Selected Reports

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Building a Healthier Zambia: Stories from the Health Services and Systems Program.  (2/2010)

A Call For A Strategic U.S. Approach To The Global Food Crisis.  (7/2008)

Final Report on the Evaluation of the First Offender Prostitution Program.  Michael Shively, Sarah Kuck Jalbert, Ryan Kling, William Rhodes, Peter Finn, Chris Flygare, Laura Tierney, David Squires, Christina Dyous, Kristin Wheeler, and Dana Hunt.  (4/2008)

Best Practices in Social Marketing Safe Water Solution for Household Water Treatment: Lessons Learned from Population Services International Field Programs.  Abt Associates Inc.  (3/2007)
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Strengthening Human Resources for Health, Zambia Health Services and Systems Program, Occasional Paper Series, Number 1.  Chankova, Slavea and Sara Sulzbach.  (4/2006)

Private Provider Networks: The Role of Viability in Expanding the Supply of Reproductive Health and Family Planning Services.  Taara Chandani, Sara Sulzbach.  (4/2006)
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How Effective are Health Systems Strengthening Programs in Reaching the Poor? A Rapid Assessments Approach.  M. Mahmud Khan, Ph.D., David Hotchkiss, Ph.D.  (3/2006)
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Assessment of Pharmacy and Inventory Control in Ministry of Health Hospitals in Jordan.  Dr. Hamza Talafha.  (3/2006)
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An Introduction to the Field of Quality Improvement in Health Care.  Bruno Bouchet, Irina Stirbu, Nilufar Rakhmanova.  (2/2006)
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Cost and Effectiveness Analysis of the Ndola Demonstration Project in Zambia.  Grace Chee, Kimberly Smith.  (2/2006)
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Improving Hormonal Contraceptive Supply: The Potential Contribution of Manufacturers of Generic and Biosimilar Drugs.  Armand, Françoise.  (1/2006)
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The Value of Beneficiary Analyses: Who Benefits from Funds Targeted For HIV/AIDS?  Tania Dmytraczenko, PhD; Susna De, MSc, MPH; Catherine Chanfreau, MD, MPH; Lillian Kidane, BA.  (1/2006)
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Youth Friendly Pharmacies and Partnerships: the CMS-CELSAM Experience.  Kelly Wolfe.  (12/2005)
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Evaluating the Effects of the National Health Insurance Act in Ghana: Baseline Report.  Sara Sulzbach, Bertha Garshong.  (12/2005)
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When Donor Support Ends: The Fate of Social Marketing Products and the Markets They Help Create.  Sohail Agha, Ph.D.; Mai Do, DrPH; Françoise Armand, M.B.A.  (12/2005)
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Strengthening Egypt's Health Sector Reform Program: Pilot Activities in Suez.  Gary Gaumer, Ph.D.; Nadwa Rafeh, Ph.D.  (10/2005)
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Descriptive Background to Health Care Financing Reform Strategy Development in Georgia.  George Gotsadze, Cheryl Cashin, Akaki Zoidze, Jan Valdin.  (5/2005)

Technical report : introducing international approaches to safe motherhood in Zhezkazgan -- results of a pilot project in Kazakhstan.  Kenney, Asta-Maria; Siupsinskas, Gelmius; et al.  (4/2005)

Guidelines for safe immunization practices and monitoring immunization programs at the facility and district levels in Yemen.  Ministry of Public Health and Population of Yemen.  (3/2005)
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Workbook for district EPI managers : monitoring of immunization activities and use of vaccines in Yemen.  Ministry of Public Health and Population of Yemen.  (3/2005)
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Baseline monitoring and evaluation of integrated disease surveillance and response in Tanzania.  Gueye, Debbie; Senkoro, Kesheni P.; Rumisha, Susan F.  (3/2005)
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Primary health care reform in Albania : a pilot project to provide evidence for health policy.  Cook, Margaret; McEuen, Mark; Valdelin, Jan.  (2/2005)
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Human and financial resource requirements for scaling up HIV/AIDS services in Ethiopia.  Kombe, Gilbert; Galaty, David; et al.  (2/2005)
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Health care utilization, expenditures, and insurance : household survey findings from Suez Governorate, Egypt.  (2/2005)
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Assessment of community-based health financing activities in Uganda.  Derriennic, Yann; Wolf, Katherine; Kiwanuka-Mukibi, Paul.  (2/2005)
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Concept for a Hospital Accreditation System in Georgia.  Thomas Schwark, M.D.  (2005)
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Eye Exams for Children: Their Impact and Cost Effectiveness.  Alan White, Ph.D.  (9/2004)
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CMS Social Marketing Results in Uganda: Findings from the 2002 Uganda Tracking Survey.  Francis Ogojo Okello, Kerry Richter.  (7/2004)
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Health System Strengthening and HIV/AIDS: Annotated Bibliography and Resources.  Lena Kolyada, M.Sc.  (3/2004)

HIV/AIDS and the Workplace: A Qualitative Assessment of the Ghana Port and Harbor Communities for an HIV/AIDS Workplace Program.  Francis O. Okello, Juliet Ighure.  (2/2004)
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Scaling Up Antiretroviral Treatment in the Public Sector in Nigeria: A Comprehensive Analysis of Resource Requirements.  Gilbert Kombe, MD, MPH, Abt Associates Inc., David Galaty, MSc, Abt Associates Inc., Chizoba Nwagbara, MD, MPH, Consultant, Abt Associates Inc.  (2/2004)

The System-Wide Effects of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: A Conceptual Framework.  Sara Bennett, Ph.D., Alan Fairbank, Ph.D.  (10/2003)
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The Costs of Anti-Retroviral Treatment in Zambia.  Gilbert Kombe, MD, MPH, Owen Smith, MA, MPA.  (10/2003)

Análisis de los costos de atención del VIH/SIDA en México.  Sergio Antonio Bautista, M.S., Tania Dmytraczenko, Ph.D., Gilbert Kombe, M.D., M.P.H., Stefano M. Bertozzi, M.D., Ph.D.  (10/2003)

Costing of HIV/AIDS Treatment in Mexico.  Sergio Antonio Bautista, M.S., Tania Dmytraczenko, Ph.D., Gilbert Kombe, M.D., M.P.H., Stefano M. Bertozzi, M.D., Ph.D.  (6/2003)

Improving Hospital Management Skills in Eritrea: Costing Hospital Services Part 1, 2001-2002.  Stephen N. Musau.  (11/2002)

Preliminary Review of Community-Based Health Financing Schemes and Their Potential for Addressing HIV/AIDS Needs in Sub-Saharan Africa.  C. Natasha Hsi, MPH, Janet Edmond, MPH, Alison Comfort.  (6/2002)
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Involuntary Disenrollment from Medicare+Choice Managed Care Plans: Experiences of Beneficiaries in Six Communities.  Andrea Hassol, Oren Grad.  (5/2002)
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Technical Appendix to “Insuring the Uninsurable: The Growth in High-Risk Pools” - HSRE Working Paper 13.  Austin Frakt, Steve Pizer, Marian Wrobel.  (5/2002)

Payment Policy and Competition in the Medicare+Choice Program - HSRE Working Paper 11.  Steve Pizer, Austin Frakt.  (5/2002)
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Insuring the Uninsurable: The Growth in High-Risk Pools - HSRE Working Paper 12.  Austin Frakt, Steve Pizer, Marian Wrobel.  (5/2002)
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CMS Demonstration Initiative, Phase Two: Findings from Interviews with Health Plan Executives - HSRE Working Paper 14.  Robert Coulam.  (2/2002)
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Tax Incentives for Long Term Care Insurance: A Microsimulation Analysis - HSRE Working Paper 10.  Austin B. Frakt, Steven D. Pizer.  (12/2001)

Premium Rebates And The Quiet Consensus On Market Reform For Medicare - HSRE Working Paper 9.  Roger Feldman, Ph.D., Bryan Dowd, Ph.D., Robert Coulam, Ph.D., J.D., Len Nichols, Ph.D., Anne Mutti, M.P.A.  (8/2001)
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The Simple Economics Of Voluntary Versus Mandated Drug Benefits For Medicare - HSRE Working Paper 7.  Marian Wrobel, Abt Associates Inc. and Roger Feldman, Division of Health Services Research and Policy.  (5/2001)
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Financing Long-Term Care for the Baby Boom Generation - HSRE Working Paper 8.  Steven D. Pizer, Austin B. Frakt, and Frederic H. Decker.  (5/2001)
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Pilot Testing Prepayment for Health Services in Rwanda: Results and Recommendations for Policy Directions and Implementation.  Pia Schneider, Francois Diop, Charlotte Leighton.  (3/2001)
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'TB Can Be Eradicated' Campaign.  Cari Ann Van Develde, Ella Nabokova, Lena Kolyada, Lena Kozyreva, Irina Yuzkaeva.  (3/2001)
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Morocco: National Health Accounts 1997/98 (Special Initiatives Report No. 37).  Tania Dmytraczenko.  (3/2001)
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Информационная кампания ?Туберкулез можно победить!?  Кэри Энн ВанДевелде, Элла Набокова, Лена Коляда, Лена Козырева, Ирина Юзкаева.  (3/2001)

The AHCA Long-Term Care Microsimulation Model: A Technical Brief - HSRE Working Paper 4.  Austin B. Frakt, Ph.D., Steven D. Pizer, Ph.D.  (3/2001)

The Application of the National Health Accounts Framework to HIV/AIDS in Rwanda.  Courtney Barnett, Manjiri Bhawalkar, M.A., A.K. Nandakumar, Ph.D., Pia Schneider, M.A.  (2/2001)
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Why Are Hospital- Based Nursing Homes So Costly? The Relative Importance of Acuity and Treatment Setting Health Services Research and Evaluation (HSRE) Working Paper No. 3.  Steven D. Pizer, Ph.D. Alan White, Ph.D. Chapin White, M.P.P.  (2/2001)

Funding and Implementing HIV/AIDS Activities in the Context of Decentralization: Ethiopia and Senegal.  Cheikh Mbengue, M.A.;Allison Gamble Kelley.  (2/2001)
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'Keeping Children Healthy' Campaign.  Cari Ann Van Develde, Ella Nabokova, Lena Kolyada, Lena Kozyreva, Irina Yuzkaeva.  (11/2000)
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Информационная кампания ?Растим здоровых детей?  Кэри Энн ВанДевелде, ЭльвираНабокова, Елена Коляда, Елена Козырева, Ирина Юзкаева.  (11/2000)

Fundamentals of NGO Financial Sustainability.  Kate Stillman, Stefania Slabyj, Nena Terrell, Stephen Musau, Michael McGunnigle, and T.J. Ryan.  (10/2000)

Rwanda National Health Accounts - 1998.  Pia Schneider, A.K. Nandakumar, Manjiri Bhawalkar, Damascene Butera, Courtney Barnett.  (9/2000)
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Comparing the Accuracy of Two Resident Classification Systems for the Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System - HSRE Working Paper 2.  Chapin White, Steven D. Pizer, Alan White.  (6/2000)

On Their Own: Young Adults Living Without Health Insurance.  From Abt Associates, Inc.: Kevin Quinn, Louisa Buatti; from The Commonwealth Fund: Cathy Schoen.  (5/2000)
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The Costs and Perceived Quality of Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS in the Western Cape Province in South Africa.  University of Cape Town Department of Public Health Health Economics Unit - Veloshnee Govender, Di McIntyre, Ashraf Grimwood, Gary Maartens.  (4/2000)
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Costs of Maternal Health Care Services in Three Anglophone African Countries.  Ann Levin; Mark McEuen; Tania Dmytraczenko; Freddie Ssenggooba; Ronald Mangani; Gerry Van Dyck.  (3/2000)
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Trabajo Sin Beneficios: La Crisis Del Seguro Médico Padecida Por Los Hispanos En Estados Unidos.  Kevin Quinn.  (2/2000)
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Establishing a Family Health Fund in Alexandria, Egypt: The Quality Contracting Component of the Family Health Care Pilot Project.  Alan H. Edmond, Mary A. Paterson, Ahsan J. Sadiq, Susan Scribner, Nena Terrell.  (12/1999)
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Conceptual Foundations for Central Asian Republics Health Reform Model.  Michael Borowitz, Sheila O’Dougherty, Cheryl Wickham, Grace Hafner, Julian Simidjiyski, Cari Ann VanDevelde, Mark McEuen.  (9/1999)

Концептуальная основа модели реформы здравоохранения стран Центральной Азии: сборник материалов.  Майкл Боровиц, Шила О’Доэрти, Шерил Викам, Грейс Хафнер, Юлиан Симиджийски, Кэри Энн ВанДевелде, Марк МакЮэн.  (9/1999)

Can’t Afford To Get Sick: A Reality For Millions Of Working Americans The Commonwealth Fund 1999 National Survey of Workers’ Health Insurance.  From Abt Associates: J. Budetti, J. Shikles; From The Commonwealth Fund: C. Schoen, Elisabeth Simantov.  (9/1999)

Новые НПО-партнеры в реформировании системы здравоохранения в Центральной Азии: Ассоциации групп семейных врачей в Казахстане.  Дерик В. Бринкерхофф, Марк Макюин .  (7/1999)
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New NGO Partners for Health Sector Reform in Centra Asia: Family Group Practice Associations in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.  Derick W. Brinkerhoff, Mark McEuen.  (7/1999)
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Costs of Maternal Health Care Services in Masaka District, Uganda -- Special Initiatives Report 16.  Tania Dmytraczenko, Mark McEuen.  (5/1999)
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Health Expenditure Review: Alexandria, Egypt.  A. K. Nandakumar, Ph.D., Abt Associates Inc.; Khaled Nada, M.D., M.P.H., Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt; Ahmed Ibrahim, B.A., Ministry of Finance, Egypt; Marwa Ezzat, B.A., Abt Associates Inc.; Mahmoud Abdel-Latif, M.D., M.P.H.; Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt; Ahsan Sadiq, M.A., M.P.A., Consultant Abt Associates Inc.  (5/1999)
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Expansion of Medigap to Under-65 Medicare Beneficares Could Increase Access at Little Cost - HSRE Working Paper 1.  Alan White, Chapin White, Laurel Hatt.  (12/1998)
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Evaluación del Seguro Nacional de Maternidad y Niñez en Bolivia - Informe Técnico No. 22.  Tania Dmytraczenko, Scarlet Escalante Carrasco, Katherina Capra Seoane; Wendy B. Abramson, and Antonio Saravia Valle from PHR/Abt Associates; Iain Aitken, John Holley, and Marilyn Aparicio Effen from DDM/Harvard School of Public Health.  (10/1998)
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Health Reform Policy Issues in Malawi: A Rapid Assessment.  Gil Cripps, USAID, REDSO/ESA; Dan Kress, Ph.D. and Clifford Olson, M.A. from Abt Associates Inc., and Consultant, Alex Ross, USAID, Bureau for Africa.  (7/1998)
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Evaluation of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Demonstration - The Effect of PACE on Costs to Medicare: A Comparison of Medicare Capitation Rates to Projected Costs in the Absence of PACE.  Yvonne Zimmerman, MS; Debra Pemberton; Laurine Thomas, PhD.  (6/1998)

Household Health Seeking Behavior in Zambia.  Francois Diop, Ph.D., Consultant, Abt Associates Inc. and Ventakesh Seshamani, Department of Economics, University of Zambia, Chola Mulenga, Central Statistical Office, Government of Zambia.  (5/1998)
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Evaluation of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) - Factors Contributing to Care Management and Decision Making in the PACE Model.  Yvonne Abel et al.  (4/1998)

Economic Analysis of the Health Sector Policy Reform Program Assistance in Egypt: Technical Report No. 5 Volume II.  Jim Knowles, Ph.D. from Abt Associates Inc.;David Hotchkiss, Ph.D. from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.  (9/1996)
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Health Systems Assessment Approach: A How-to Manual.