Vol. 9, No. 5 - September 2007

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AARP Knowledge Management

Health care reform in California : a survey of AARP members - 2007

AARP Public Policy Institute

Future of Medicare : report on expert views - 2007

AFSCME Council 31

Coming up short : Resurrection Health Care's distorted pay priorities - 2007

Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

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

A critical analysis of care coordination strategies for children with special health care needs - 2007

Nursing homes in public health emergencies : special needs and potential roles - 2005

Privacy and security solutions for interoperable health information exchange : assessment of variation and analysis of solutions - 2007

The top five outpatient prescription drugs ranked by total expense for children, adults, and the elderly, 2004 - 2007

Alan Guttmacher Institute

Repeat abortion in the United States - 2006

American College of Physicians

Language services for patients with limited English proficiency : results of a national survey of internal medicine physicians : a white paper of the American College of Physicians - 2007

Americans for Insurance Reform

Medical malpractice insurance : stable lossesunstabe rates 2007 - 2007

Asia Catalyst

AIDS blood scandals : what China can learn from the world's mistakes - 2007

Association of American Medical Colleges

Diversity in the physician workforce : facts & figures 2006 - 2006

The diversity research forum : exploring diversity in the physician workforce ; benefits, challenges, and future directions - 2007

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Diabetes and womens health : evaluating progress and future needs - 2007

Joint policy action steps toward tobacco use prevention and control - 2007

State public health vector control conference : workforce and disease priorities needs assessment summary - 2007

Australian Government, National Health and Medical Research Council

Challenging ethical issues in contemporary research on human beings - 2007

Boston Municipal Research Bureau

Municipal health reform : seizing the moment - 2007

Breast Cancer Fund

The falling age of puberty in US girls : what we know, what we need to know - 2007

Brookings Institution Center on Social and Economic Dynamics

Exploring price-independent mechanisms in the obesity epidemic - 2007

Brown University Economics Department

Accounting for the effect of health on economic growth - 2006

California Endowment

Women, health and aging : building statewide movement - 2007

California HealthCare Foundation

Designing coverage : uninsured Californians weigh the options - 2007

Funding California's SCHIP coverage : what will it costs? - 2007

The future of California's SCHIP program : analyzing the proposed federal legislation - 2007

Health care on the California ballot : an historical review - 2007

Improving Medicaid policy through state/university research partnerships - 2007

Long term care reform : recommendations for change - 2007

The Medicare drug benefit in California : facts and figures - 2007

Perspectives on the future of personal health records - 2007

The rise of the hospitalist in California - 2007

Snapshot : employer health insurance costs in the United States - 2007

Snapshot : health insurance : can Californians afford it? - 2007

California Wellness Foundation

Evaluation findings from the California Wellness Foundation's Teen Pregnancy Initiative - 2007

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Giving birth in Canada : regional trends from 2001-2002 to 2005- 2006 - 2007

Patient safety in Canada : an update - 2007

Cato Institute

Debunking Portland : the city that doesn't work - 2007

Center for Adolescent Health & the Law

Health insurance for older adolescents and young adults : policy options to expand coverage - 2006

Center for International Development at Harvard University

Malaria : disease impacts and long-run income differences - 2007

Malaria in the Americas : a retrospective analysis of childhood exposure - 2007

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Demography of HIVAIDS in China : a report of the task force on HIVAIDS Center for Strategic and International Studies - 2007

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

2007 farm bill : description of the house-passed nutrition provisions - 2007

Administration's proposed tax deduction for health insurance seriously flawed - 2007

Barton-Deal SCHIP bill would not provide states sufficient funding even to maintain current caseloads : bill Would cause significant increase in number of uninsured children - 2007

CBO estimates show large gains in children's health coverage under senate SCHIP bill - 2007

Congress to consider repeal of Medicare demonstration project designed to promote privatization, rather than yield valid results : project also would drive up premiums for traditional Medicare - 2007

House health legislation would curb Medicare overpayments to private plans, while aiding Medicare beneficiaries overall - 2007

Informing the debate about curbing Medicare advantage overpayments - 2007

Lott-McConnell SCHIP proposal would fail to make progress in covering uninsured children : proposal also includes risky provisions that preempt state health insurance laws - 2007

More Americans, including more children, now lack health insurance - 2007

New charges about how house children's health bill affects undocumented immigrants are false - 2007

Number and percentage of Americans who are uninsured climbs again : poverty edges down but remains higher, and median income for working-age households remains lower, than when recession hit bottom in 2001 - 2007

Private plans continue to use misleading arguments to oppose reforms of Medicare overpayments - 2007

Will the WIC program be sufficiently funded to serve all eligible applicants in fiscal year 2008? - 2007

Would tax incentives be an effective way to expand health coverage for low-income children and families? - 2007

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC off center : a review of how an agency tasked with fighting and preventing disease has spent hundreds of millions of tax dollars for failed prevention efforts, international junkets, and lavish facilities, but cannot demonstrate it is controlling disease - 2007

Child Trends, Incorporated

Facts at a glance : a fact sheet reporting national, state-level, and city-level trends in teen childbearing - 2007

Food insecurity and overweight among infants and toddlers : new insights into a troubling linkage - 2007

Colorado Health Institute

2005 Colorado physician workforce survey : key findings and technical notes - 2007

Commonwealth Fund

An analysis of leading congressional health care bills, 2005-2007 : part II, quality and efficiency - 2007

Closing the divide : how medical homes promote equity in health care ; results from the Commonwealth Fund 2006 Health Care Quality Survey : [chartpack] - 2007

Closing the divide : how medical homes promotes equity in health care - 2007

The Commonwealth Fund National Opinion Research Center Survey of Retiree Health Benefits, 2005 : a chartbook - 2007

Denver health : a high-performance public health care system - 2007

Enhancing value in medicare : chronic care initiatives to improve the program : invited testimony special committee on Aging United States Senate Hearing on "The Future of Medicare: Recognizing the Need for Chronic Care Coordination" - 2007

The future of employer-sponsored health insurance : [chartpack] - 2007

Health care opinion leaders' views on the quality and safety on health care in United States - 2007

Lessons from local access initiatives : contributions and challenges - 2007

Measuring hospital performance : the importance of process measures - 2007

Reauthorizing SCHIP : opportunities for promoting effective health coverage and high-quality care for children and adolescents - 2007

Universal health insurance : why it is essential to achieving a high performance health system and why design matters ; invited testimony, Committee on the Budget United States Senate Hearing on "Health Care and the Budget: The Healthy Americans Act and Other Options for Reform" - 2007

Value- driven health care purchasing : case study of Minnesota's Smart Buy Alliance - 2007

Value- driven health care purchasing : case study of the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission - 2007

Value-driven health care purchasing : case study of Washington State's Puget Sound Health Alliance - 2007

Value- driven health care purchasing : case study of Wisconsin's Department of Employee Trust Funds - 2007

Value-driven health care purchasing : four states that are ahead of the curve : overview - 2007

Whither employer-based health insurance ? : the current and future role of US companies in the provision and financing of health insurance - 2007

Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress

Integrating Medicare and Medicaid services through managed care - 2006

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Cigarette smoking and food insecurity among low-income families in the United States, 2001 - 2007

Forum for Collaborative HIV Research, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services

Rethinking the approach to expanded access programs : report of a Forum for Collaborative HIV Research roundtable discussion - 2007

Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities

How housing affects child well-being - 2006

Great Britain Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection

Healthcare associated infection : what else can the NHS do? - 2007

Independent sector treatment centres : a review of the quality of care - 2007

Managing diabetes : improving services for people with diabetes - 2007

No voice, no choice : a joint review of adult community mental health services in England : a joint review - 2007

Performing better? : a focus on sexual health services in England - 2007

Harris Interactive Inc.

The general public supports breaking drug patents to ensure access to HIVAIDS drugs in poorer countries - 2007

Harris poll shows number of "cyberchondriacs"—adults who have ever gone online for health information—increases to an estimated 160 million nationwide - 2007

Many American consumers worry about product safety - 2007

The public is doubtful that strengthening the FDA's oversight of the prescription drug industry will make a difference - 2007

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

The burden of out-of-pocket health spending among older versus younger adults : analysis for the Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1998-2003 - 2007

Change in percentage of families offered coverage at work, 1998-2005 - 2007

Changes in characteristics, needs, and payment for care of elderly nursing home residents : 1999 to 2004 - 2007

Dental coverage and care for low-income children : the role of Medicaid and SCHIP - 2007

Donor funding for health in low- & middle- income countries, 2001-2005 - 2007

The future of New Orleans : young adults in the greater New Orleans area : the Kaiser post-Katrina baseline survey - 2007

Health care costs : a primer : key information on health care costs and their impact - 2007

Health care in New Orleans from the people's perspective : Testimony of Diane Rowland, before the US House of Representiatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations - 2007

Health challenges for the people of New Orleans : the Kaiser Post-Katrina baseline survey - 2007

Kaiser health security watch : June 2007 - 2007

Kaiser health security watch : October 2006 - 2006

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll : Election 2008 - 2007

Learning from history : deinstitutionalization of people with mental illness as precursor to long-term care reform - 2007

Louisiana's proposed section 1115 Medicaid demonstration project : estimating the numbers of uninsured and projected Medicaid costs - 2007

Making sense of recent estimates of eligible but uninsured children - 2007

Massachusetts health reform tracking survey : chartpack - 2007

Massachusetts health reform tracking survey : toplines - 2007

Maternity care and consumer-driven health plans - 2007

Medicaid's rehabilitation services option : overview and current policy issues - 2007

Medicare prescription drug benefit progress report : findings from the KaiserCommonwealthTufts-New England Medical Center 2006 National Survey of Seniors and Prescription Drugs - 2007

The multisectoral impact of the HIVAIDS epidemic : a primer - 2007

Political independents and health care - 2007

A race to the top : Illinois's all kinds initiative - 2007

The role of state pharmaceutical assistance programs in serving low-income Medicare beneficiaries following the implementation of Medicare part D - 2007

SCHIP reauthorization : key questions in the current debate - 2007

Spotlight on uninsured parents : how a lack of coverage affects parents and their families - 2007

Hospital Alliance of New Jersey

Examining the state of our healthcare system : the unique challenges facing urban hospitals and their importance in our state - 2006

Institute for European Environmental Policy

Unfit for purpose : how car use fuels climate change and obesity - 2007

Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Malaria : disease impacts and long-run income differences - 2007

Spending to save? : state health expenditure and infant mortality in India - 2007

Tax incentives as a solution to the uninsured : evidence from the self-employed - 2007

Inter-American Development Bank

Transparency and corruption in the health sector : a conceptual framework and ideas for action in Latin American and the Caribbean - 2007

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

How can funding of long-term care adapt for an ageing population? : practical examples and costed solutions - 2007

Paying for long-term care - 2006

Levy Economics Institute of Bard College

New strategic analysis : can the growth in the US current account deficit be sustained? the growing burden of servicing foreign-owned US debt - 2006

March of Dimes

The healthcare costs of having a baby - 2007

Marin Institute

Alcohol, energy drinks, and youth : a dangerous mix - 2007

The cost of alcopops to youth and California - 2007

Maryland Hospital Association

MHA Hospital Personnel Survey Report : calendar year 2006 - 2007

Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services

Prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections in Massachusetts : report from the expert panel - 2007

McMaster University Program for Research on Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population

Health-care utilization in Canada : 25 years of evidence - 2007

Medicaid Institute at United Hospital Fund

Medicaid managed care for persons with severe mental illness : challenges and implications - 2007

Medecins Sans Frontieres

Help wanted : confronting the health care worker crisis to expand access to HIVAIDS treatment : MSF experience in southern Africa - 2007

Ministry of Health (New Zealand)

How to monitor for population health outcomes : guidelines for developing a monitoring framework - 2007

National Academies Press

PTSD compensation and military service - 2007

National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors

Raising the profile, raising your voice : a primer on viral hepatitis policymaking and programs at the federal level - 2007

Report on the findings from an assessment of health department efforts to implement HIV screening in health care settings - 2007

National Association of Area Agencies on Aging

Promote the health, security & well-being of older adults : policy priorities 2007 - 2007

National Bureau of Economic Research

Income, aging, health and wellbeing around the World : evidence from the Gallup World Poll - 2007

National Business Group on Health

National health care reform : the position of the National Business Group on Health - 2006

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Effective and promising teen pregnancy prevention programs for Latino youth - 2007

National Center for Education Statistics

Literacy behind bars : results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy Prison Survey - 2007

National Center for Policy Analysis

The rising burden of health spending on seniors - 2007

National Council on Patient Information and Education

Enhancing prescription medicine adherence : a national action plan - 2007

National Department of Health (New Zealand)

National HIV and Syphilis prevalence survey : South Africa : 2006 - 2007

National Health Policy Forum

Health information technology adoption among health centers : a digital divide in the making? - 2007

New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services

2006 New Jersey Youth Tobacco Survey : a statewide report - 2007

Strategic plan to eliminate health disparities in New Jersey 2007 - 2007

New York Academy of Medicine

Looking for a place to call home : a needs assessment of Asians and Pacific Islanders living with HIVAIDS in the New York Eligible Metropolitan Area - 2007

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Diabetes in New York City : public health burden and disparities - 2007

New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

Domestic violence serious incident fatality reviews in New York State - 2006

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

Demographic and geographic variations in injection drug use - 2007

Gender differences in alcohol use and alcohol dependence or abuse : 2004 and 2005 - 2007

Health service utilization by individuals with substance abuse and mental disorders - 2004

Immigrants and substance use : findings from the 1999-2001 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health - 2005

Misuse of prescription drugs : data from the 2002, 2003 and 2004 national surveys on drug use and health - 2006

Patterns of mental health service utilization and substance use among adults, 2000 and 2001 - 2004

Worker substance use, by industry category - 2007

Open Society Institute

Civil society perspectives on HIVAIDS policy : in Nicaragua, Senegal, Ukraine, the United States, and Vietnam - 2007

Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative

Safety and security : a proposal for internationally comparable indicators of violence - 2006

Pan American Health Organization

PAHO in the 21st century : leadership and cooperation in public health - 2006

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

Medicines in development for heart disease and stroke : biopharmaceutical companies developing more that 200 medicines for two leading causes of death in Americans : presented by America's Pharmaceutical Companies - 2007

Physicians for Human Rights

Leave no marks : enhanced interrogation techniques and the risk of criminality - 2007

Success stories from the field : curbing the spread of HIVAIDS among drug injectors : innovative and effective programs in Brazil, India, Russia, and the China-Vietnam Border - 2007

President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors

Serve, support, simplify : report of the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors - 2007

Press Ganey Associates, Inc.

Physician's office and outpatient : Pulse Report 2007 : patient perspectives on American health care - 2007

RAND Corporation

Assessment of the AHRQ patient safety initiative : moving from research to practice evaluation report II (2003-2004) - 2007

Consumer-directed health care : early evidence shows lower costs, mixed effects on quality of care - 2007

Triple jeopardy for vulnerable children : greater health needs, less access, poorer primary care - 2006

Research Triangle Institute

Recommended requirements for enhancing data quality in electronic health record systems : final report - 2007

Rutgers University Center for State Health Policy

Evaluation of the Hospital Charity Care Program in New Jersey - 2007

Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America

North American plan for avian and pandemic influenza : - 2007

Trust for America's Health

F as in fat : how obesity policies are failing in America : 2005 - 2005

F as in fat : how obesity policies are failing in America : 2006 - 2006

F as in fat : how obesity policies are failing in America : 2007 - 2007

United States Congressional Budget Office

The impact of Medicare's payment rates on the volume of services provided by skilled nursing facilities - 2007

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

Memorandum report : Medicaid payments and services related to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita : [memorandum to Herb Kuhn, Acting Deputy Adminstrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services] - 2007

Review of State Children's Health Insurance Program Eligibility in New York State - 2007

State Medicaid agencies' initiatives on health information technology and health information exchange - 2007

United States Government Accountability Office

The BEACH Act of 2000 : EPA and states have made progress implementing the act, but further actions could increase public health protection : testimony before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives - 2007

Defense health care : comprehensive oversight framework needed to help ensure the effective implementation of a deployment health quality assurance program : report to the ranking member, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives - 2007

End-stage renal disease : Medicare should pay a bundled rate for all ESRD items and services : testimony before the Subcommittee of Ways and Means, House of Representatives - 2007

Environmental contamination : department of defense activities related to trichloroethylene, perchlorate, and other emerging contaminants : testimony before the Subcommittee on Readiness Committee on Armed Service, House of Representatives - 2007

Food and Drug Administration : methodologies for identifying and allocating costs of reviewing medical device applications are consistent with federal cost accounting standards, and staffing levels for reviews have generally increased in recent years : [letter to the Honorable Joe Barton, Ranking Member, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives - 2007

Influenza pandemic : DOD combatant commands' preparedness efforts could benefit from more clearly defined roles, resources, and risk mitigation : report to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives - 2007

Information technology : VA and DOD are making progress in sharing medical information, but remain far from having comprehensive electronic medical records : testimony before the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission - 2007

Medicaid demonstration waivers : lack of opportunity for public input during federal approval process still a concern : [letter to Henry A Waxman, Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives et al] - 2007

Medicaid : states reported that citizenship documentation requirement resulted in enrollment declines for eligible citizens and posed administrative burdens : report to congressional requestors - 2007

Medicare : geographic areas used to adjust physician payments for variation in practice costs should be revised : report to the chairman, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives - 2007

Medicare physician payments : Medicare and private payment differences for anesthesia services : report to the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives - 2007

Medicare ultrasound procedures : consideration of payment reforms and technician qualification requirements : report to Congressional committees - 2007

Military health : DOD's Vaccine Healthcare Centers Network : [letter to the Honorable Carl Levin, Chairman; the Honorable John McCain, Ranking Member, Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate; the Honorable Ike Skelton, Chairman; the Honorable Duncan L Hunter, Ranking Member, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives] - 2007

Nursing homes : federal actions needed to improve targeting and evaluation of assistance by quality improvement organizations : report to the ranking member, Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2007

September 11 : HHS needs to ensure the availability of health screening and monitoring for all responders : report to Congressional requesters - 2007

Services provided to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking : [letter to Congressional Committees] - 2007

U.S. Office of the Surgeon General

The Surgeon General's Call to Action on Global Health 2006 - 2006

University of the Witwatersrand Centre for Health Policy

Strategies to achieve universal coverage : are there lessons from middle income countries? : a literature review commissioned by the Health Systems Knowledge Network - 2007

Urban Health Institute (Roseland, New Jersey)

Rationalizing beds, services, and payments for New Jersey Hospitals : targeting additional suppprt to the neediest essential hospitals - 2006

Urban Institute

Getting ready for reform : insurance coverage and access to and use of care in Massachusetts in Fall 2006 - 2007

History, principles, context, and approach : the special homeless initiative of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health - 2007

Outcomes for clients in the Metro Boston Area receiving services to retain housing under the Special Homeless Initiative - 2007

Strategic assessment of the state of the Science in Research on Employment for Individuals with Disabilities - 2007

Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (Australia)

Evaluating the mental health and wellbeing impacts of community-based festivals : Awakenings Festival and Braybrook's Big Day Out - 2007

The partnerships analysis tool : for partners in health promotion - 2007?

Wellcome Trust

Public perspectives on the governance to biomedical research : a qualitative study in a deliberative context - 2006

WHO Regional Office for Europe

Towards health security : a discussion paper on recent health crises in the WHO European Region - 2007

World Bank

HIVAIDS and social capital in a cross-section of countries - 2007

World Health Organization

Age-friendly cities project : Halifax site : a project of the World Health Organization (WHO) - 2007

Neglected diseases : a human rights analysis - 2007

World health statistics 2007 - 2007