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Basslet EJ, Chriqui JF, Stagg K, Schneider LM, Infusino K, Asada Y. 2013. Controlling junk food and the bottom line: Case studies of schools successfully implementing strong nutrition standards for competitive foods and beverages. Chicago, IL: Illinois Public Health Institute, 127 pp.

Annotation: This report highlights case studies from middle schools and high schools in eight diverse districts across the country that illustrate ideas and strategies to help district and school-level decisionmakers successfully implement stronger nutrition standards for competitive foods. The report presents findings from a study of policies and practices related primarily to food-service accounts.

Keywords: Case studies, Costs, High schools, Managed competition, Middle schools, Nutrition, Policy analysis, School age children, Snacks, Standards, Students

U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment. 1994. Understanding estimates of national health expenditures under health reform. [Washington, DC]: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment; Washington, DC: for sale by U.S. Government Printing Office, 200 pp.

Annotation: This report considers the assumptions that analysts use to make cost projections for the various proposals that are being considered for reforming the national health care system. It reviews the potential effects of four common provisions that affect the possible reforms: cost containment, managed competition and increasing enrollments in health maintenance organizations, uninsured persons, and administrative changes. The report reviews the analyses that have been made of the proposed reforms to determine how key policies were estimated, and it considers factors that may contribute to the degree of uncertainty that affects the reliability of the estimates. The report includes summaries and indicates possible policy implications.

Keywords: Administrative policy, Cost containment, Enrollment, Health care costs, Health maintenance organizations, Managed competition, National health care reform, Policy development, Service delivery, Uninsured persons
   

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