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CAP-GP.3801
Capstone: Advanced Projects in Health Finance, Management, and Policy ICouples with CAP-GP 3802. For MPA-Health students. As part of the core curriculum of the NYU Wagner Masters program, Capstone teams spend an academic year addressing challenges and identifying opportunities for a client organization or conducting research …Publication
Higher Fees Paid to US Physicians Drive Higher Spending for Physician Services Compared to Other CountriesHigher health care prices in the United States are a key reason that the nation’s health spending is so much higher than that of other countries. Our study compared physicians’ fees paid by public and private payers for primary care office visits and hip …
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Fact Sheet on the New True Size of GovernmentEven as Democrats and federal employee unions battle the Bush Administration's proposal to put thousands of federal jobs up for competition with the private sector, the government's largely-hidden workforce created through contracts and grants has reached …
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Projecting Hospital Utilization and Bed Need in New York City for the Year 2000Billings, J., Kaplan, S & Mijanovich, T. …
Capstone Projects
House Values, Property Taxes and Municipal Spending: How New Jersey Spent the Housing BoomThis study examines the relationship between the rise in housing prices from 1998-2004 and changes in spending by New Jersey municipalities. The remarkable increase in property wealth over this time period presents a great opportunity to study what local …
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Psychological mediating factors in an intervention to promote adolescent health care-seekingSome of the highest rates of curable sexually transmitted diseases in the USA are found among adolescents. Routine, comprehensive health care that includes a sexual history may contribute to alleviating this problem. We designed and ran a three-session …
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How Some Countries Control Spending: The Authors ReplyMK Gusmano, M Laugesen, and VG Rodwin …
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Curricular ResourcesBringing salmon back to the Columbia river: How Native American tribes are implementing a wa- tershed-wide plan. Columbia River Inter-tribal Fish Commission. The Electronic Hallway and Research Center for Leadership in Action . By Jennifer Dodge and …
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Balance Sheet Insolvency and Contribution Revenue in Public CharitiesUsing Form 990 data reported by public charities, we document signifi cant bunching of nonprofits at near-zero net assets, the threshold for insolvency. Bunching occurs despite the fact that creditors cannot force insolvent nonprofits into involuntary …
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Money for Nothing? Pension Obligation Bonds and Government SpendingCalabrese, Thad., Ely, T. L. …
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CAP-GP.3601
Capstone: Advanced Projects in Urban Planning ICouples with CAP-GP.3602. As part of the core curriculum of the NYU Wagner Masters program, Capstone teams spend an academic year addressing challenges and identifying opportunities for a client organization or conducting research on a pressing social …Course
CAP-GP.3226
Capstone: Advanced Projects in International Development Policy and Management ICouples with CAP-GP.3227 . As part of the core curriculum of the NYU Wagner Masters program, Capstone teams spend an academic year addressing challenges and identifying opportunities for a client organization or conducting research on a pressing social …Capstone Projects
Investigating the Impact of Partisan Campaign Spending on the Role of State AttorneysAs partisanship and political gridlock have increased in America, many state attorneys general (AGs) have become engaged with the national political landscape. This is a shift from the traditional AG role of chief law enforcement officer. A Capstone team …
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WAGTalk: John Gershman, "Feeding the Future"Professor John Gershman discusses hunger and food security in the age of climate change. …
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School District Pension Bond Issuance and the Influence on Spending BehaviorCalabrese, T., Ely, T. L. …
Capstone Projects
Satisfaction and Care-Seeking: Children in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance ProgramThis study, utilizing a nationally representative sample of children who receive healthcare services from Medicaid or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), seeks to determine whether parents of children covered by Medicaid managed care …
Capstone Projects
Satisfaction and Care-Seeking: Children in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance ProgramThis study, utilizing a nationally representative sample of children who receive healthcare services from Medicaid or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), seeks to determine whether parents of children covered by Medicaid managed care …
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Falling Through the Cracks? The Distribution of ERAP Spending in New York StateThis analysis identifies and describes the ZIP Codes in New York City and a subsample of New York State that received lower and higher than expected ERAP applications to inform decisions about how to prioritize areas for other interventions and the …
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Non-academic factors associated with dropping out of high school: Adolescent problem behaviorsThis study uses a social capital and collective socialization lens to examine nonacademic factors in middle school that predict students’ failure to complete high school, and focuses on youth who engage in adolescent problem behaviors of smoking …
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Work Requirements and Child Tax BenefitsMany U.S. safety-net programs condition benefit eligibility on work. Eliminating work requirements would better target benefits to the neediest families but would also attenuate pro-work incentives. We study how expanding child tax credits to non-workers …
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Online MHA Program CurriculumThis course has two overall goals. The first is to increase participants’ effectiveness in managing and leading individuals and teams in healthcare organizations. This includes addressing issues of equity, diversity and inclusion within organizations and …
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Is Special Education Improving? Evidence on Segregation, Outcomes, and Spending from NYCLeanna Stiefel, Menbere Shiferaw, Michael Gottfried, and Amy Ellen Schwartz …
Capstone Projects
The Needs of African Health Ministries and the Principles Guiding Investment Decisions of External Stakeholders in the African Health SectorAfrican health ministries are partnering with a large number of bilateral and multilateral donors and development agencies, each with its own set of operating principles and approaches to health sector investment and planning. The New Partnership for …
Capstone Projects
The Needs of African Health Ministries and the Principles Guiding Investment Decisions of External Stakeholders in the African Health SectorAfrican health ministries are partnering with a large number of bilateral and multilateral donors and development agencies, each with its own set of operating principles and approaches to health sector investment and planning. The New Partnership for …