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  • South African Review 2000

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    During the 1980 s many South Africans spent the greater part of their weekends at funerals. As we move into the first decade of the 21st Century this pattern is re-emerging, although for entirely different reasons. Every South African is becoming increasingly intimate with the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and, as with most preventable diseases, it is the most vulnerable and poorest communities whose lives are most adversely affected. The attention given to HIV/AIDS…

  • Uninsured 101

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    What You Really Need to Know About an American Dilemma This briefing, co-sponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation, provides key information on one of the critical issues facing the nation. Since 1991, the Alliance has organized scores of forums in Washington, presenting a wide range of expert views to legislative staff, journalists, policy analysts and advocates. Led by Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and Republican Senator Bill…

  • National Survey on Americans as Health Care Consumers: An Update on the Role of Quality Information

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    This survey of Americans by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) shows that the recent attention to medical errors may have entered the public's consciousness since it is now among the public's leading measures of health care quality. The survey also found that the public is more likely to rely on recommendations of friends, family and health professionals they know than on existing standardized quality indicators. Few…

  • Summary of Findings: Privatization of Public Hospitals

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    This Summary presents background, findings, and data from the Economic and Social Research Institute's (ESRI) full report, Privatization of Public Hospitals. Section I provides background about public hospital conversions, including the role of public hospitals, reasons for conversion, the mechanisms of conversion and new ownership entities, and analysis of national and regional public hospital data. Section II provides a discussion of the five case studies of public hospital conversions and the key findings from the…

  • Kaiser Survey on Americans and AIDS/HIV

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    The is a national random-sample telephone survey of 1,211 adults, 18 years and older, including over samples of 250 African Americans and 250 Hispanics. Chartpack (.pdf) Toplines/Survey (.pdf)

  • The Impact of the “Medigrant” Plan on the Federal Payments to States

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    The Impact of the "Medigrant" Plan on the Federal Payments to States The analysis examines the conference agreement plan for the redistribution of federal funds under a block grant for the Medicaid program. It also discusses the implications of the reductions in federal spending for beneficiary coverage. Report: The Impact Of The "Medigrant" Plan On Federal Payments To States