“Replacement Schedules for Medicare Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Supplies,” (OEI-07-12-00250, June 2013, .pdf format, 19p.).
June 25, 2013
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – June 25, 2013
CAAR – Employee Benefit Research Institute Periodical – June 25, 2013
EBRI Notes (Vol. 34, No. 6, June 2013, .pdf format, 24p.). Note: The articles in this issue are: “What a Sustained Low-yield Rate Environment Means for Retirement Income Adequacy: Results From the 2013 EBRI Retirement Security Projection Model,” by Jack VanDerhei; and, “Use of Health Care Services and Access Issues by Type of Health Plan: Findings from the EBRI/MGA Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey,” by Paul Fronstin.
www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5227
CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief – June 25, 2013
“Transitioning Beneficiaries with Complex Care Needs to Medicaid Managed Care: Insights from California,” (June 2013, .pdf format, 15p.).
CAAR – AARP Report – June 25, 2013
“Rx Price Watch Case Study: Efforts to Reduce the Impact of Generic Competition for Lipitor,” by Leigh Purvis and Stephen W. Schondelmeyer (June 2013, .pdf format, 16p.).
www.aarp.org/health/drugs-supplements/info-08-2010/rx_price_watch.html
CAAR – Nature Neuroscience Brief Communication Abstract – June 25, 2013
“CD33 Alzheimer’s disease locus: altered monocyte function and amyloid biology,” by Elizabeth M. Bradshaw, Lori B. Chibnik, Brendan T. Keenan, Linda Ottoboni, Towfique Raj, Anna Tang, Laura L. Rosenkrantz, Selina Imboywa, Michelle Lee, Alina Von Korff, The Alzheimer Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Martha C. Morris, Denis A. Evans, Keith Johnson, Reisa A. Sperling, Julie A. Schneider, David A. Bennett and Philip L. De Jager (Vol. 16, No. 7, July 2013, p. 848-850).
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – June 25, 2013
“Chronic Diseases Knowledge and Related Factors among the Elderly in Jinan, China,” by Yapei Song, Wei Ma, Xiangren Yi, Shumei Wang, Xiaojie Sun, Jiming Tian, Shukang Wang, Chunmei Zheng, Bingyin Zhang, Zhijian Xu, and Gifty Marley (PLoS ONE 8(6): e68599. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068599, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0068599
CAAR – World Bank Working Paper – June 25, 2013
“Expanding social insurance coverage in urban China,” by John Giles, Dewen Wang, and Albert Park (WPS No. 6497, June 2013, .pdf and ASCII text format, 52p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at: