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CHIP Improves Children's Access to Care, Eases Financial Burden on Families (In Focus Brief)

Mathematica Policy Research

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

Audra Wenzlow, Ellen Bouchery and John Czajka

Health Insurance Exchange Study

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

Comparison of With-Replacement and Without-Replacement Variance Estimates for a Complex Survey

Frank J. Potter, Stephen Williams, Nuria Diaz-Tena, James Reschovsky and Elizabeth Schaefer

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

Elizabeth Condon and Mary Kay Fox

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

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

Mario Gruszczynski, Natalie Graves and Sonya Streeter

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

Nasem and Ronette Briefel

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

Carol Irvin, Deborah Peikes, Chris Trenholm and Nazmul Khan

State-By-State Medicaid Pharmacy Data for 1999: Perspectives and Opportunities

Jim Verdier

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

Medicare Beneficiaries and Choice in the New Orleans Metropolitan Area, 2000

Marsha Gold, Jessica Mittler and Beth Stevens

PCORI Dissemination and Implementation Toolkit

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

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

James M. Verdier

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participants' Employment Characteristics and Barriers to Work

James Mabli and Irina Cheban

Minnesota’s SGA Project Demonstration: An Interim Evaluation Report

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

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

Mathematica Policy Research

Quality Rating Systems in Medicaid Managed Care

Patricia Rowan, Ruth Hsu, Télyse Masaoay and Stephanie Parver

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

Taking a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program to the Home: The AIM 4 Teen Moms Experience, Implementation Report

Subuhi Asheer and Ellen Kisker

Does Intensive Mentoring Improve Teaching? Results from a Randomized Experiment

Steven Glazerman, Eric Isenberg, Sarah Dolfin, Martha Bleeker, Amy Johnson, Mary Grider and Matthew Jacobus

Impacts on Employment and Earnings

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

Bayesian Interpretation of Cluster-Robust Subgroup Impact Estimates: The Best of Both Worlds

Erin R. Lipman, John Deke and Mariel Finucane

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

Lawrence D. Brown and Beth Stevens

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

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Teacher and Teaching Effects on Students' Academic Behaviors and Mindsets

David Blazar and Matthew Kraft

Customized Employment: Translating Policy Into Practice Through SourceAmerica Pathways to Careers

Purvi Sevak, Noelle Denny-Brown and Marisa Shenk

Evaluation of the Burkina Faso Agriculture Development Project: Design Report

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

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

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

Assessing Cultural Perspectives on Healthcare Quality

Ann D. Bagchi, Raquel af Ursin and Alicia Leonard

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

James Ohls, Larry Radbill and Allen Schirm

Higher Practice Intensity Is Associated with Higher Quality of Care but More Avoidable Admissions for Medicare Beneficiaries (Journal Article)

Bruce E. Landon, A. James O'Malley, M. Richard McKellar, Jack Hadley and James D. Reschovsky

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

Embry Howell, Beth Zimmerman and Elizabeth Closter

Testing Municipal Wastewater to Flexibly Monitor Health and Safety

Aparna Keshaviah, Cindy Hu and Marisa Henry

Changes in the Availability of Community-Based Mental Health Care for Various Population Groups from 2014 to 2020

Brigitte Manteuffel, Luke Horner, Natalie Hazelwood and Ruchir Karmali

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

Deborah Peikes, Randall Brown, Greg Peterson and Jennifer Schore

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

Nick Beyler, Bruno Vizcarra, Don Jang and Amang Sukasih

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

Administrative Experiments: Unlocking What Works Better and What Works for Whom

Scott Cody, Irma Perez-Johnson and Kristen Joyce

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

Mathematica

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

Deborah Peikes, Randall Brown, Arnold Chen and Jennifer Schore

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

Deborah J. Chollet

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

John M. Love

Toddlers in Early Head Start: A Portrait of 3-Year-Olds, Their Families, and the Programs Serving Them. Volume I: Age 3 Report

Cheri A. Vogel, Pia Caronongan, Yange Xue, Jaime Thomas, Eileen Bandel, Nikki Aikens, Kimberly Boller and Lauren Murphy

Small Area Estimation: New Developments and Directions for HHS Data

John L. Czajka, Amang Sukasih and Alyssa Maccarone

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

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

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

Influencing Mode Choice in a Multi-Mode Survey

Geraldine Mooney, Cheryl De Saw, Xiaojing Lin, Andrew Hurwitz and Flora Lan

Strength in Numbers: Strategic Partnerships Helped Provide Better LMI

Diane Herz and Brittany English

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

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

Mary Anne Anderson and Michelle Derr

The Impact of Malpractice Liability Claims on Obstetrical Practice Patterns

Gilbert W. Gimm

QRS Profile: Colorado Qualistar

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

Integrating Medicare and Medicaid

James M. Verdier

Not Just Numeracy and Literacy: Theory of Mind Development and School Readiness among Low-Income Children

Elizabeth Woodburn Cavadel and Douglas A. Frye

Integrating Positive Youth Development into PREP Programming

Kristin A. Moore, Andrea Vazzano, Isabel Griffith, Mindy E. Scott and Deana Around Him

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

Local Health Departments Lead Efforts Against Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

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

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

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

Characteristics of Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities Participating in the Federal Disability Programs

Gina A. Livermore and Maura Bardos

Forging Partnerships (In the Spotlight)

Emily Knas and M. C. Bradley

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

Denise Hoffman, Priyanka Anand, John Jones and Serge Lukashanets

Opportunities for Improving Chronic Care Management to Address Demands for Accessible Accountable Care During and After the Pandemic

Ann O'Malley and Eugene Rich

Getting the Most Out of State QRIS Data: Secondary Analyses of Quality Ratings from the QRIS Assessment Project

Lizabeth Malone, Gretchen Kirby and Pia Caronongan

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

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

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

Purvi Sevak, Jody Schimmel Hyde and Matthew Kehn

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

Matthew T. Johnson

The Underappreciated Success of Home-Based Primary Care: Next Steps for CMS' Independence at Home

Laura Kimmey and Valerie Cheh

Vocational Rehabilitation on the Road to Social Security Disability

David C. Stapleton and Frank Martin

Medicare Advantage 2004 Payment Increases Resulting from the Medicare Modernization Act

Lori Achman and Marsha Gold

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

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

Stunting Prevalence and Correlates Among Children in Indonesia

Amanda Beatty, Nick Ingwersen, William Leith and Clair Null

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

José Tapia Granados and Javier M. Rodriguez

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

Dexter Chu and John Burghardt

Advancing Evidence-Based Decision Making: A Toolkit on Recognizing and Conducting Opportunistic Experiments in the Family Self-Sufficiency and Stability Policy Area

Alicia Meckstroth, Alexandra Resch, Jonathan McCay, Michelle Derr, Jillian Berk and Lauren Akers

Quality Rating and Improvement Systems: Frameworks for Early Care and Education Systems Change

Diane Schaak, Kate Tarrant, Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

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

Ann Bagchi and Beth Stevens

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

Ellen Eliason Kisker and Kimberly Boller

UnityPoint ACO's Home Visit Program (Case Study)

Natalie Graves and Sonya Streeter

Capacity Building for Strategic Learning: Findings from the Pilot Cohort

Emma Pottinger, Emily Gardner, Ramya Tallapragada, Alexandra Resch and Virginia Knechtel

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

Reaching Those in Need: How Effective Is the Food Stamp Program?

Allen L. Schirm

Posttransition Experiences of Former Child SSI Recipients

Pamela J. Loprest and David Wittenburg

A Broader View: The National Evaluation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, Design Report, Volume I

Mark Dynarski, Susanne James-Burdumy, Wendy Mansfield, Daniel P. Mayer, Mary T. Moore, John Mullens, Tim Silva, Carol Pistorino and Douglas Hermond

Variation in Physicians’ Electronic Health Record Documentation and Potential Patient Harm from That Variation

Genna R. Cohen, Charles P. Friedman, Andrew M. Ryan, Caroline R. Richardson and Julia Adler-Milstein

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

Math Corps Successfully Replicated

Barbara Harris and Lindsay Fox

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

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

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

Does Weighting for Nonresponse Increase the Variance of Survey Means? (Conference Paper)

Roderick J. Little and Sonya Vartivarian

Evaluation of Oakland Unite: Year 1 Strategy Report

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

Longitudinal Statistics for New Supplemental Security Income Beneficiaries

Yonatan Ben-Shalom, David Stapleton, Dawn Phelps and Maura Bardos

Competency-Based Education in College Settings

Ann Person

Sources of Nutrients in Students Diets

Anne Gordon and Patricia M. McKinney

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

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

Nancy Cole and Cassandra Baxter

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