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UPADM-GP.275
Contemporary Global Crises and Humanitarian PoliticsIn the context of a growing number of intersecting local, national, and global crises, each warranting political strategy, operational responses, and humanitarian planning across a range of states, agencies, movements, technical and political actors, this …Publication
Gender and the Publication Output of Graduate StudentsWe examine gender differences among the six PhD student cohorts 2004–2009 at the California Institute of Technology using a new dataset that includes information on trainees and their advisors and enables us to construct detailed measures of teams at the …
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The Twilight of Liberal Welfare ReformThirty years ago, welfare reform was a liberal issue. In the 1960s and 1970s, government planners proposed that cash welfare benefits be raised and extended to the entire low-income population. But those proposals were rejected, and since the 1970s, the …
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Drug Coverage and Drug Purchases by Medicare Beneficiaries with HypertensionResearch has shown that older Americans with prescription drug coverage purchase more medications; however, it is unclear whether they are more likely to purchase essential medications. This study addresses that question by examining the relationship …
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Low Rates of Adoption and Implementation of Rapid HIV Testing in Substance Use Disorder Treatment ProgramsINTRODUCTION: Rapid HIV testing (RHT) greatly increases the proportion of clients who learn their test results. However, existing studies have not examined the adoption and implementation of RHT in programs treating persons with substance use disorders, …
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Office of Alumni RelationsOffice of Alumni Relations ALUMNI RELATIONS AND STUDENT GROUPS The Office of Alumni Relations (OAR) can be a helpful resource as you plan events and programs. Whether you’re looking to secure alumni panelists for a career-focused program, host a …
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“Factors Affecting the Introduction of New Vaccines to Poor Nations: A Comparative Study of the Haemophilus influenza Type B and Hepatitis B Vaccines.”A major effort to introduce new vaccines into poor nations of the world was initiated in recent years with the help of the GAVI alliance. The first vaccines introduced have been the Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) and the hepatitis B (Hep B) vaccines. …
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Entrepreneurship in Services and Socially Disadvantaged in IndiaWhile substantial literature now exists on poverty and inequality among social groups, until now, almost nothing has been known about how the socially dis-advantaged groups fare in entrepreneurship in terms of shares in the GVA, workers employed, and …
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Enrolling Children in Public Insurance: SCHIP, Medicaid, and State ImplementationThe Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established federal grants to the states to create the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). This presented the states with a number of implementation choices concerning administrative models for the new …
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Highlights from the Class of 2024 ConvocationIn the storied theater of the New York City Center, graduates, loved ones, faculty, staff, and administrators gathered to celebrate at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Convocation ceremony on Thursday, May 16. The ceremony honored …
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Does Preservation Accelerate Neighborhood Change? Examining the Impact of Historic Preservation in New York CityA number of studies have examined the property value impacts of historic preservation, but few have considered how preservation shapes neighborhood composition. In this study, we ask whether the designation of historic districts contributes to changes in …
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5 takeaways: What Americans want from government reformAs 2021 comes to a close, President Biden can point to some achievements and plenty of obstacles in his bigger government, more services agenda. NYU Wagner Professor Paul Light’s new GovLab analysis suggests that Biden must take action toward government …
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Pressure to GrowAfter years of downsizing, the federal government is poised for expansion again. Directly or indirectly responsible for about one-eighth of the jobs in the nation’s economy, the government is about to grow, whether the electorate chooses George W. Bush or …
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The Development of a Funding Matrix for Local GovernmentIn December 2000, the number of municipalities in South Africa was reduced from 843 to 284, as a result of demarcation to improve the efficiency of the public services provided by each municipality. Since then, the South African Department of Provincial …
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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 …
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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 …
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Potentially avoidable hospitalizations: how to estimate the costs? (French)Based on the number of hospitalizations for ambulatory-care sensitive conditions in the Paris region (Ile-de-France), and the DRG-based rates for these hospital stays, we estimate the hospital expenditures that could be avoided if patients had access to …
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Tyler Haupert Tyler Haupert is an Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at NYU Shanghai. He also serves as a Faculty Affiliate at the NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, NYU Furman Center, the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. …
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Do benefits restrictions limit Medicaid acceptance in addiction treatment? Results from a national studyObjective To assess the relationship of restrictions on Medicaid benefits for addiction treatment to Medicaid acceptance among addiction treatment programs. Data sources We collected primary data from the 2013–2014 wave of the National Drug Abuse …
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Takin' it to the StreetsPerhaps not since the 1960s has the world witnessed so many large-scale demonstrations. In Iran, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Bolivia, Britain, Iraq, Haiti, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Spain, Algeria, Sudan, and other countries, vast throngs …
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Centralization of Radical Prostatectomy in the United StatesPurpose : Radical prostatectomy is a common treatment for organ confined prostate cancer and its use is increasing. We examined how the increased volume is being distributed and what hospital characteristics are associated with increasing volume. …
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Recommendations for Quality-driven Dashboard TransformationNYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital (NYULOH) has a distinguished tradition of medical innovation, providing specialized care for people with orthopedic, musculoskeletal, and neurological conditions. The quality movement in medicine is redefining the delivery …
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In Search of Public ServiceContrary to those who say that government must become more businesslike to compete, college seniors almost surely would recommend that government become more nonprofit-like, especially in reassuring potential recruits that they will be given a chance to …