Urban Institute

About: Urban Institute is a nonprofit organization based out in Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Medicaid & Population. The organization has 927 authors who have published 2330 publications receiving 86426 citations.

Post-ACA, More Than One-Third Of Women With Prenatal Medicaid Remained Uninsured Before Or After Pregnancy.

Abstract: Medicaid has a long history of serving pregnant women, but many women are not eligible for Medicaid before pregnancy or after sixty days postpartum. We used data for new mothers with Medicaid-cover...

Nonprofit organizations as contracted local social service providers in eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States

Abstract: Today nonprofit organizations (NPOs) are an important provider of social services in some countries in the eastern Europe-CIS region. Based on field reports from seven countries in the region, we find that the pattern is highly variable, however; and only in central Europe and Croatia are local governments contracting with NPOs to deliver services. More commonly, local governments give grants to NPOs for this purpose. But in some countries local governments provide essentially no support to NPOs for social service delivery. This article outlines the case for NPOs being contracted as service providers, and inventories the current situation in the region with respect to local governments. It concludes with a discussion of the possible reasons for the low incidence of contracting by local governments with NPOs as service providers. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Combating crime in public housing: A qualitative and quantitative longitudinal analysis of the Chicago Housing Authority's Anti-Drug Initiative

Abstract: The Chicago Housing Authority's (CHA) notorious high-rise developments are among the most dangerous public housing in America In the early 1990s, the CHA launched an ambitious attack on crime, a comprehensive and collaborative crime prevention program known as the Anti-Drug Initiative (ADI) From 1994 to 1996 we tracked conditions in three of the CHA's high-rise developments, assessing the agency's success in implementing the ADI programs in each site as well as tracking other, related interventions Using a combination of surveys and qualitative research methods, we examined the impact of these programs through the eyes of the residents and other key actors, looking at various outcome measures related to crime and disorder Our findings indicate some positive results, but follow-up research conducted in 1996 documented the fragility of these changes and their vulnerability to gang influence

Price Controls and Medicare Spending: Assessing the Volume Offset Assumption:

Abstract: This study used data from 1986 through 1992 to estimate the ?volume offset? that may occur when payment rates for Medicare physician services are changed. Although policymakers assume that 50 percent of all fee reductions are offset by volume increases and that this occurs across all type of services, this analysis does not support that position. There is a ?volume offset,? but it is generally smaller than 50 percent. For evaluation and management and imaging services, an offset of about 25 percent would seem appropriate. Although the 50 percent assumption for procedures is consistent with this study, our analysis suggests that an offset occurs in response to fee increases as well as decreases. (Medical Care Research and Review 1998 December; 55(4):457-458).