As part of the evaluation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) investment in comparative effectiveness research (CER), Mathematica developed a conceptual framework to guide future efforts to assess the impact of CER. In addition, we explored methodological challenges related to...

This article describes American Reinvestment and Recovery Act comparative effectiveness research (CER) data infrastructure (DI) investments and identifies facilitators and barriers to implementation. We reviewed original project proposals, conducted an investigator survey, and interviewed...

To improve health outcomes, clinicians and patients must have evidence-based information available to help them make informed decisions, the knowledge and skills to use this information, and positive attitudes about the value of using comparative effectiveness research (CER) in decision making....

Using data on elementary and middle school math and reading outcomes for Pennsylvania students, this working paper found that school value-added provides little useful information for comparing the general leadership skills of different principals when these comparisons include some principals...

This issue brief reviews the experience of Healthy Start programs in setting up case management programs, noting that outreach and advocacy were program strengths. In addition, including community lay workers as part of case management teams was feasible; these workers helped identify and enroll...

Provides a detailed look at the dynamics of children's health insurance coverage, as well as the relationship between Medicaid eligibility and insurance coverage, finding that Medicaid participation by eligible children with no other coverage was relatively high before welfare reform.

Available from Urban Institute as "Counting the Uninsured: A Review of the Literature" part of the Assessing the New Federalism project. (202) 857-8687.

This case study of four well-regarded managed care organizations found that they made numerous innovations to improve care delivery for elderly Medicare beneficiaries with chronic illnesses and disabilities. Using the flexibility provided by capitation, they added new services in 1) screening to...