Vol.7, No.4 Sept. 2005

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AARP

Medicare at 40 : past accomplishments and future challenges. 2005

AARP Public Policy Institute

Trends in manufacturer list prices of generic prescription drugs used by older Americans : first quarter 2005 update. 2005

Trends in manufacturer prices of brand name prescription drugs used by older Americans : first quarter 2005 update. 2005

AcademyHealth

More answers on reinsurance. 2004

Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

Attitude regarding need for help from medical professionals adults age 18 and over, 1987 and 2002. 2005

Changes in home health care use and expenditures between 199899 and 2002. 2005

Chronic care for low-income children with asthma : strategies for improvement. 2005

Health care expenditures for injury related conditions, 2002. 2005

Pharmacological and surgical treatment of obesity. 2004

Top five therapeutic classes of outpatient prescription drugs, by total expenses for the elderly and near elderly in the U.S. civilian noninstitutional ... 2005

AIDS Partnership California

Anticipating the efficacy of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and the needs of at-risk Californians. 2004

AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition

AIDS vaccines at the crossroads. 2005

Tracking funding for microbicide research & development : estimates of annual investments 2000 to 2005. 2005

Tracking funding for preventive HIV vaccine research & development : estimates of annual investments and expenditures 2000 to 2005. 2005

Will a pill a day prevent HIV? : anticipating the results of the tenofovir "PREP" trials. 2005

Alan Guttmacher Institute

Sex education : needs, programs and policies. 2005

American Enterprise Institute

Political roulette and the public health : the impact of political intrusions on drug development and the consequence for America's biodefense. 2005

American Lung Association

Estimated prevalence and incidence of lung disease by Lung Association territory. 2005

Trends in asthma morbidity and mortality. 2005

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

2005 ASHP pharmacy staffing survey results. 2005

Association of American Medical Colleges

Drug development science : obstacles and opportunities for collaboration among academia, industry and government. 2005

Minorities in medical education : facts & figures 2005. 2005

Bureau of the Census

Income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States : 2004. 2005

Business and Professional Women's Foundation

101 facts on the status of workingwomen. 2005

California Health Care Safety Net Institute

Straight talk : model hospital policies and procedures on language access. 2005

California HealthCare Foundation

California's fragile nursing home industry : Snapshot. 2005

Clinical data standards in health care. 2005

Patient safety in the physician's office : assessing the value of ambulatory CPOE. 2004

Role of community pharmacies in diabetes care : eight case studies. 2005

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Biosecurity : a 21st century challenge. 2005

Cato Institute

Medicaid's unseen costs. 2005

Center for American Progress

Medicaid : the best safety-net for Katrina survivors and states. 2005

Center for Global Development

Addressing the challenge of HIVAIDS : macroeconomics, fiscal and institutional issues. 2005

Economic implications of epidemics old and new. 2005

Patents, price controls and access to new drugs : how policy affects global market entry. 2005

Primary health care in practice : is it effective? 2005

Center for Health Care Strategies

Bronx improving asthma care for children project. 2005

Center for Homecare Policy & Research

Tale of two older Americas : community opportunities and challenges : AdvantAge Initiative 2003 national survey of adults aged 65 and older. 2004

Center for Reproductive Rights

Women of the world : laws and policies affecting their reproductive lives : South Asia. 2004

Center for Studying Health System Change

Little Rock providers VIE for revenues, as high health care costs continue : Little Rock, Ark. 2005

Urban-suburban hospital disparities grow in northern New Jersey. 2005

Center on an Aging Society

Caregiving and paid work : are there trade-offs? 2005

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Food and nutrition programs : reducing hunger, bolstering nutrition. 2005

Medicaid : improving health, saving lives. 2005

Public benefits : easing poverty and ensuring Medical coverage. 2005

Century Foundation

Terrorism, mental health, and September 11 : lessons learned about providing mental health services to a traumatized population. 2005

Child Trends Data Bank

Adolescents who feel sad or hopeless. 2004

Adolescents who have ever been raped. 2004

Birth control pill use. 2004

Children newly diagnosed with AIDS. 2004

Condom use. 2004

Dating violence. 2004

Disordered eating : symptoms of bulimia. 2004

Drunk driving. 2004

Family structure. 2005

Foster care. 2005

Illicit drug use other than Marijuana. 2004

Immunization. 2005

Late or no prenatal care. 2004

Oral sex. 2005

Physical fighting by youth. 2004

Sexually active teens. 2004

Sexually experienced teens. 2004

Students carrying weapons. 2004

Suicidal teens. 2004

Unmet dental needs. 2004

Victims of hate speech. 2005

Vigorous physical activity. 2004

Children's Benefits Service for Families

Final report narrative. 2004

Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection

Mental health services : survey of users 2005. 2005

Mental health services : survey of users 2005. 2005

Commission to End Health Care Disparities

Physicians are becoming engaged in addressing disparities. 2005

Commonwealth Fund

Best practices in specialty provider recruitment and retention : challenges and solutions. 2005

Health and productivity among U.S. workers. 2005

Impact of changes to premiums, cost-sharing, and benefits on adult Medicaid beneficiaries : results from an ongoing study of the Oregon health plan. 2005

Issues related to state and employer innovations in insurance coverage. 2005

Look at working-age caregivers' roles, health concerns, and need for support. 2005

Role of states in improving health and health care for young children. 2005

Seeing red : Americans drliven into debt by medical bills ; results from a national survey. 2005

State preparedness for bioterrorism and public health emergencies. 2005

Department of Health - United Kingdom

Independent review of health and social care services in Northern Ireland. 2005

Tackling health inqqualities : status report on the programme for action. 2005

Equity in Asia-Pacific Health Systems

Equity in financing healthcare : impact of universal access to healthcare in Thailand. 2005

Explaining the incidence of catastrophic expenditures on health care : comparative evidence form Asia. 2005

Health and millennium development goal 1 : reducing out-of-pocket expenditures to reduce income poverty : evidence from India. 2005

Paying out- of-pocket for heatlh care in Asia : catastrophic and poverty impact. 2005

Redistribution or horizontal equity in Hong Kong's mixed public-private health system : a policy conundrum. 2005

Who benefits from public spending on health care in Asia? 2005

Who pays for heatlh care in Asia? 2005

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics

America's children : key national indicators of well-being, 2005. 2005

Fraser Institute

How good is Canadian health care? : 2005 report : an international comparison of health care systems. 2005

How good is Canadian health care? : an international comparison of health care systems. 2002

Waiting your turn : hospital waiting lists in Canada. 2004

Georgetown University, Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth

Alcohol industry "responsibility" advertising on television, 2001 to 2003. 2005

Global AIDS Alliance

Global fund debt conversion : a joint report from Advocacy International and the Global AIDS Alliance. 2005

Global Health Trust

Specific programs and human resources : addressing a key implementation constraint. 2004

Harris Interactive Inc.

Considerable concern exists among U.S. adults about the frequency of unnecessary or overly aggressive medical treatment. 2005

Majority of adults with employer-provided health insurance would forego a pay increase to maintain their health insurance benefits. 2005

Majority of U.S. adults think it is a good idea to forbid direct-to-consumer advertising for new prescription drugs when they first come to market. 2005

Substantial numbers of insured pay, and would be willing to pay, for doctors who don't accept their health insurance. 2005

U.S. adults have mixed views about providing foreign aid to poorer countries for public health initiatives and HIVAIDS treatment and prevention. 2005

Harvard Initiative for Global Health

Global demographic change : dimensions and economic significance. 2005

Health Protection Agency

Protecting the health of the nation's children : the benefit of vaccines. 2005

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

Interventions related to obesity : a state of the evidence review, 2005. 2005

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Coverage gains under recent Section 1115 Waiver : a data update. 2005

Eliminating adult dental coverage in Medicaid : an analysis of the Massachusetts experience. 2005

Employer health benefits : 2005 annual survey : [chartpack]. 2005

Employer health benefits : 2005 summary of findings. 2005

Generation M : media in the lives of 8-18 year - olds. 2005

Health care costs survey : the USA TodayKaiser Family FoundationHarvard School of Public Health : summary and chartpack. 2005

Health care costs survey : the USA TodayKaiser Family FoundationHarvard School of Public Health : toplines. 2005

JulyAugust 2005 health poll report survey. 2005

Kaiser Family Foundation national survey of the public's views about Medicaid : chartpack. 2005

Kaiser Family Foundation views on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit : chartpack. 2005

Key facts, Louisiana and the U.S. 2005

Key facts, Mississippi and the U.S. 2005

Medicaid : a primer key background information on the nation's health insurance program for low-income Americans. 2005

Medicaid : addressing the future : testimony of Diane Rowland to the U.S. Senate Special Committee in Aging. 2005

Medicaid 1915(c) home and community-based service programs : data update. 2005

Medicaid enrollment in 50 states : June 2004 data update. 2005

SCHIP enrollment in 50 states: December 2004 data update. 2005

States most affected by Hurricane Katrina. 2005

Trends and indicators in the changing health care marketplace. 2005

Washington PostKaiser Family FoundationHarvard University survey of Hurricane Katrina evacuees. 2005

What is the current population survey telling us about the number of uninsured? 2005

Who stays and who goes home : using national data on nursing home discharges and long-stay residents to draw implications for nursing home transition. 2005

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Going lean in health care. 2005

Reducing Hospital mortality rates (part 2). 2005

Seven leadership leverage points : for organization-level improvement in health care. 2005

King's Fund

NHS market futures : exploring the impact of health service market reforms. 2005

War on waiting for hospital treatment : what has labour achieved and what challenges remain : summary. 2005

Marijuana Policy Project

Marijuana use by young people: the impact of state medical marijuana laws. 2005

Massachusetts Medical Society

Physician workforce study. 2003

Maternal & Child Health Policy Research Center

States' use of Medicaid options for expendanding childrean's eligibility. 2005

Mathematica Policy Research

Electronic health records : synthesizing recent evidence and current policy. 2005

Medicaid drug use data show high costs and wide variation for dual eligibles. 2005

Tracking Medicare health and prescription drug plans : monthly report for July 2005. 2005

Tracking Medicare health and prescription drug plans: monthly report for August 2005. 2005

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Pay for performance in Medicare : testimony before the Committee on Finance U.S. Senate. 2005

Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence, Oklahoma Governor’s and Attorney General’s Blue Ribbon Task Force

Task Force recommendations : mental health, substance abuse and domestic violence in Oklahoma. 2005

Milbank Memorial Fund

Future of academic medicine : five scenarios to 2025. 2005

National Academies Press

Biological science and biotechnology in Russia : controlling diseases and enhancing security. 2005

John R. La Montagne memorial symposium on pandemic influenza research : meeting proceedings. 2005

Quarantine stations at ports of entry protecting the public's health. 2005

Safe medical devices for children. 2005

National Academy of Social Insurance

Sources and methods : a companion to : workers' compensation : benefits, coverage, and costs, 2003. 2005

Workers' compensation : benefits, coverage, and costs, 2003. 2005

National Association of Community Health Centers

Safety net on the edge. 2005

National Association of Counties

Meth epidemic in America : two surveys of U.S. counties : the criminal effect of meth on communities, the impact of meth on children. 2005

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Adolescent brain : a work in progress. 2005

Science says: teens' attitudes toward nonmarital childbearing, 2002. 2005

Science says: teens' attitudes toward sexual activity, 2002. 2005

Teen pregnancy among older teens. 2004

Younger siblings of teen parents : at increased risk of teen pregnancy? 2004

National Center for Education Statistics

Youth indicators 2005 : trends in the well- being of American youth. 2005

National Center for Policy Analysis

Legal responsibility of adult children to care for indigent parents. 2005

National Council on the Aging

Falls free : promoting a national falls prevention action plan : national action plan. 2005

National Health Policy Forum

Caring for "Ryan White" : the fundamentals of HIVAIDS treatment policy. 2005

Mental health and juvenile justice : moving toward more effective systems of care. 2005

Ryan White CARE Act. 2005

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

Measuring impact : improving the health and wellbeing of people in mid-life and beyond. 2005

Research to explore training programmes in smoking cessation for pharmacists and pharmacy assistants. 2005

National Governors Association

Containing medical malpractice costs : recent state actions. 2005

MCH update : states protect health care coverage during recent fiscal downturn. 2005

NHS - Health Development Agency

Building a safer NHS for patients : improving medication safety. 2004

Health equity audit : a self - assessment tool. 2004

Improving the health and wellbeing of people in mid-life and beyond : making the case for local authorities. 2005

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

Binge alcohol use among persons aged 12 to 20 : 2002 and 2003 update. 2005

Characteristics of primary tranquilizer admissions : 2002. 2005

Driving under the influence among adult drivers. 2005

Hispanic substance abuse treatment admissions : 2003. 2005

Substance abuse and dependence among women. 2005

Substance use among Hispanic youths. 2005

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Private health insurance in low-and middle-income countries : scope, limitations, and policy responses. 2005

Overseas Development Institute

Humanitarian futures : practical policy perspectives. 2004

Partners for Health Reformplus

Synthesis of findings from NHA studies in twenty-six countries. 2004

Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

PHC4 2004 financial analysis : an annual report on the financial health of Pennsylvania's Non-GAC Facilities. 2005

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

PhRMA guiding principles direct to consumer advertisements about prescription medicines. 2005

Population Reference Bureau

2005 world population date sheet of the Population Reference Bureau. 2005

Public Citizen

Fewer lawsuits and more doctors : the myths of Washington state's medical malpractice "crisis". 2005

Public Health Informatics Institute

Public health opportunities in health information exchange. 2005

RAND

Diffusion and value of healthcare information technology. 2005

Improving maternal and child health care : a blueprint for community action in the Pittsburgh region. 2005

Tests to evaluate public health disease reporting systems in local public health agencies. 2005

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Addressing the nursing shortage : partnerships among governments, schools, and employers are getting results. 2005

Segal Company

2006 Segal Health Plan Cost Trend Survey. 2005

Special Olympics North America

Changing attitudes changing the world : the health and health care of people with intellectual disabilities. 2005

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Hospital care in the 100 largest cities and their suburbs 1996 -2002 : implications for the future of the hospital safety net in metropolitan America. 2005

Trust for America's Health

Birth defects and developmental disabilities : the search for causes and cures. 2005

U.S. Congress, Congressional Budget Office

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate : Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 as passed by the House of Representatives. 2003

Price sensitivity of demand for nongroup health insurance. 2005

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Adolescent virginity pledges and risky sexual behaviors. 2005

Breastfeeding : HHS blueprint for action on breastfeeding. 2000

CDC guide to breastfeeding interventions. 2005

Third national report on human exposure to environmental chemicals. 2005

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

HIV in prison, 2003. 2005

U.S. Deptartment of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics

National compensation survey : employee benefits in private industry in the United States, March 2005. 2005

U.S. Federal Trade Commission

Pharmacy benefit managers : ownership of mail-order pharmacies. 2005

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Defense health care : DOD has establisheed a chiropractic benefit for active duty personnel. 2005

Defense health care : implementation issues for new TRICARE contracts and regional structure. 2005

Mail order pharmacies : DOD's use of VA's mail pharmacy could produce savings and other benefits. 2005

Medicare : concerns regarding plans to transfer the appeals workload from SSA to HHS remain : [letter to the Charles E. Grassley, Chairman; Max Baucus ... 2005

Prescription drugs : price trends for frequently used brand and generic drugs from 2000 through 2004: report to congressional requesters. 2005

September 11 : monitoring of World Trade Center health effects has progressed, but not for federal responders. 2005

TANF : state approaches to screening for domestic violence could benefit from HHS guidance : report to congressional requesters. 2005

VA Disability benefits and health care : providing certain services to the seriously injured poses challenges. 2005

U.S. Office of the Surgeon General

Surgeon General's call to action to improve the health and wellness of persons with disabilities. 2005

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

Evaluation of the substance abuse and crime prevention act : 2003 report. 2004

United Hospital Fund

Trends through December 2004. 2005

Urban Institute

Many older Americans engage in caregiving activities. 2005

World Health Organization

Alcohol use and sexual risk behaviour : a cross-cultural study in eight countries. 2005

Making decisions on public health : a review of eight countries. 2004