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Bann, C., Keller, S., Mendoza, T., & Dodd, S. (2002). Generalizability of the two-and three-factor structures of the Brief Pain Inventory. Quality of Life Research, 11(7), 703.

Bender, R. H., & Garfinkel, S. (2001). Differences in the structure of CAHPS ® measures among the Medicare fee-for-service, Medicare managed care, and privately insured populations. Health Services Research, 36(3), 531-554.

Blahut, S., Evan, D., Price, S., & Ulasevich, A. (2004).  A confirmatory test of a higher order factor structure: brand equity and the Truth campaign. Social Marketing Quarterly, 10, 1-13.

Boccuti, C. & Moon, M. (2003). Comparing Medicare and private insurers: growth rates in spending over three decades. Health Affairs, 22(2), 230-237 .

Brolin, M., Seaver, C., & Nalty, D. Performance Management: Improving State Systems through Information-Based Decisionmaking. DHHS Publication No. 05-3983. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2004. Available online [pdf]

Burling, A., & Burling, T. (2003).  A comparison of self-report measures of nicotine dependence among male drug/alcohol-dependent cigarette smokers. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 5(5), 625-633.

Burling, T., Burling, A., & Latini, D. (2001). A controlled smoking cessation trial for substance-dependent inpatients. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69(2), 295–304.

Carman, K., Harris-Kojetin, L., Daugherty, S., & Lubalin, J. (2002). Private sector unlikely to follow Medicare lead in providing health plan disenrollment comparisons.Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, 28(3), 115-126.

Carman, K., Short, P., Farley, D., Schnaier, J., Elliott, D., & Gallagher, P. (1999).  Epilogue: early lessons from CAHPS demonstrations and evaluations.Medical Care, 37(3 Suppl), MS97-105.

Clark, R., Burkhauser, R., Moon, M., Quinn, J., & Smeeding, T. (2004). The Economics of an Aging Society. New York: Blackwell Press.

Feder, J., & Moon, M. (1999). Is managed care for the elderly a threat or a promise? Generations, 22(2), 6-10.

Fink, J. C., Blahut, S. A., Briglia, A. E., Gardner, J. F., & Light, P.  (2001).  Effect of center–versus patient–specific factors on variations in dialysis adequacy. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 12(1), 164-169.

Fink, J. C., Blahut, S. A., Gutierrez, M., & Weir, M. R. (2002).  Pre-transplant serum C-reactive protein and the risk of chronic allograft nephropathy in renal transplant recipients: a pilot case-control study. American Journal of Kidney Disease, 39(5), 1096-1101.

Fink, J. C., Blahut, S. A., Reddy, M., & Light, P. (2001). Use of erythropoietin before the initiation of dialysis and it’s impact on mortality. American Journal of Kidney Disease, 37(2), 348-355.

Fink, J. C., Zhan, M., Blahut, S. A., Soucie, M., & McClellan, W. M. (2002). Measuring the efficacy of a quality improvement program in dialysis adequacy with changes in center effects. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 13(9), 2338-2344.

Gage, B., Moon, M., & Chi, S. (1999). State level variations in Medicare spending for the elderly. Health Care Financing Review, 20(4), 103-126.

Gluck, M., & Moon, M. (2000). Financing Medicare’s future. Washington, DC: National Academy of Social Insurance.

Harris-Kojetin, L., McCormack, L., Jael, E., Sangl, J., & Garfinkel, S. (2001). Creating more effective health plan quality reports for consumers: lessons from a synthesis of qualitative testing. Health Services Research, 36(3), 447-476.

Hersey, J., Niederdeppe, J., Evans, D., Nonnemaker, J., Blahut, S., Holden, D., Messeri P., Haviland M. L. (2003). The effects of state counterindustry media campaigns on beliefs, attitudes, and smoking status among teens and young adults. Preventive Medicine. December, 37, 544-552.  

Johnson, R., Davidoff, A., & Moon, M. (2002). Insuring the near elderly: the potential role for Medicare buy-in (No. 310419;The Retirement Project Brief Series 13). Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.

Kasten, J., Moon, M., & Segal, M. (2001). What do Medicare HMO enrollees spend out-of-pocket? (No. 393). New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund.

Keller, S. D. (2003).  Interpretation of Humanistic Assessments.  In D. Grauer, J. Lee, T. Odom, J. Osterhaus, L. Sanchez, & D. Touchette (Eds.), Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes: Applications for Patient Care, 2 nd ed.  Kansas City, MO: American College of Clinical Pharmacy.

Keller, S. D., Peacock, A., & DeLame, P. A. (2002). Validity and stability of improvement in Health-Related Quality of Life (HQOL) in patients with angina treated by EECP. Quality of Life Research, 11(7), 628.

McCormack, L. A., Anderson, W., Uhrig, J., Garfinkel, S. A., Sofaer, S., & Terrell, S. (2001).  Health plan decision-making in the Medicare population: results from a national randomized experiment.  Health Services Research, 36(6 Part II), 133-149.

McCormack, L. A., Garfinkel, S. A., Hibbard, J. H., Keller, S., Kilpatrick, K. E., & Kosiak B. (2002).  Health insurance knowledge among Medicare beneficiaries. Health Services Research, 37(1), 43-63.

McCormack, L. A., Garfinkel, S. A., Hibbard, J. H., Kilpatrick, K. E., & Kalsbeek, W. D. (2001). Beneficiary survey-based feedback on new Medicare informational materials. Health Care Financing Review, 23(1), 37-46.

McCormack, L., Garfinkel, S., Hibbard, J., Norton, E., & Bayen, U. (2001). Health plan decision-making with new Medicare informational materials. Health Services Research, 36(3), 489-508.

Maxwell, S., Moon, M. & Segal, M. (2001). Growth in Medicare and out-of-pocket spending:  impact on vulnerable beneficiaries (No. 430). New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund.

Maxwell, S., Moon, M., & Storeygard, M. (2001). Reforming Medicare’s benefit package: impact on beneficiary expenditures (No. 461). New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund.

Moon, M. (1994-2000). Your Health Care Coverage, The Patients’ Advocate. The Washington Post. (An occasional column in the Health Section).

Moon, M. (1999). Building on Medicare’s Strengths. Issues in Science and Technology, Winter, 65-71.

Moon, M. (1999). Will the care be there? Vulnerable beneficiaries and Medicare reform. Health Affairs, 18(1), 107-117.

Moon, M. (2000). An assessment of the President's proposal to modernize and strengthen Medicare (No. 371). New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund.

Moon, M. (Ed.) (2000). Competition with constraints: challenges facing Medicare reform. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press.

Moon, M. (2000). Freedom to pay or freedom to choose? Private contracting and Medicare beneficiaries. Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, 10(1), 21-34.

Moon, M. (2000). Medicare matters: building on a record of accomplishments. Health Care Financing Review, 22(1),
9-22.

Moon, M. (2001). Health policy 2001: Medicare. The New England Journal of Medicine, 344(12), 928-931.

Moon, M. (2003). Making Medicaid a national program: Medicare as a model. In J. Holahan, A. Wiel, & J. Wiener (Eds.), Federalism and Health Policy. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press.

Moon, M. (2003). Medicare prescription drug legislation: how would it affect beneficiaries? (No.678). New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund.

Moon, M. (2002). Putting prescription drug spending in context for Medicare beneficiaries. Care Management Journals, 3(3), 126-134.

Moon, M., & Boccuti, C. (2002). Location, location, location: geographic spending issues and Medicare policy (No. 310500). Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.

Moon, M., Friedland, R., & Shirey, L. (2002). Medicare beneficiaries and their assets:  implications for low-income programs (No. 6017). Menlo Park, CA: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

Moon, M., Gage, B., Nichols, L., Liu, K., et al. (1997) Medicare savings: options and opportunities. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.

Moon, M., & Herd, P. (2002). A Place at the Table: Women’s Needs and Medicare Reform.  New York City: The Century Foundation.

Moon, M., Segal, M., & Weiss, R. (2000/2001). A moving target: financing Medicare for the future. Inquiry, 37(4), 338-347.

Moon, M., & Storeygard, M. (2001). One third at risk: the special circumstances of Medicare beneficiaries with health problems (No. 474). New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund.

Moon, M., & Storeygard, M. (2001). Targeting Medicare Drug Benefits: Costs and Issues (No. 1634). Menlo Park, CA: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

Moon, M., & Storeygard, M. (2002). Solvency or affordability? Ways to measure Medicare’s financial health (No. 6034). Menlo Park, CA: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

Moon, M., & Storeygard, M. (2002). Stretching federal dollars: policy trade-offs in designing a Medicare drug benefit with limited resources (No. 544). New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund.

Renz, K. B., Lorch, E. P., Milich, R., Lemberger, C., Bodner, A. C., & Wesh, R. (2003). On-line story representation in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 31(1), 93-104.