“MEDIC Benefit Integrity Activities in Medicare Parts C and D,” (OEI-03-11-00310, January 2013, .pdf format, 33p.).
January 10, 2013
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – January 10, 2013
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CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Issue Brief – January 10, 2013
“Growth In Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary Continues To Hit Historic Lows,” by Richard Kronick and Rosa Po (January 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 6p.).
aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/2013/medicarespendinggrowth/ib.cfm
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CAAR – AARP Report – January 10, 2013
“Quick Health Facts 2012: Selected State Data on Older Americans,” by Megan Multack and Claire Noel-Miller (December 2012, .pdf format, 124p.).
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CAAR – New England Journal of Medicine Article Abstracts – January 10, 2013
A. “Variant of TREM2 Associated with the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease,” by Thorlakur Jonsson, Hreinn Stefansson, Stacy Steinberg, Ingileif Jonsdottir, Palmi V. Jonsson, Jon Snaedal, Sigurbjorn Bjornsson, Johanna Huttenlocher, Allan I. Levey, James J. Lah, Dan Rujescu, Harald Hampel, Ina Giegling, Ole A. Andreassen, Knut Engedal, Ingun Ulstein, Srdjan Djurovic, Carla Ibrahim-Verbaas, Albert Hofman, M. Arfan Ikram, Cornelia M van Duijn, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Augustine Kong, and Kari Stefansson (Vol. 368, No. 2, January 10, 2013, p. 107-116).
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1211103#t=abstract
B. “TREM2 Variants in Alzheimer’s Disease,” by Rita Guerreiro, Aleksandra Wojtas, Jose Bras, Minerva Carrasquillo, Ekaterina Rogaeva, Elisa Majounie, Carlos Cruchaga, Celeste Sassi, John S.K. Kauwe, Steven Younkin, Lilinaz Hazrati, John Collinge, Jennifer Pocock, Tammaryn Lashley, Julie Williams, Jean-Charles Lambert, Philippe Amouyel, Alison Goate, Rosa Rademakers, Kevin Morgan, John Powell, Peter St. George-Hyslop, Andrew Singleton, and John Hardy, for the Alzheimer Genetic Analysis Group (Vol. 368, No. 2, January 10, 2013, p. 117-127).
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CAAR – National Academies Press Monograph – January 10, 2013
U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health, edited by Steven H. Woolf and Laudan Aron (2013, ISBN-10: 0-309-26813-3, ISBN-13: 978-0-309-26813-4, OpenBook and .pdf format, 424p.). Ordering information for a print copy is available at the site. Note: NAP requires free registration before providing a .pdf copy.
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CAAR – King’s Fund [UK] Report – January 10, 2013
“Developing supportive design for people with dementia: The King’s Fund’s Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme 2009-2012,” by Sarah Waller, Abigail Masterson, and Hedley Finn (January 2013, .pdf format, 108p.).
www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/developing-supportive-design-people-dementia
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CAAR – Human Mortality Database – January 10, 2013
- Data for Canada were revised and updated through 2009. (Jan. 9, 2013).
www.mortality.org/cgi-bin/hmd/DataAvailability.php
- Data access.
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