Social Security Bulletin (Vol. 72, No. 3, August 2012, .pdf and HTML format).
August 1, 2012
CAAR – US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Articles – August 1, 2012
A. “Cancer Outcomes in Low-Income Elders: Is There An Advantage to Being on Medicaid?” by Siran M. Koroukian, Paul M. Bakaki, Cynthia Owusu, Craig C. Earle, and Gregory S. Cooper (Medicare and Medicaid Research Review, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2012 Q2, .pdf format, 22p.).
B. “Linkages Between Utilization of Prostate Surgical Pathology Services and Physician Self-Referral,” by Jean M. Mitchell (Medicare and Medicaid Research Review, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2012 Q3, .pdf format, 18p.).
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CAAR – US Government Accountability Office Report – August 1, 2012
“CMS Needs an Approach and a Reliable Cost Estimate for Removing Social Security Numbers from Medicare Cards,” (GAO-12-831, August 2012, .pdf format, 42p.).
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CAAR – US House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittees on Social Security and Health Hearing Testimony – August 1, 2012
“Hearing on Removing Social Security Numbers from Medicare Cards,” a hearing held August 1, 2012 (witness statements available in .pdf format).
waysandmeans.house.gov/Calendar/EventSingle.aspx?EventID=304665
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CAAR – Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston Colleg Report – August 1, 2012
“Workplace Action Steps for Leveraging Mature Talent: Findings from the Talent Management Study,” by Jungui Lee, Tay McNamara, and Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes (August 2012, .pdf format, 40p.).
www.bc.edu/content/bc/research/agingandwork/archive_pubs/RB02.html
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CAAR – Population Reference Bureau Periodical – August 1, 2012
Today’s Research on Aging (Issue No. 26, August 2012, .pdf format, 7p.). The title article of this issue is “Noncommunicable Diseases Among Older Adults in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.”
www.prb.org/Reports/2012/noncommunicable-diseases-older-adults.asp
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CAAR – Nature Letter Abstract – August 1, 2012
“A mutation in APP protects against Alzheimer’s disease and age-related cognitive decline,” by Thorlakur Jonsson, Jasvinder K. Atwal, Stacy Steinberg, Jon Snaedal, Palmi V. Jonsson, Sigurbjorn Bjornsson, Hreinn Stefansson, Patrick Sulem, Daniel Gudbjartsson, Janice Maloney, Kwame Hoyte, Amy Gustafson, Yichin Liu, Yanmei Lu, Tushar Bhangale, Robert R. Graham, Johanna Huttenlocher, Gyda Bjornsdottir, Ole A. Andreassen, Erik G. Jonsson, Aarno Palotie, Timothy W. Behrens, Olafur T. Magnusson, Augustine Kong, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Ryan J. Watts & Kari Stefansson (Vol. 488, No. 7409, August 2, 2012, p. 96-99).
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v488/n7409/abs/nature11283.html
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – August 1, 2012
“Harmonization Process and Reliability Assessment of Anthropometric Measurements in the Elderly EXERNET Multi-Centre Study,” by Alba Gomez-Cabello, German Vicente-Rodriguez, Ulrike Albers, Esmeralda Mata, Jose A. Rodriguez-Marroyo, Pedro R. Olivares, Narcis Gusi, Gerardo Villa, Susana Aznar, Marcela Gonzalez-Gross, Jose A. Casajus, and Ignacio Ara (PLoS ONE 7(7): e41752. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041752, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 4p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0041752
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CAAR – Alaska Department of Labor Article – August 1, 2012
“The Shift to an Older Alaska,” by Eddie Hunsinger (Alaska Economic Trends, Vol. 32, No. 8, August 2012, .pdf format, p. 4-9).
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CAAR – AARP Report – August 1, 2012
“Removing Barriers to Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Care: Home Health and Hospice Services,” by Andrea Brassard (July 2012, .pdf format, 10p.).
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