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Consolidation of Providers Into Health Systems Increased Substantially, 2016–18

Michael F. Furukawa, Laura Kimmey, David J. Jones, Rachel M. Machta, Jing Guo and Eugene C. Rich

Kauffman Firm Survey Fourth Follow-Up: Draft Questionnaire

David DesRoches

Minnesota’s SGA Project Demonstration: An Interim Evaluation Report

Matthew Kehn, Liz Babalola, Todd Honeycutt, Gina Livermore, Annie Doubleday, David Stapleton and Purvi Sevak

Managed Long Term Care: Options for New York and Examples from Other States

James M. Verdier

The Role of the Workforce System in Addressing the Opioid Crisis: A Review of the Literature

Michaela Vine, Colleen Staatz, Crystal Blyler and Jillian Berk

Synthesis of Findings on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in Five States

Sheila D. Hoag

Feeding Infants and Children from Birth to 24 Months: Summarizing Existing Guidance

Nasem and Ronette Briefel

Value for the Money Spent? Exploring the Relationship Between Medicaid Costs and Quality

Debra Lipson, Margaret Colby, Tim Lake, Su Liu and Sarah Turchin

Evaluating the Impact of Community-Based Interventions on Schooling Outcomes Among Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Lusaka, Zambia (Working Paper)

Minki Chatterji, Paul Hutchinson, Nancy Murray, Kathy Buek, Yvonne Mulenga and Tom Ventimiglia

Associations Between American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set Process Measures

Bradley Gray, Jonathan Vandergrift, Bruce Landon, James Reschovsky and Rebecca Lipner

What Does $1,000 in Seed Capital Buy? Emerging Lessons from the SET Program’s Offer of Microgrants for Business Start-Ups

Mary Anne Anderson, Samia Amin, Irma Perez-Johnson and Caroline Massad Francis

PCORI Dissemination and Implementation Toolkit

Dominick Esposito, Jessica Heeringa, Katharine Bradley, Sarah Croake, Laura Kimmey and Amanda Lechner

Pathways to Careers Employer Case Study: Futura Industries

Noelle Denny-Brown and Marisa Shenk

Tips for Supporting Elementary Writing Skills at Home

Christine Ross

A Profile of the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program: 1998-99. With Selected Data from 1997-98 and 1996-97

Wendy Mansfield, Kathryn Downey Sargent, Margaret W. Cahalan, Robert L. Belle, Jr. and Frances Bergeron

Creating Capacity for Improvement in Primary Care: The Case for Developing a Quality Improvement Infrastructure

Erin Fries Taylor, Deborah Peikes, Janice Genevro and David Meyers

Medicare Advantage 2004 Payment Increases Resulting from the Medicare Modernization Act

Lori Achman and Marsha Gold

Value-Added Estimates for Phase 1 of the Pennsylvania Teacher and Principal Evaluation Pilot

Stephen Lipscomb, Hanley Chiang and Brian Gill

An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification

Jill Constantine, Daniel Player, Tim Silva, Kristin Hallgren, Mary Grider and John Deke

Horseshoes, Hand Grenades, and Treatment Effects? Reassessing Bias in Nonexperimental Estimators

Kenneth Fortson, Philip Gleason, Emma Kopa and Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz

National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 2000, Data on Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Three Independent Evaluations of Healthy Kids Programs Find Dramatic Gains in Well-Being of Children and Families

Christopher Trenholm, Embry Howell, Ian Hill and Dana Hughes

Building Family Partnerships: Family Engagement Findings from the Head Start FACES Study

Nikki Aikens, Elizabeth Cavadel, Jacob Hartog, Felicia Hurwitz, Emily Knas, Owen Schochet, Lizabeth Malone and Louisa Tarullo

Competency-Based Education in College Settings

Ann Person

A Method for Measuring the Effect of Certified Electronic Health Record Technology on Childhood Immunization Status Scores Among Medicaid Managed Care Network Providers

Paul Messino, Hadi Kharrazi, Julia M. Kim and Harold Lehmann

To Apply or Not to Apply: The Employment and Program Participation of Social Security Disability Insurance Applicants and Non-Applicants

Allison Thompkins, Todd Honeycutt, Claire Gill, Joseph Mastrianni and Michelle Bailey

School Meal Program Participation and Its Association with Dietary Patterns and Childhood Obesity

Philip Gleason, Ronette Briefel, Ander Wilson and Allison Hedley Dodd

How States Can Better Understand their Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: A Guide to Using CMS Data Resources

Danielle Chelminsky

Nebraska Health Network’s Data Management System for Improving Quality and Reducing Costs (Case Study)

Mario Gruszczynski, Natalie Graves and Sonya Streeter

Outcomes of Competency-Based Education in Community Colleges: Summative Findings from the Evaluation of a TAACCCT Grant

Ann E. Person, Jaime Thomas, Julie Bruch, Alexander Johann and Nikhail Maestas

Electronic Health Records Demonstration Office Systems Survey: Spring 2011

Mathematica Policy Research

Indicators of Child Family and Community Connections

Various Authors

Learning from Charter School Management Organizations: Strategies for Student Behavior and Teacher Coaching

Robin Lake, Melissa Bowen, Allison Demeritt, Moira McCullough, Joshua Haimson and Brian Gill

Meeting the Challenges: A Data-Driven Approach to Building Behavioral Health System Capacity

Mathematica

QRS Profile: Colorado Qualistar

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

Measuring Employment of People with Disabilities

David Wittenburg

Massachusetts Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark Factsheet: Annual Health Care Cost Trends Hearings

Mathematica

Considerations for and Lessons Learned from Online, Synchronous Focus Groups

Sarah G. Forrestal, Angela Valdovinos D'Angelo and Lisa Klein Vogel

Linking TANF Recipients with Paraprofessional Long-Term Care Jobs

Jacqueline Kauff, Gretchen Kirby and LaDonna Pavetti

Effects of Four Responsible Fatherhood Programs for Low-Income Fathers: Evidence from the Parents and Children Together Evaluation

Sarah Avellar, Reginald Covington, Quinn Moore, Ankita Patnaik and April Wu

Accountable Care Organizations: Will They Deliver?

Marsha Gold

Expanding Employer Engagement and Job Placement

Jeanette Holdbrook, Elizabeth Brown, Kara Conroy, Nickie Fung, Jessica Harding, Grace Roemer and Max Rankin

The Role of Obesity in Federal Disability Determinations

Jody Schimmel Hyde

The Impact of Malpractice Liability Claims on Obstetrical Practice Patterns

Gilbert W. Gimm

Health, Economic Crisis, and Austerity: A Comparison of Greece, Finland, and Iceland

José Tapia Granados and Javier M. Rodriguez

Implementing Large-Scale Studies of Children Using Clinical Assessments

Elizabeth T. Spier, Susan Sprachman and Cassandra Rowand

Medicare Advantage 2012 Spotlight: Plan Availability and Premiums

Marsha Gold, Gretchen Jacobson, Anthony Damico and Tricia Neuman

Using the SAS Output Delivery System Report Writing Interface to Produce Codebooks for Survey Data

Nancy Cole and Cassandra Baxter

En Bsqueda De Soluciones: Mejorando El Servicio Mdico Para Las Personas Con Dominio Limitado Del Ingls En Connecticut

Ann Bagchi and Beth Stevens

Dynamics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation from 2008 to 2012

Joshua Leftin, Nancy Wemmerus, James Mabli, Thomas Godfrey and Stephen Tordella

Improving Sanitation at Scale: Lessons from TSSM Implementation in East Java, Indonesia

Samia Amin, Anu Rangarajan and Evan Borkum

Math Corps Successfully Replicated

Barbara Harris and Lindsay Fox

WIC Eligibles and Coverage 1994-2007: Estimates of the Population of Women, Infants, and Children Eligible for WIC Benefits

Ed Harper, Jay Hirschman, James Mabli, Sandi Nelson and Kerianne Hourihan

Treatment Approach and HbA1c Control Among US Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: NHANES 1999-2004

Allison Hedley Dodd, Margaret S. Colby, Kristina S. Boye, Cheryl Fahlman, Sunny Kim and Ronette R. Briefel

Discontinuous Coverage in Medicaid and the Implications of 12-Month Continuous Coverage for Children

Carol Irvin, Deborah Peikes, Chris Trenholm and Nazmul Khan

Impacts on Employment and Earnings

Paul T. Decker, Christopher O'Leary and Stephen Woodbury

Getting Ready for Kindergarten: Children's Progress During Head Start, FACES 2009 Report

Nikki Aikens, Ashley Kopack Klein, Louisa Tarullo and Jerry West

UnityPoint ACO's Home Visit Program (Case Study)

Natalie Graves and Sonya Streeter

Forming a Team to Ensure High-Quality Measurement in Education Studies

Ellen Eliason Kisker and Kimberly Boller

The Evaluation of the School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Program Design Report, Volume II: Data Collection Instruments

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Independent Evaluation of Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Second Annual Report: Appendices to the Supplemental Volume

Arkadipta Ghosh, Sean Orzol, Stacy Dale, Jessica Laird, Ning Fu, Pragya Singh, Min-Young Kim, Amanda Markovitz, Kaylyn Swankoski, Nancy Duda, Rachel Machta, Carol Urato, Mariel Finucane, Lauren Vollmer, Constance Delannoy, Lee-Lee Ellis, Grace Oh, Brianna Sullivan, Dana Jean-Baptiste, Ann O'Malley, Rosalind Keith, Randall Brown, Grace Anglin, Deborah Peikes and Et Al.

Creation of the 2011 MATH SIPP+ Microsimulation Model and Database

Joshua Leftin, Joel Smith, Karen Cunnyngham and Carole Trippe

Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Implementation and Impacts of Pay-for-Performance After Three Years (Final Report)

Alison Wellington, Hanley Chiang, Kristin Hallgren, Cecilia Speroni, Mariesa Herrmann and Paul Burkander

Energy and Fat Intakes of Children and Adolescents in the United States: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys

Richard P. Troiano, Ronette Briefel, Margaret D. Carroll and Karil Bialostosky

Using the MyPyramid Equivalents Database to Estimate MyPyramid Equivalents for the Third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study

Elizabeth Condon and Mary Kay Fox

Measuring Multi-Dimensional Change: Challenges and Opportunities in The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program (Presentation)

Barry Burciul and Matt Sloan

Menu of Measures: High-Quality Measures of Middle Years Math Student Outcomes

Julie Bruch, Jasmine Forde, Ijun Lai and Veronica Sotelo Muñoz

Job Skills and Minority Youth: New Program Directions (Book Review)

Matthew T. Johnson

Summary of Published Evidence Related to the Dietary Guidelines for Children, 2004-2008

Allison Hedley Dodd, Charlotte Cabili, Ronette R. Briefel, Nyna Williams and Carol West Suitor

Youth At-Risk of Homelessness: Design for an Implementation Study of "Pathways to Success"

Rosalind Keith, Rebekah Selekman and Andrew Burwick

Challenges and Successes of Pregnancy Assistance Fund Programs Supporting Young Fathers

Katherine Niland and Rebekah Selekman

Statistical Power for the Comparative Regression Discontinuity Design with a Pretest No-Treatment Control Function: Theory and Evidence from the National Head Start Impact Study

Yang Tang and Thomas D. Cook

Medicare Advantage Benefit Design: What Does It Provide, What Doesn't It Provide, and Should Standards Apply?

Marsha Gold and Maria Cupples Hudson

Geographic Variation in Health IT and Health Care Outcomes: A Snapshot Before the Meaningful Use Incentive Program Began

Catherine G. McLaughlin and Eric Lammers

Evaluation of a Medicaid Psychotropic Drug Management Program in Utah

Dominick Esposito and James M. Verdier

Rural Hospital Transitional Care Program Reduces Medicare Spending

Keith Kranker, Linda M. Barterian, Rumin Sarwar, G. Greg Peterson, Boyd Gilman, Laura Blue, Kate Allison Stewart, Sheila D. Hoag, Timothy J. Day and Lorenzo Moreno

Survey Data Collection in Sub†Saharan Africa (SSA): Challenges, Strategies, and Opportunities

Sarah M. Hughes and Yu†chieh (Jay) Lin

Disease Management Options: Issues for State Medicaid Programs to Consider

Randall Brown and Arnold Chen

The National Children's Study 2014: Commentary on a Recent National Research Council/Institute of Medicine Report

Marie C. McCormick, Dean B. Baker, Paul P. Biemer, Barbara Lepidus Carlson, Ana V. Diez Roux, Virginia M. Lesser, Sara S. McLanahan, George R. Saade, S. Lynne Stokes, Leonardo Trasande and Greg Duncan

Hospital Response to Public Reporting of Quality Indicators

Mary A. Laschober, Myles Maxfield, Suzanne Felt-Lisk and David J. Miranda

Care Coordination for Children with Special Needs in Medicaid: Lessons from Medicare

Kate A. Stewart, Katharine W.V. Bradley, Joseph S. Zickafoose, Rachel Hildrich, Henry T. Ireys and Randall S. Brown

The Economic Consequences of the Dissolution of Cohabiting Unions

Sarah Avellar and Pamela J. Smock

Rethinking the Mental Health Treatment Skills of Primary Care Staff: A Framework for Training and Research

Jonathan D. Brown and Lawrence S. Wissow

Promoting Children’s Physical Activity in Low-Income Communities in Colorado: What Are the Barriers and Opportunities?

Daniel M. Finkelstein, Dana M. Petersen and Lisa S. Schottenfeld

Assessing the Impact of Medically Tailored Meals and Medical Nutrition Therapy on Type 2 Diabetes: Protocol for Project MiNT

Kristin L. Rising, Mackenzie Kemp, Patricia Davidson, Judd E. Hollander, Serge Jabbour, Eric Jutkowitz, Benjamin E. Leiby, Cheryl Marco, Ian McElwee, Geoffrey Mills, Laura Pizzi, Rhea E. Powell and Anna Marie Chang

Repealing or Replacing the ACA’s Provisions: How Would Adults with Disabilities Fare?

Purvi Sevak, Jody Schimmel Hyde and Matthew Kehn

Designing a National Evaluation of an Ongoing Program: Lessons from the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Gold Standard Evaluation

Sheena McConnell

Technical Appendices to Trends in Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: 1999 to 2001

Karen E. Cunnyngham

Hand in Hand: Enhancing the Synergy between Money Follows the Person and Managed Long-Term Services and Supports

Jenna Libersky, Debra Lipson and Kristie Liao

Third Report to Congress on the Evaluation of the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration

Deborah Peikes, Randall Brown, Arnold Chen and Jennifer Schore

Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Results from the Second Year of a Randomized Controlled Study

Eric Isenberg, Steven Glazerman, Martha Bleeker, Amy Johnson, Julieta Lugo-Gil, Mary Grider, Sarah Dolfin and Edward Britton

Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): Recommendations of the Technical Advisory Panel Regarding the Use of Incentive Payments and the Evaluation Design (Appendices)

Thomas Fraker and Todd Honeycutt

Transitions Across the Marketplace, Medicaid, and CHIP: How Similar are Primary Care Physician Networks Across Programs?

Cara Orfield, Lauren Hula and Michael Barna

Health Insurance Exchange Study

Deborah Chollet, Su Liu, Kate Stewart, Alison Wellington, Allison Barrett, Mila Kofman and Amy M. Lischko

The Charlestown Retirement Community Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program After One Year

Nancy Archibald, Jennifer Schore, Randall Brown, Deborah Peikes and Sean Orzol

The White Picket Fence Dream: Effects of Assets on the Choice of Family Union

Arif A. Mamun

The Status of Academic Libraries in the United States: Results from the 1994 Academic Library Survey, With Historical Comparisons to 1974

Margaret W. Cahalan and Natalie M. Justh

Imputation of Multiple-Response Items in SESTAT and Its Component Surveys

Nick Beyler, Bruno Vizcarra, Don Jang and Amang Sukasih

24 Million and Counting: Reflections on 40 Years of Head Start Research in Support of Children and Families'

John M. Love

Participation in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program

Philip M. Gleason