006

Watson, Karen

Network security : protecting the patient's electronic medical data in the health care organization - 2006

Wellcome Trust

From biobanks to biomarkers : translating the potential of human population genetics research to improve the quality of health of the EU citizen : proceedings of a conference held at the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Hinxton, Cambridge 20-22 September 2005 - 2006

World Bank

Public-private partnerships and collaboration in the health sector : an overview of case studies from recent European experience - 2006

World Health Organization

A billion voices : listening and responding to the health needs of slum dwellers and informal settlers in new urban settings - 2005

Health care outside hospital : accessing generalist and specialist care in eight countries - 2005

The health care workforce in Europe : learning from experience - 2006

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Addressing the socioeconomic determinants of healthy eating habits and physical activity levels among adolescents - 2006

Gaining health : the European strategy for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases - 2006