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Grey Literature Report-July 2009
Vol. 11, No. 4 - July 2009

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AARP

Perceptions of long-term care and the economic recession : AARP Bulletin poll - 2009

AARP Public Policy Institute

Closing a gap in Medicare drug coverage : how to help millions of beneficiaries afford needed medication - 2009

Physician payment : current system and opportunities for reform - 2009

Active Living Research

Walking and biking to school, physical activity and health outcomes - 2009

AFL-CIO

Healthcare workers in peril : preparing to protect worker health and safety during pandemic influenza : a union survey report - 2009

AHIP Center for Policy and Research

Estimated income characteristics of HSA accountholders in 2008 - 2009

January 2009 census shows 8 million people covered by HSAhigh-deductible health plans - 2009

AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition

Piecing together the HIV prevention puzzle : AVAC report 2009 - 2009

Alan Guttmacher Institute

Next steps for America's family planning program : leveraging the potential of Medicaid and Title X in an evolving health care system - 2009

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Biological safety training programs as a component of personnel reliability : workshop report - 2009

American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging

Defining core competencies for the professional long- term care workforce : a status report and next steps - 2009

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Improve the nation's data on children and families - 2009

Association of Academic Health Centers

Academic health centers : a time to respond to the new global economy - 2009

Association of American Medical Colleges

Academic CME in North America : the 2008 AAMCSACME Harrison Survey - 2009

Scientific foundations for future physicians - 2009

Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs

Creating an infrastructure to implement intimate partner violence prevention and perinatal health promotion : AMCHP-Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) final project report - 2008

Avalere Health LLC

Medicare spending and rehospitalization for chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries : home health use compared to other post-acute care settings - 2009

Bipartisan Policy Center

Crossing our lines : working together to reform the US health system - 2009

Financing the US health system : issues and options for change - 2008

Health insurance design choices : issues and options for change - 2008

California Endowment

Achieving the vision : healthcare options for Los Angeles County : a report of the Los Angeles Healthcare Options Task Force - 2009

California's local children's coverage efforts and new federal and state legislation : opportunities for advancing children's coverage - 2009

California HealthCare Foundation

2009 health coverage options, answers, and resources for unemployed workers - 2009

Increasing access to dental care in Medicaid : targeted programs for four populations - 2009

Safety-net provider bring patients online : lessons from early adopters - 2009

Under the microscope : trends in laboratory medicine - 2009

What California stands to gain : the impact of the stimulus package on health care - 2009

CalPIRG Education Fund

More bang for the health care buck : how an efficiency standard for health insurers can reduce overhead and deliver more patient care - 2009

Campaign for Fighting Diseases

The EU's nasty bite : how the EU's new pesticide regulations will harm the fight against malaria - 2009

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Big tobacco's guinea pigs : how an unregulated industry experiments on America's kids and consumers - 2008

Canadian Policy Research Networks

Moving toward health service integration : provincial progress in system change for seniors - 2009

Cato Institute

Massachusetts miracle or Massachusetts miserable : what the failure of the "Massachusetts Model" tells us about health care reform - 2009

Obamacare to come seven bad ideas for health care reform - 2009

Center for American Progress Action Fund

Financing health care reform : a plan to ensure the cost of reform is budget-neutral - 2009

Payment reform to improve health care : ways to move forward - 2009

Removing obstacles to generic drug competition : a critical priority for health care reform - 2009

Center for Health & Wellbeing, Princeton University

The impact of the AIDS pandemic on health services in Africa : evidence from demographic health surveys - 2009

Life (evaluation), HIVAIDS, and death in Africa - 2009

Center for Health Care Strategies

Provider incentive programs : an opportunity for Medicaid to improve quality at the point of care - 2009

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters

Annual disaster statistical review : the numbers and trends 2008 - 2009

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

Health care, health insurance, and the relative income of the elderly and nonelderly - 2009

Center for Strategic and International Studies

US engagement in international tobacco control : a report of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center - 2009

Center for Studying Health System Change

Coordination of care by primary care practice : strategies, lessons and implications - 2009

General hospitals, specialty hospitals and financially vulnerable patients - 2009

Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance

Does conditionality matter for adults' health? : evidence from a randomized experiment - 2009

The health insurance puzzle in Europe : the role of information - 2009

Centro Reina Sofía para el Estudio de la Violencia

Report : elder abuse in the family in Spain - 2008

Child Trends

Young adult attitudes about relationships and marriage : times may have changed, expectations remain high - 2009

Common Cause

Legislating under the influence : how the health care industry spends millions on campaign contributions and lobbying to influence key lawmakers in health care reform fight of 2009 - 2009

Commonwealth Fund

Community care of North Carolina : building community systems of care through state and local partnerships - 2009

Finding resources for health reform and bending the health care cost curve - 2009

Fork in the road : alternative paths to a high performance US health system - 2009

Fork in the road : alternative paths to a high performance US health system [exhibits] - 2009

Front and center : ensuring that health reform puts people first - 2009

Front and center : ensuring that health reform puts people first [exhibits] - 2009

Front and center : ensuring that health reform puts people first [supplemental chartpack] - 2009

Geisinger health system : achieving the potential of system integration through innovation, leadership, measurement, and incentives - 2009

Group health cooperative : reinventing primary care by connecting patients with a medical home - 2009

Health insurance and health care access before and after SSDI entry - 2009

Health insurance and health care access before and after SSDI entry [figures] - 2009

HealthPartners : consumer-focused mission and collaborative approach support ambitious performance improvement agenda - 2009

An international comparison of early childhood initiatives : from services to systems - 2009

Kaiser Permanente : bridging the quality divide with integrated practice, group accountability, and health information technology - 2009

The long wait : the impact of delaying Medicare coverage for people with disabilities - 2009

Making care coordination a critical component of the pediatric health system : a multidisciplinary framework - 2009

The Massachusetts commonwealth health insurance connector : structure and functions - 2009

Options for financing health reform : comparing the impact of selected policy options - 2009

Parkwest medical center : focusing on patient and staff satisfaction - 2009

Quality of child health care : expanding the scope and flexibility of measurement approaches - 2009

The Valley Hospital : leaders set the tone for patient service satisfaction - 2009

Vision of health and health care transformed - 2009

Communities and Local Government

Faith communities and pandemic flu : guidance for faith communities and local influenza pandemic committees - 2009

Connecticut Health Foundation

Consequences of eliminating health benefits for lawfully residing immigrants - 2009

Council for Affordable Health Insurance

Health insurance mandates in the states, 2009 - 2009

Council of State Governments

State policy guide : using research in public health policymaking : a publication of the Council of State Governments - 2008

Deloitte Center for Health Solutions

2009 survey of health care consumers : key findings, strategic implications - 2009

Drexel University School of Public Health

California's emergency preparedness efforts for culturally diverse communities : status, challenges and directions for the future - 2008

Drug Policy Alliance

Preventing overdose, saving lives : strategies for combating a national crisis - 2009

Economic Policy Institute

Capping the health insurance tax exclusion : the consequences vary greatly across states and regions - 2009

Employment Policies Institute

Who are the uninsured? : An analysis of America's uninsured population, their characteristics and their health - 2009

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

ECDC workshop on social determinants and communicable diseases : Sofia, 4-5 March 2009 - 2009

Guide to public health measures to reduce the impact of influenza pandemics in Europe — 'The ECDC menu" - 2009

Risk assessment guidelines for infectious diseases transmitted on aircraft - 2009

Surveillance and studies in a pandemic in Europe - 2009

Families United for Senior Action Foundation

The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) : addressing racial and ethnic health disparities - 2009

Hidden health tax : Americans pay a premium - 2009

More funding for CHIP, different rules : how does CHIPRA change CHIP funding? - 2009

Family Caregiver Alliance

A policy framework to support California's family caregivers - 2009

Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Seniors (Canada)

Age-friendly rural and remote communities : a guide - 2007

Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit

Childcare, eldercare, and labor force participation of married women in urban China - 2009

Fat and out in Salerno and Province : adolescent obesity and early school leaving in Southern Italy - 2009

Postponing maternity in Ireland - 2009

Friends of the Earth Australia ; Friends of the Earth United States

Nano & biocidal silver : extreme germ killers present a growing threat to public health - 2009

Global Health Group, UCSF Global Health Sciences

Shrinking the malaria map : a guide on malaria elimination for policy makers - 2009

Shrinking the malaria map : a prospectus on malaria elimination - 2009

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

American recovery and reinvestment act (ARRA) Medicaid and health care provisions - 2009

CHIP financing structure - 2009

Citizenship documentation changes - 2009

Closing the long-term care funding gap : the challenge of private long-term care insurance - 2009

Community health centers in an era of health system reform and economic downturn : prospects and challenges - 2009

[Congressional testimony on expanding health care coverage] - 2009

Explaining health care reform : what are health insurance exchanges? - 2009

Explaining health care reform : what is an employer "pay-or-play" requirement? - 2009

Explaining health care reform : what is health insurance? - 2009

Filling in the long-term care gaps - 2009

The global HIVAIDS epidemic - 2009

Glossary of key health reform terms - 2009

Health care reform proposals - 2009

Health insurance coverage for older adults : implications of a Medicare buy-in - 2009

HIV testing in the United States - 2009

How does health coverage and access to care for immigrants vary by length of time in the US? - 2009

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll : June 2009 - 2009

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll : June 2009 : chartpack - 2009

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll : public opinion on health care issues - 2009

Key health and health care indicators by raceethnicity and state - 2009

Low-income adults under age 65, many are poor, sick, and uninsured - 2009

Medicaid and access to care - 2009

Medicaid and health reform - 2009

The Medicare prescription drug benefit - 2009

Medicare prescription drug plans in 2009 and key changes since 2006 : summary of findings - 2009

Medicare spending and financing - 2009

Medicare's role for women - 2009

Money follows the person : an early implementation snapshot - 2009

The Obama Administration's 2010 call letter for Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans : implications for beneficiaries - 2009

Oral health coverage and care for low-income children : the role Medicaid and CHIP - 2009

Putting women's health care disparities on the map : examining racial and ethnic disparities at the state level - 2009

The role of section 1115 waivers in Medicaid and CHIP : looking back and looking forward - 2009

Side-by-side comparison of major health care reform proposals - 2009

The Social Security COLA and Medicare Part B premium : questions, answers, and issues - 2009

Specialty tiers - 2009

The state of health journalism in the US - 2009

States moving toward comprehensive health care reform - 2009

Ten most common brand-name drugs - 2009

Trends in health care costs and spending - 2009

US global health policy : survey of Americans on the US role in global health - 2009

Update on Medicare spending and financing and highlights from the 2009 Medicare trustees' report - 2009

Views and experiences with HIV testing among African Americans in the US - 2009

Views and experiences with HIV testing in the US - 2009

Where does the burden lie? : Medicaid and Medicare spending for dual eligible beneficiaries - 2009

Institute for America's Future

Will a "play-or-pay" policy for health care cause job lossess? - 2009

International Centre on Nurse Migration

Return migration of nurses - 2008

International Longevity Center-UK

Caring in the older population : a research brief for local authorities - 2009

Funding long-term care : the building blocks of reform - 2008

Living and caring? : an investigation of the experiences of older carers : a report of research carried out by the National Centre for Social Research on behalf of the ILC-UK - 2008

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Trends in child health 1997-2006 : assessing racial/ethnic disparities in asthma - 2009

Trends in child health 1997-2006 : assessing racial/ethnic disparities in unmet dental care needs - 2009

Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Senate finance committee presents options for healthcare reform - 2009

Justice Center, Council of State Governments

Improving outcomes for people with mental illnesses under community corrections supervision : a guide to research - informed policy and practice - 2009

Law enforcement responses to people with mental illnesses : a guide to research - informed policy and practice - 2009

Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service

Emergency communications : the future of 911 - 2009

Health care reform : an introduction - 2009

Medical marijuana : review and analysis of federal and state policies - 2009

The role of the Department of Defense during a flu pandemic - 2009

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division

White paper on novel H1N1 : prepared for the MIT Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals - 2009

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Chartbook : Medicaid pharmacy benefit use and reimbursement in 2005 - 2009

Focus on quality : communication in the health care encounter - 2009

Health information exchange : the role of safety-net providers - 2009

Measuring racial and ethnic disparities in health care : efforts to improve data collection - 2009

The National Health Plan Collaborative : overview of its origins, accomplishments, and lessons learned - 2009

Research design report for the evaluation of the Money Follows the Person (MFP) grant program : final report - 2008

State policies to encourage high-deductible and limited-benefit health plans : costs, constituents, and concerns - 2009

Tracking Medicare health and prescription drug plans, monthly report for April 2009 - 2009

Tracking Medicare health and prescription drug plans, monthly report for May 2009 - 2009

Who picks up the tab? : reducing payment errors in school nutrition programs - 2009

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Reforming America's health care delivery system : statement of Glenn M Hackbarth before the Senate Finance Committee Roundtable on Reforming America's Health Care Delivery System - 2009

Report to the Congress : improving incentives in the Medicare program - 2009

Milbank Memorial Fund

Healthy stateshealthy nation : essays for a new administration and a new Congress - 2009

Milliman, Inc.

2009 Milliman medical index - 2008

Minnesota Dept. of Health, HIV/AIDS Surveillance System

HIV Surveillance report, 2008 - 2008

National Academies Press

Conflict of interest in medical research, education, and practice - 2009

Depression in parents, parenting, and children opportunities to improve identification, treatment, and prevention - 2009

Ensuring quality cancer care through the oncology workforce sustaining care in the 21st century : workshop summary - 2009

Initial national priorities for comparative effectiveness research - 2009

The US commitment to global health recommendations for the public and private sectors - 2009

Venture philanthropy strategies to support translational research workshop summary - 2009

National Academy for State Health Policy

Building medical homes in state Medicaid and CHIP programs - 2009

National Association of Social Workers

Professional development : National Association of Social Workers Membership Workforce Study : [report] - 2009

Who wants to be a social worker? : career influences and timing : National Association of Social Workers Membership Workforce Study : [report] - 2009

National Center for Policy Analysis

The role of health care spending in projecting federal elderly entitlement spending - 2009

National Coalition on Care Coordination

The promise of care coordination : models that decrease hospitalizations and improve outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic illnesses - 2009

Neighbor Works America

Disaster preparedness and recovery for community development organizations - 2009

New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault

Bringing the global to the local : using participatory research to address sexual violence with immigrant communities in NYC - 2008

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Improving the health of people who use drugs - 2009

New York City child fatality report : 2009 report from the Child Fatality Review Team - 2009

Promoting healthy behaviors in adolescents - 2009

New York State Health Foundation

Special report : the deteriorating financial health of New York State's health centers - 2009

Office for Official Publications of the European Communities

Social protection and social inclusion 2008 : EU indicators - 2009

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

DUIDWI admissions to treatment and program resources - 2009

Fathers' alcohol use and substance use among adolescents - 2009

Major depressive episode and treatment among adolescents - 2009

Major depressive episode and treatment among adults - 2009

Parental involvement in preventing youth substance use - 2009

Substance use among women during pregnancy and following childbirth - 2009

Organisation for Economics Co-operation and Development

Measuring disparities in health status and in access and use of health care in OECD countries - 2009

The obesity epidemic : analysis of past and projected future trends in selected OECD countries - 2009

Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease

Health-care cost projections for diabetes and other chronic diseases : the current context and potential enhancements - 2009

Pew Research Center

Growing old in America : expectations vs reality - 2009

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

Pharmaceutical industry profile 2008 - 2009

Population Reference Bureau

Effects of early life on elderly health - 2009

Expanding contraceptive choice : five promising innovations - 2009

Poverty & Race Research Action Council

Unequal health outcomes in the United States : racial and ethnic disparities in health care treatment and access, the role of social and environmental determinants of health, and the responsibility of the state - 2008

Public Agenda

Impressions of HIVAIDS in America : a report on conversations with people throughout the country : building public support for workable solutions to end the epidemic - 2009

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Balance : a report on state action to promote nutrition, increase physical activity and prevent obesity - 2009

Improving child nutrition policy : insights from national USDA study of school food environments - 2009

Race and socioeconomic factors affect opportunities for better health - 2009

RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis

Rural enrollment in Medicare Advantage : growth slows in 2008 - 2009

Rural enrollment in Medicare Part D is growing slowly - 2009

A rural-urban comparison of a building blocks approach to covering the uninsured - 2009

Tax Policy Center

The future of long-term care : what is its place in the health reform debate - 2009

Taylor Nelson Sofres

Attitudes to mental illness 2009 : research report - 2009

Transportation Alternatives

Executive order : a mayoral strategy for traffic safety - 2009

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Many Californians with asthma have problems understanding their doctor - 2009

UCSF Center for the Health Professions

Allied health regional workforce analysis : Bay Area Region - 2009

UNAIDS

UNAIDS guidance note on HIV and sex work - 2008

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre

Global climate change and child health : a review of pathways, impacts and measures to improve the evidence base - 2009

United States Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

Application of systematic review methodology to the field of nutrition - 2009

Average number of total (including refills) and unique prescriptions by select person characteristics, 2006 - 2009

Characteristics of uninsured young adults estimates for the US civilian noninstitutionalized population, 19-23 years of age, 2006 - 2009

The concentration in health expenditures over a two year time interval, estimates for the US population, 2005-2006 - 2009

The five most costly children's conditions, 2006 estimates for the US civilian noninstitutionalized children, ages 0-17 - 2009

Healthcare expenses for chronic conditions among non-elderly adults variations by insurance coverage, 2005-06 (average annual estimates) - 2009

Hospital stays among people living in the poorest communities, 2006 - 2009

Hospital survey on patient safety culture : 2009 comparative database report - 2009

Hospital survey on patient safety culture : 2009 comparative database report, Parts II & III, Appendixes A-D - 2009

Mental health needs of low-income children with special health care needs - 2009

Nationwide frequency and costs of potentially preventable hospitalizations, 2006 - 2009

Potentially avoidable injuries to mothers and newborns during childbirth, 2006 - 2009

United States Congressional Budget Office

The budgetary treatment of proposals to change the nation's health insurance system - 2009

Effects of changes to the health insurance system on labor markets - 2009

The effects of proposals to increase cost sharing in TRICARE - 2009

United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

A comparison of household food security in Canada and the United States - 2008

The food assistance landscape, FY 2008 annual report - 2008

The transformation of US livestock agriculture : scale, efficiency, and risks - 2009

WIC and the battle against childhood overweight - 2009

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

Accuracy of Part D plans' drug prices on the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder - 2009

Medicare Part D payments for beneficiaries in part a skilled nursing facility stays in 2006 - 2009

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development

The 2008 annual homeless assessment report to Congress - 2009

United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs ; National Institute of Justice

Project safe neighborhoods : a national program to reduce gun crime : final project report - 2009

United States Federal Trade Commission

Authorized generics : an interim report - 2009

Emerging health care issues : follow-on biologic drug competition - 2009

United States Government Accountability Office

Electronic health records : program office improvements needed to strengthen management of VA and DOD efforts to achieve full interoperability : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Veterans' Affairs Committee - 2009

Hospital emergency departments : crowding continues to occur, and some patients wait longer than recommended time frames : report to the Chairman, Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2009

Indian Health Service : millions of dollars in property and equipment continue to be lost or stolen : report to congressional requesters - 2009

Influenza pandemic : continued focus on the nation's planning and preparedness efforts remains essential : testimony before the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - 2009

Influenza pandemic : greater agency accountability needed to protect federal workers in the event of a pandemic : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - 2009

Influenza pandemic : increased agency accountability could help protect federal employees serving the public in the event of a pandemic : report to congressional committees - 2009

Medicaid : source of screening affects women's eligibility for coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment in some states : report to congressional requesters - 2009

Medical devices : shortcomings in FDA's premarket review, postmarket surveillance, and inspections of device manufacturing establishments : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives - 2009

Prescription drugs : overview of approaches to control prescription drug spending in federal programs : testimony the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives - 2009

Privacy and security : Food and Drug Administration faces challenges in establishing protections for its postmarket risk analysis system : report to congressional committees - 2009

VA health care : overview of VA's capital asset management : testimony before the Subcommittee on Health Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives - 2009

United States Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions

The adequacy of pharmacist supply : 2004 to 2030 - 2008

United States Office of National Drug Control Policy

Adam II 2008 annual report : arrestee drug abuse monitoring program II - 2009

UnitedHealth Group

Federal health care cost containment : how in practice can it be done? : options with a real world track record of success - 2009

University College, London Global Health Equity Group

Strategic review of health inequalities in England post-2010 : Marmot review : first phase report - 2009

University of York, Centre for Health Economics

Catching the habit : a study of inequality of opportunity in smoking-related mortality - 2009

Geographical variation in quality of life : the role of public service organisations - 2009

Investigating patient outcome measures in mental health - 2009

Urban Institute

Access to and affordability of care in Massachusetts as of Fall 2008 : geographic and racial/ethnic differences - 2009

Capping the tax exclusion of employer-sponsored health insurance : is equity feasible? - 2009

Changes to the tax exclusion of employer-sponsored health insurance premiums : a potential source of financing for health reform - 2009

Express lane eligibility and beyond : how automated enrollment can help eligible children receive Medicaid and CHIP : a catalog of state policy options - 2009

Health care reform for children with public coverage : how can policymakers maximize gains and prevent harm? - 2009

Health reform : the cost of failure - 2009

Is the public plan option a necessary part of health reform? - 2009

Medicaid outreach and enrollment for pregnant women : what is the state of the art? - 2009

Victorian Health Promotion Foundation

Call for a national charter for health - 2009