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Appendix B

Inventory of PHS Evaluations in Progress

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH

Study Title
Expected Date of Completion

Design of a Survey to Monitor Consumers' Access to Care, Use of Health Services, Health Outcomes, and Patients' Satisfaction
3/27/95

Development of Quality/Utilization Review Criteria, Phases I and II, Cataract
3/31/95

Development of Quality/Utilization Review Criteria, Phases I and II, Pressure Ulcers
3/31/95

Assessment of the Nature and Extent of the Diffusion and Impact of MEDTEP Research Activities and Findings
9/15/95

Data Abstraction Pilot Test for Medicare Data Study
12/29/95

Developing Quality and Utilization Review Criteria: The American Medical Review Research Center (AMRRC) Project
12/29/95

Development of a Typology of Clinical Performance Measures for Quality Improvement
12/31/95

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

Study Title
Expected Date of Completion

Evaluation of Subdomain Statistics and Small Area Estimates in the NCHS Integrated Survey Design
1/15/94

Evaluation of CDC and ATSDR Training Activities
2/7/94

Evaluation and Expansion of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Evaluation Database
4/19/94

Evaluation of External Cause-of-Injury Codes
9/15/94

Evaluation of the Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) Prevention and Control Program at the San Juan Laboratories, Puerto Rico
10/31/94

Evaluation of NCHS Data Systems for Producing Key Monitoring Indicators for Health Reform
11/26/94

Evaluation of the Content and Conduct of National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES)
11/30/94

Evaluation of the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System
11/30/94

Qualitative Evaluation of Hagase Cargo de Su Diabetes
11/30/94

Evaluation of the Activities of the Medical Examiner/Coroner Information Sharing Program (MECISP)
12/31/94

Evaluation of the State-Based Diabetes Control Cooperative Agreement Program
12/31/94

Evaluation of the Impact on Practice of the Guide for the Prevention and Treatment of Complications of Diabetes
1/15/95

Evaluation of the Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
2/28/95

Consultation on CDC Policy Issues--Formation of CDC Office of Women's Health
3/15/95

Evaluation of the Birth Defects Monitoring Program in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Surveillance
3/30/95

Assessment of the Effectiveness of the National Laboratory Training Network
4/30/95

Evaluation for Development of a National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
4/30/95

Process Evaluation of the Fatality Assessment and Control Program
7/14/95

Evaluation of ICD-10 for Morbidity Reporting Purposes in the United States
8/15/95

Evaluation of the CDC Injury Grant Program
9/15/95

Case Study Evaluation of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation's Community Health Promotion Grants Program
9/30/95

Development and Implementation of an Evaluation Training Program
9/30/95

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of CDC Surveillance for Drug-Resistant Pneumococcal Infections
9/30/95

Evaluation of Prevention Effectiveness Methodologies
9/30/95

Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness and Cost Benefit of CDC-Funded Smoke Detector Programs
10/30/95

Initial MIS Development for the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC)
10/30/95

Georgia State Clinic Assessments of Immunization Coverage: Impact of Management and Clinic Immunization Practices
11/30/95

Evaluation of the Medical Certification Process for Death Certificates
12/31/95

Evaluation of Suicide Prevention Interventions in Four Native American Communities
12/31/95

An Evaluation of CDC WONDER/PC Public Health Decision Making
1/31/96

Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention in the United States
3/30/96

Evaluation of Tuberculosis Outreach Worker Activities
5/30/96

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

Study Title
Expected Date of Completion

Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) Management
1/96

Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 (MQSA) Assessment
6/96

HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Study Title
Expected Date of Completion

Cost, Utilization Patterns, and Hospital Diagnoses of Medicaid Recipients Served and Not Served by Community Health Centers
11/30/94

An Organizational and Performance Assessment of Managed Care in Community and Migrant Health Centers
12/31/94

Health Maintenance Organization Primary Care Practitioner Staffing Patterns
12/31/94

Integration of Primary Health Care and HIV/AIDS-Related Services and Primary Health Care in Ryan White CARE Act Title III Funded Programs
1/31/95

Evaluation of Maternal and Child Health Bureau Injury Prevention Implementation Incentive Grants
2/28/95

Infant Mortality Among U.S. Women of Mexican Descent: Evaluating the Validity of Current Estimates
2/28/95

Evaluation of the Health Diary
3/31/95

Impact of Federally Qualified Health Center Implementation on Community and Migrant Health Center Revenues and Services
3/31/95

Development of a Model for Forecasting Health Services Utilization Under a Changing Health Care System
4/18/95

Current and Potential Provision of Mental Health Services in Community and Migrant Health Centers
4/30/95

Field Test and Assessment of Data Systems for Reporting Activities Under the Ryan White CARE Act Titles I and II Grant Programs--Part III
5/4/95

Evaluating How Needs of Women with HIV are Being Addressed in the Ryan White CARE Act Title I Planning Process
6/20/95

Assessment of the Impact of the National Practitioner Data Bank--Phase II
6/30/95

Developing a Database for the Study of Advanced Practice Nurses
6/30/95

Pediatric AIDS Evaluation--Phase II
6/30/95

Testing a Methodology to Assess the Health Careers Opportunity Program Postbaccalaureate Program--Phase II
6/30/95

Second National Primary Care Conference: Proceedings and Case Studies
7/25/95

Quality Assurance Procedures for the Uniform Reporting System for Titles I and II of the Ryan White CARE Act
7/30/95

Impact of the Ryan White CARE Act on Capacity Building in Community-Based Agencies Serving Hispanic Populations
8/7/95

Relationship of Medical School Characteristics to the Graduates Choosing Primary Care and Ultimately Providing Care to the Underserved
8/30/95

Study of Selected Aspects of State Medical Board Activities
8/30/95

Impact of the Ryan White CARE Act on Strategies for Serving African Americans
8/31/95

Evaluation of the Potential for Expanding the Capacity of Advanced Practice Nursing Education
9/8/95

Training and Educational Needs of the Public Health Workforce Under State Health Care Reform Programs
9/12/95

Development of National Integrated Requirements Estimates for Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives, and Physicians
9/28/95

An Evaluation of the Impact of Social Security Act Section 1115(a) Medicaid Waivers on Federally Qualified Health Centers
9/29/95

Lasting Impact of Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Funding
9/29/95

An Evaluation of the Health Care for the Homeless Program
9/30/95

Evaluation of Learning Needs Using Computerized Standard Education Needs Assessment Protocol for AIDS Education and Training Centers
9/30/95

Community and Migrant Health Centers' Immunization Efforts--A Joint Study with the Centers for Disease Control
10/31/95

Collaborative Models That Work: Examining the Relationship Between HIV/AIDS and TB Programs in Selected Title I Eligible Metropolitan Areas
11/28/95

Development of a Study Design for Evaluating Variations in OPO Organ Procurement Rates
12/8/95

The Future of Primary Care
12/31/95

Reasons African-American and White Waiting List Patients Are Unavailable for an Organ Offer
2/9/96

Changes in Provision of Services for Active/Recovering Drug Users with HIV in Ryan White CARE Act Title I Cities
3/20/96

Community Health Center User and Visit Survey
4/16/96

Rural Applications of Telemedicine
5/20/96

Development of a Self-Assessment Tool for HIV Health Services Planning Councils and HIV Care Consortia
9/30/96

An Evaluation of the Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities Program
3/27/97

Evaluation of Effectiveness and Impact of Community and Migrant Health Centers: Implementation Phase
9/29/97

National Evaluation of the Healthy Start Program
9/30/98

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

Study Title
Expected Date of Completion

Assessment of Prenatal Services Available and Delivered to Mothers of FAS/FAE-Affected Children in the Billings Area
1/30/95

National Model Adolescent Suicide Prevention Project
1/30/95

Navajo Adolescent Health Services--Needs Assessment and Service Evaluation
2/28/95

Contract Health Service Program--Viewpoint from the Patient Perspective
3/31/95

Evaluation of Diabetes Services Provided by Model Diabetes Program as Specified in PL 102-573
4/30/95

Tohono OÕodham Demonstration Project Evaluation
6/30/95

Benchmarking Home Health/Public Health Nursing Programs
9/30/95

Navajo Hypertension: Analysis and Directed Intervention
9/30/95

Outcome After Residential Treatment for 100 Alcohol-Dependent Navajo Males
9/30/95

Pharmacy Managed Care: A Cooperative Analysis of Tribal Programs, Costs, and Quality of Service
9/30/95

Point of Purchase Project
9/30/95

Prenatal Outreach Evaluation
9/30/95

Retrospective Data Analysis of Indian Women to Determine Health Status
9/30/95

Review and Evaluation of Pap Smear Histories and Pap Smears of Alaska Native Women Who Develop Cervical Cancer and High-Grade Neoplasia
9/30/95

Surveillance of High-Risk Youths for Alcohol/Substance Abuse
9/30/95

Evaluation of the Northern Plains Alcohol-Related Development Disabilities (ARDDs) Training Project
10/31/95

Navajo Youth Risk Behavior Study
12/20/95

Utilizing the Indian-Specific HRS to Evaluate Community HP/DP Programs
12/30/95

Conduct a Study to Determine the Impact of the Final Rule of Public Law 100-446, Eligibility for Health Care Services of the Indian Health Service (IHS)
12/31/95

Longitudinal Evaluation of IHS Alcohol/Substance Abuse Activities (Evaluation of Regional Treatment Centers)
6/30/96

Development and Implementation of a Strategic Planning Evaluation Model, Stages II and III
12/31/96

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

Study Title
Expected Date of Completion

Improving the Non-Response in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to Enhance Inter- and Intragenerational Analyses
3/31/95

Joint NSF/NIH Survey of Public Understanding of Science
6/30/95

Development of Methodology to Evaluate the NHLBI Short-Term Training for Minority Students Program
9/30/95

Evaluation of the NHLBI Programs of Excellence in Molecular Biology
9/30/95

Evaluation of NIH-Supported Bioengineering Innovation
9/30/95

Workshop: Evaluation of Support for Bioengineering Research
9/30/95

An Evaluability Assessment of the National Research Service Act Awards
12/1/95

Improving Access to Biomedical Information: Evaluation of an Outreach Demonstration Program Targeting Minority Health Professions
12/30/95

Career Outcomes of a Matched Sample of Men and Women Ph.D.s in Science and Engineering
12/31/95

Comprehensive School Health Programs in Grades K-12
12/31/95

Measuring Social Inequalities in Health
12/31/95

Methodology to Assess the Impact of NHLBI Research
9/30/96

Vaccine Development: Establishing Priorities for the United States for the 21st Century
9/30/96

Evaluation of New Technology: Audit-Casi
12/96

Implementation Phase for an Evaluation of the Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Honors Undergraduate Research Training Program
12/96

Planning Phase for an Evaluation of the NIDR Center Program
12/15/96

Evaluation of a Knowledge-Based Expert System for Subject Indexing
12/31/96

Phase II: Survey to Assess the Impact of the NIH/NICHD Antenatal Steroids Consensus Development Conference (CDC)
12/31/96

Planning for Inventory and Analysis of Cancer Research Conducted and Supported by Federal Agencies
12/31/96

Survey of Academic Research Equipment
9/30/97

Genetic Testing Task Force
12/97

Development of a Database for NIH-Supported Rare Disease Research
12/31/97

Strategic Plan for Public Health Agencies
12/31/97

The Baltimore Project
12/15/99

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Study Title
Expected Date of Completion

Study of Implementation and Effectiveness of the Center for Substance Abuse and Prevention (CSAP) High-Risk Youth Demonstration Grants
9/25/95

Evaluation of Demonstration Treatment Programs in the Job Corps
9/29/95

Evaluation of the Faculty Development Program
9/30/95

National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study (NTIES)
1/19/96

Evaluation of the Pregnant and Postpartum Women and Their Infants Demonstration Project
9/15/97

Outcome Evaluation for the Community Partnership Program
12/31/97

DC Courts Initiative Evaluation
12/31/99

Evaluation of the HHS Access to Community Care and Supportive Services (ACCESS) Initiative (Implementation Phase)
12/31/99

National Evaluation Data Coordination Center
12/31/99

Evaluation of High-Risk Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Initiatives Funded in 1994
4/2000

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH

Study Title
Expected Date of Completion

Evaluation of the Office of Minority Health HIV/AIDS Education/Prevention Grant Program
12/30/94

Review of FIAU/FIAC Clinical Trials
1/31/95

Consequences of Whistleblowing for the Whistleblower in Misconduct in Science Cases
2/15/95

An Evaluation of Prevention and Screening Services Relating to Breast and Reproductive System Cancer Among Nine Community and Migrant Health Centers (C/MHCs) in California
3/30/95

Study of HIV Transmission to Hemophiliacs Through Blood Products
3/31/95

Formative Evaluation of an Automated Telecommunication System to Support Case Managers Providing Health and Human Services to High-Risk Families
6/30/95

Consequences of Being Accused of Research Misconduct
7/28/95

Development of Planning and Evaluation Criteria for Public Health and the National Information Infrastructure
9/30/95

Evaluation of Health Needs of Newly Arriving Refugees
9/30/95

Identifying State Legal Barriers to Integrated Health Information Systems
9/30/95

Support of Efforts to Improve the Methodology for Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Clinical Preventive Services
2/28/96

Evaluation of Core Health Data Sets for Enrollment and Encounters
9/30/96

Public Health Performance Monitoring and Evaluation
12/1/96

Analysis of State and Local Public Health Policy, Programs, and Legislation
9/30/98