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Isaacs SL, Knickman JR, eds. 2002. To improve health and health care, Volume V: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation anthology. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 276 pp.

Annotation: This book, the fifth in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) anthology series, presents what the RWJF does, why it does it, and what has it learned from its experience in its work to improve the health and health care of the American people. The first part describes RWJF funded national programs, that are active or recently ended, on nursing home visitation programs; tuberculosis challenges; Native American health; service credit banking; long-term care choice; and the health policy fellowships program. Part two outlines smaller, single site programs; one for substance abusing adolescents, and the publication of "On Doctoring", provided free to every entering medical student. Part three looks back at the RWJF AIDS awareness programs. Finally, part four describes the RWJF program-related investments and its grantmaking in New Jersey.

Contact: Jossey-Bass Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Corporate Headquarters, 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, Telephone: (201) 748-6000 Contact Phone: (415) 433-1740 Fax: (201) 748-6088 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.JosseyBass.com Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-7879-5946-4.

Keywords: AIDS, Access to health care, Adolescents, American Indians, National programs, Nursing homes, Philanthropy, Program descriptions, Substance abuse, Tuberculosis

Gormley WT. 1997. Assessing health care report cards. Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Public Policy Institute, 36 pp.

Annotation: This paper examines report cards that hospitals, nursing homes, and health maintenance organizations should have. Six criteria for evaluation are listed: validity, comprehensiveness, comprehensibility, relevance, reasonableness, and functionality. The guide discusses why many health care report cards produced by public and private organizations fail to meet these criteria although this varies across states and health sectors. The quantity and quality of state government and magazine report cards for all three types of health care providers are assessed. The information systems that have been created in each of the three domains is characterized. An extensive reference list is included.

Contact: Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy, Old North, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20057, Telephone: (202) 687-5932 Contact Phone: (202) 687-6817 Fax: (202) 687-5544 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://mspp.georgetown.edu/ Price unknown.

Keywords: Assessment, Consumers, Health maintenance organizations, Hospitals, Nursing homes
   

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