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Evaluation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Electricity-Transmission and Distribution Line-Extension Activity in Tanzania: Baseline Report

Duncan Chaplin, Arif Mamun and John Schurrer

Evaluation of a Medicaid Psychotropic Drug Management Program in Utah

Dominick Esposito and James M. Verdier

The Impact of Quality-Reporting Programs on Hospital Operations

Hoangmai H. Pham, Jennifer Coughlan and Ann S. O'Malley

Background of the School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study

John Burghardt and Barbara L. Devaney

Competency-Based Education in College Settings

Ann Person

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

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

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

Evaluation of the Burkina Faso Agriculture Development Project: Design Report

Christopher Ksoll, Chantal Toledo, Seth Morgan, Anca Dumitrescu and Kristen Velyvis

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

The Economic Consequences of the Dissolution of Cohabiting Unions

Sarah Avellar and Pamela J. Smock

Student Participation in the School Nutrition Programs: An Econometric and Simulation Model

Philip M. Gleason

Building Strong Ready to Learn Outreach

Cheri Vogel, Kimberly Boller, Stacey Uhl and Lindsay Dobrzynski

Usual Food Intakes of 2- and 3-Year Old U.S. Children Are Not Consistent with Dietary Guidelines

Mary Kay Fox, Elizabeth Gearan, Judith Cannon, Ronette Briefel, Denise M. Deming, Alison L. Eldridge and Kathleen C. Reidy

Successfully Implementing SOAR: Lessons Learned from Six States

Jacqueline Kauff and Jonathan Brown

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

Nancy Cole and Cassandra Baxter

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

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

Understanding College Match Among KIPP Northern California Students

Naihobe Gonzalez and Dan Thal

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

Catherine G. McLaughlin and Eric Lammers

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

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

Ann Bagchi and Beth Stevens

Employment Services and Supports Available to Veterans with Disabilities Through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Other Federal Agencies

Michael West and John Kregel

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

Math Corps Successfully Replicated

Barbara Harris and Lindsay Fox

Do In-Person Interviews Reduce Bias in a Mixed-Mode Survey of Persons with Disabilities?

Eric Grau

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

Ellen Eliason Kisker and Kimberly Boller

Expanding Access to Medicaid Data for Research: Feasibility of a MAX Sample

Audra Wenzlow, Ellen Bouchery and John Czajka

Counting Working-Age People with Disabilities: What Current Data Tell Us and Options for Improvement

Kalamazoo, W.E. Upjohn Institute Mi:, Andrew J. Houtenville, David C. Stapleton, Robert R. Weathers, Richard Burkhauser and Editors

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

Consumer and Consultant Experiences in the New Jersey Personal Preference Program

Leslie Foster, Barbara Phillips and Jennifer Schore

Charge of the Right Brigade? Communities, Coverage, and Care for the Uninsured

Lawrence D. Brown and Beth Stevens

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

Elizabeth Condon and Mary Kay Fox

Indicators of Child Family and Community Connections

Various Authors

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

Characteristics and Dietary Patterns of Healthy and Less-Healthy Eaters in the Low-Income Population

Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Mary Kay Fox and P.K. Newby

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

Can Vertically Integrated Health Systems Provide Greater Value: The Case of Hospitals Under the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model?

Rachel M. Machta, James Reschovsky, David J. Jones, Michael F. Furukawa and Eugene C. Rich

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

Local Health Departments Lead Efforts Against Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Megan McHugh, Rose Marie Martinez, Rebecca Kliman and Sara Roschwalb

Kauffman Firm Survey Fourth Follow-Up: Draft Questionnaire

David DesRoches

A Focused Look at Rural Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants

Linda Rosenberg, Megan Davis Christianson, Megan Hague Angus and Emily Rosenthal

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

Rosalind Keith, Rebekah Selekman and Andrew Burwick

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

The School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study: Public Use Documentation, Volume I: School-Level Data

Dexter Chu and John Burghardt

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

UnityPoint ACO's Home Visit Program (Case Study)

Natalie Graves and Sonya Streeter

New Data on the Nutritional Quality of School Lunches (In Focus Brief)

Mary Kay Fox

Linking TANF Recipients with Paraprofessional Long-Term Care Jobs

Jacqueline Kauff, Gretchen Kirby and LaDonna Pavetti

Choices, Challenges, and Options: Child SSI Recipients Preparing for the Transition to Adult Life

Pamela J. Loprest and David Wittenburg

Strengthening Unmarried Parents' Relationships: The Early Impacts of Building Strong Families

Robert G. Wood, Sheena McConnell, Quinn Moore, Andrew Clarkwest and JoAnn Hsueh

Developing a Health Care Information Portal for California Childrens Service's Providers: Functions, Models, and Issues

Deborah J. Chollet

How Changes in Washington University's Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Pilot Ultimately Achieved Savings

Deborah Peikes, Greg Peterson, Randall S. Brown, Sandy Graff and John P. Lynch

Technical Documentation for the Fiscal Year 2009 SNAP QC Database and QC Minimodel

Joshua Leftin, Andrew Gothro, Esa Eslami, Daisy Ewell and Katherine Bencio

Early Implementation of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program: Findings from Exploratory Site Visits and Review of Program Plans

Demetra Smith Nightingale, Terri Thompson, Nancy Pindus, Pamela Holcomb, Edgar Lee, Jesse Valente and John Trutko

Quarterly Youth Unemployment Rates in Large Metro Areas, 2021

Hande Inanc and Megan Caruso

Integrating Medicare and Medicaid

James M. Verdier

Medicaid Populations with Chronic and Disabling Conditions: A Compilation of Data on Their Characteristics, Health Conditions, Service Use, and Medicaid Payments

Carol V. Irvin and Christopher Johnson

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

Marsha Gold and Maria Cupples Hudson

Testing Municipal Wastewater to Flexibly Monitor Health and Safety

Aparna Keshaviah, Cindy Hu and Marisa Henry

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

Infant Mortality Prevention in American Indian Communities: Northern Plains Healthy Start

Embry Howell, Beth Zimmerman and Elizabeth Closter

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

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

How Do Work-Related Overpayments Affect the Earnings of Overpaid Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries?

Denise Hoffman, Priyanka Anand, John Jones and Serge Lukashanets

Characteristics of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Provider Network: Implications for Access to Care Under the Affordable Care Act

Ellen Bouchery, Boyd Gilman, Sylvia Trent-Adams and Laura Cheever

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

QRS Profile: Colorado Qualistar

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

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

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Orthogonal Design: A Powerful Method for Comparative Effectiveness Research with Multiple Interventions

Jelena Zurovac and Randy Brown

Income Supports and Work Requirement Policies: An Equity-Focused Policy Research Agenda

Brittany English and Diane Paulsell

Promising Models of Care Coordination in Medicare: Lessons for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Chronic Illnesses

Deborah Peikes, Randall Brown, Greg Peterson and Jennifer Schore

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

James M. Verdier

Current and Former WFNJ Clients: How Are They Faring 30 Months Later?

Anu Rangarajan and Robert G. Wood

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

Danielle Chelminsky

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

Karen E. Cunnyngham

Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 1998 (Issue Brief)

Laura Castner and Jacquelyn Anderson

Design with Care: School Information Displays Can Impact School Choices

Ira Nichols-Barrer, Steven Glazerman and Jon Valant

Senegal’s Irrigation and Water Resources Management Project at Five Years Post-Compact: Findings from a Mixed-Methods Evaluation

Anthony Harris, Sarah Leser, Ahmadou Kandji and Sarah Hughes

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

Transforming Teachers' Practice: The Impact of EL Education's English Language Arts Curriculum and Professional Learning on Teacher Practices

Jane Choi, Scott Richman and Sarah Dolfin

The Role of Obesity in Federal Disability Determinations

Jody Schimmel Hyde

Midpoint Evaluation of Oregon's Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration: Mid-2012 through Mid-2014

Carol V. Irvin, JudyAnn Bigby, Vivian Byrd, Michael Barna, Suzie Witmer and Maureen Higgins

Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS), October 1, 1998 Questionnaire

Mathematica Policy Research

Household Food Security in the United States, 1995-1997: Technical Issues and Statistical Report

James Ohls, Larry Radbill and Allen Schirm

Hospital Response to Public Reporting of Quality Indicators

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

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

Stephen Lipscomb, Hanley Chiang and Brian Gill

Evaluation of Oakland Unite: Year 1 Strategy Report

Naihobe Gonzalez, Johanna Lacoe, Ebo Dawson-Andoh, Armando Yañez, Natasha Nicolai and Sarah Crissey

Impacts on Employment and Earnings

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

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

Jonathan D. Brown and Lawrence S. Wissow

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

Mathematica

How Accountable Care Organizations Use Population Segmentation to Care for High-Need, High-Cost Patients

Ann S. O’Malley, Eugene C. Rich, Rumin Sarwar, Eli Schultz, W. Cannon Warren, Tanya Shah and Melinda K. Abrams

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

Mathematica

Disease Management Options: Issues for State Medicaid Programs to Consider

Randall Brown and Arnold Chen

Career Ladders and Pathways for the Hard-to-Employ

Alison Gash and Melissa Mack

Good Things Come in Small Packages: Lessons Learned from the Ohio High School Transformation Initiative

Sarah Jones, Monica Martinez and Cindy Cai

Research Motivations and Undergraduate Researchers’ Disciplinary Identity

Shannon N. Davis and Sarah E. Wagner

Using Coaching and Navigation to Promote Economic Mobility: How Might Programs Provide These Services Virtually?

Mary Anne Anderson and Michelle Derr

School Choice in New York City After Two Years: An Evaluation of the School Choice Scholarships Program (Interim Report)

David Myers, Paul E. Peterson, Daniel P. Mayer, Julia Y. Chou and William G. Howell

Consumer Enrollment and Experiences in the Cash and Counseling Program

Jennifer Schore, Leslie Foster and Barbara Phillips

Feasibility of a Single-Payer Health Plan Model for the State of Maine

Deborah Chollet, Glen Mays, January Angeles, RolMcDevitt and Ryan Lore

Impacts of the National Health Service Corps: A Survival Analysis

Thomas R. Konrad, Kirsten Leysieffer, Rose Marie Martinez, Richard Niska and Barbara L. Wells