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Following resources added July 2007

Increasing the capacity of people to build better communities—a Municipality of Anchorage Community Building Assessment (McDowell Group, October 2003) (pdf 700KB)

National Survey of Enrollees in Consumer Directed Health Plans (The Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2006) (210 KB)
Consumer-Directed Health Plans & Potential Effects on Health Care Spending and Outcomes (Congressional Budget Office, December 2006) (4MB)
Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education (2006-2011 State Plan) (2MB)
A Framework to Guide Health Care System Reform (McKinsey Global Institute, October 2006) (2.8 MB)
Impacts of Medicaid and SCHIP on Low-Income Children's Health (The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, May 2007) (87 KB)
Alaska Health Status Indicators, 1996-2005 (compiled by Alaska Division of Public Health, published December 2006) (2 MB)
Compass II® Community-Building Assessment, Prepared for United Way of Southeast Alaska (McDowell Group, August 2005) (360 KB)
Ketchikan Compass II® Community Building Assessment, Report to the Community (Prepared by United Way of Southeast Alaska and McDowell Group, January 2007) (900 KB)
Massachusetts Health Care Reform Plan (Kaiser Commission, Medicaid and the Uninsured, April 2006) (140 KB)
Aiming Higher, Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance (The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System, June 2007) ( 3 MB)
2002 Medicaid Data for the State of Alaska (Muse & Assoc., May 2003) (PowerPoint 1.2 MB)
Preliminary Exploration of 2002 Mental Health Medicaid Data for the State of Alaska (Muse & Assoc., July 2003) (PowerPoint 1.7 MB)
Overall Health Cost Implications of Newer Medicines (PowerPoint, 80 KB)
State Planning Grant: A Project for Studying the Uninsured in Alaska (PowerPoint, 742 KB)
Health Status Indicators (PowerPoint, 587 KB)
Behavioral Health in Alaska (PowerPoint, 2.7 MB) Smaller download: Behavioral Health in Alaska (, 700 KB)

Following resources added August 2007

Privacy and Security Solutions for Interoperable Health Information Exchange:
Assessment of Variation and Analysis of Solutions Executive Summary (RTI International, June 2007) ( 101 KB)
Washington State: Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Costs and Access Final Report (Blue Ribbon Commission, January 2007) ( 428 KB)
Framework Assessment of Major Health Reform Proposals in California (Elliot Wicks, Ph.D. for the California HealthCare Foundation, July 2007) ( 96 KB)
California Governor’s Health Care Proposal (State of California, Governor’s Office, January 2007) ( 120 KB)
Comparison of California Health Coverage Expansion Proposals (California HealthCare Foundation, July 2007) (78.7 KB)
CaliforniaSpeaks Preliminary Report (CaliforniaSpeaks, August 2007) (598 KB)
Privacy and Security Solutions for Interoperable Health Information Exchange:
Final Implementation Plans Executive Summary (Linda L. Dimitropoulos, PhD RTI International, June 2007) (62 KB)
Could Health Information Technology Save Your Life? (AARP, DividedWeFail.org) ( 21 KB)
Health Risks in Alaska Among Adults: Alaska Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, 2006 Annual Report (State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, May 2007) (1.5 MB)
Statewide Homeless Survey (James Wiedle, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, winter 2007) ( 77.5 KB)
Injury Disparities Fact Sheet 1 (Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, May 2003) ( 341 KB)
Injury Disparities Fact Sheet 2 (Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, May 2003) (360 KB)
Legal and Historical Roots of Health Care for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States (Brett Lee Shelton, J.D., M.A. forThe Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, February 2004) ( 180 KB)
Securing an Adequate Number of Physicians for Alaska’s Needs: Alaska Physician Supply Task Force Summary (Health Planning and Systems Development Unit, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services) (PowerPoint 137 KB)
Commentary: Poor Poverty Yardsticks (Rea S. Hederman, Jr., The Heritage Foundation, September 2006) (24 KB)
Substitution of doctors by nurses in primary care: Review (The Cochrane Collaboration, 2007) ( 896 KB)
State Scorecard on Health System Performance (Common Wealth Fund, 2007) ( 427 KB)

Following resources added September 2007

Alaska Tribal Health System Overview Powerpoint (Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, February 2007) ( 861KB)
Alaska Tribal Health System history & maps
Alaska Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (State of Alaska DHSS, May 2007) (833KB)
Report to Legislative leadership on DHSS progress under SB 61 (DHSS, July 2007) (903KB)
HBR Next 20 Years Workforce Executive Summary (Harvard Business Review, August 2007) ( 23KB)
Getting Ready for Reform: Massachusetts (Sharon Long, Mindy Cohen, Urban Institute, Fall 2006) ( 260KB)
Municipality of Anchorage 10-Year Plan on Obesity and Health (MOA, Department of Health Human Services) ( 215KB)
2006 National Health Care Disparities Report (Department of Health & Human Services; AHRQ, December 2006) ( 5.3MB)
Alaska Poverty Guidelines 2007 (Federal Register, January 2007) ( 281KB)
State of the States (State Coverage Initiatives; Academy Health, January 2007) ( 1.5MB)
Presentation on the Uninsured in AK to Anchorage Chamber of Commerce (Sen. Bill Wielechowski, Sen. Hollis French, and Rep. Les Gara, August 2007) ( 1.4 MB)
www.statehealthfacts.org
Statehealthfacts.org is a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and is designed to provide free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states.
www.alegent.com
Alegent.com is the main web portal for Alegent Health which is the largest not-for-profit, faith-based healthcare system in Nebraska. This website has interactive cost and quality tools available to citizens of Nebraska.
Common Wealth Value-Driven HC
Value-Driven Health Care Purchasing: Four States that are Ahead of the Curve (The Commonwealth Fund, August 2007) ( 591 KB)
CW Mass Case
Value-Driven Health Care Purchasing: Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission (The Commonwealth Fund, August 2007) ( 277 KB)
CW Minn Case
Value-Driven Health Care Purchasing: Case Study of Minnesota’s Smart Buy Alliance (The Commonwealth Fund, August 2007) ( 264 KB)
CW Wash Case
Value-Driven Health Care Purchasing: Case Study of Washington State’s Puget Sound Health Alliance (The Commonwealth Fund, August 2007) (252 KB)
CW Wisc Case
Value-Driven Health Care Purchasing: Case Study of Wisconsin’s Department of Employee Trust Funds (The Commonwealth Fund, August 2007) ( 272 KB)
Fishermen HC
Alaska Fishermen’s Health Care Press Release/Challenges & Opportunities (United Fishermen of Alaska, August 2007 ) ( 99 KB)
HR 976 SCHIP Bill in Congress
HR 976 SCHIP Bill in Congress (House of Representatives, August 2007) ( 351 KB)
Triple Solution GSK
Changing the Debate on Healthcare Costs in the US (GlaxoSmithKline, January 2007) ( 331 KB)
Underage Drinking Plan
Plan to Reduce and Prevent Underage Drinking (SOA: Alaska Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking, August 2007) ( 2.3 MB)

Following resources added October 2007

Alaska State Plan for Senior Services (SOA: Alaska Commission on Aging, June 2007) ( 2.2 MB)
Covering a Nation: Our Vision for U.S. Health Care (Catholic Health Association of the United States, 2007) ( 276 KB)
Alaska Legislature Joint Senate HESS/Senate LC Committee Meeting (September 2007) ( 49 KB)
Leading the Way: State Health Reform Efforts (National Governors’ Association, July 2007) ( 187 KB)
Access to State-Funded Brain Injury Services in Virginia (Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, September 2007) ( 3.4 MB)
The Massachusetts Health Reform: Assessing Its Significance and Progress (The Heritage Foundation, September 2007) ( 866 KB)
State-Based Health Reform: A Comparison of Health Insurance Exchanges and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (The Heritage Foundation, June 2007) ( 138 KB)
University of Alaska Behavioral Health Programs | Behavioral Health Alliance | UA Statewide Health Programs (University of Alaska Behavioral Health Program, August 2007) ( 452 KB)
The Quality of Ambulatory Care Delivered to Children in the United States (The New England Journal of Medicine, October 2007) ( 135 KB)