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U.S. Health Care Policy RAND

WebThe U.S. health care policy landscape is poised for great change. Extensive RAND research offers insights about the likely impact of repealing or revising the ACA …

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The U.S. Health Care Landscape: Coverage and Costs

WebRAND work has examined issues facing the largest group of health care safety net providers, both during and before the pandemic: federally qualified community …

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Understanding Our Culture of Health Before the …

WebAccording to Medicare beneficiaries' data (Kapinos, 2020), in 2017 the average total health expenditures in the last year of life was $66,176. This number has …

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Health Care Access RAND

WebAccess to health care refers to the ease with which an individual can obtain needed medical services. RAND research has examined the social, cultural, economic, …

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Health Equity RAND

WebHealth equity is fair and just access to health resources, protection from health hazards, and health decisionmaking. RAND research aims to understand the …

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Health Care and Reform Issues RAND

WebThe continued rise in health care costs for patients across the United States has policymakers actively considering proposals to increase competition and …

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A Market for Donor Kidneys Is Not the Reform the U.S.

WebIn a recent op-ed in the New York Times, freelance journalist Dylan Walsh made the case for a regulated market for kidneys in the United States in which donors …

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Bringing New Technologies to Bear for Biosurveillance

WebThe recent COVID-19 pandemic and the current outbreak of avian influenza in U.S. dairy herds provide ample evidence of the problems faced in rapidly detecting and …

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Health Information Technology RAND

WebHealth information technology, electronic medical records, and electronic prescriptions are but three examples of how technology is changing the health care …

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Health, Health Care, and Aging RAND

WebRAND advances understanding of health and health behaviors, and examines how the organization and financing of care affect costs, quality, and access. …

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Innovation in Delivery: How can the U.S. health care system

WebIn the context of COVID-19, opioid treatment providers transitioning to telehealth during the pandemic quickly switched to providing telemedicine visits in high volume—most of these …

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Building a Culture of Health RAND

WebIn partnership with RAND, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is tracking how communities are evolving their approaches to building a Culture of Health and advancing …

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36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36) RAND

WebAs part of the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS), a multi-year, multi-site study to explain variations in patient outcomes, RAND developed the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey …

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Global Health RAND

WebNations throughout the world face ongoing challenges when it comes to health care quality, costs, delivery, and access; disease prevention; and public health …

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Media Influences on Health RAND

WebThe media—everything from television, radio, and film to games, advertising, and social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter—can have significant impacts on …

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Transforming U.S. Mental Health System Is Possible; Broad …

WebConditions are ripe for transforming the U.S. mental health care system, with scientific advances, the growth of Medicaid, and political consensus on the importance of …

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Key Topics RAND

WebRAND Health Care Key Topics. We study complex problems and identify solutions in topic areas that matter most for improving health care policy, systems, practice, and health.

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Underfunding of Research in Women's Health Issues Is the Biggest …

WebFor far too long, the medical sciences have treated men and women as interchangeable subjects, favoring men's health for funding and the male body for study. …

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Most Americans Consider Themselves Middle-Class. But Are They

WebIn a 2015 Pew survey, only 10 percent of Americans said they considered themselves lower-class and just 1 percent thought they were upper-class. Earnings have …

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Building Data Capacity to Study Health Equity for Patient Centered

WebThe Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), which coordinates across federal health programs to build data capacity for patient-centered outcomes …

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Information for Authors RAND

WebGoals of the Special Issue. To advance the study of health equity in patient-centered outcomes research and the associated data infrastructure needs, the Assistant …

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Workplace Wellness Programs Study: Final Report RAND

WebApproaching wellness with a continuous quality improvement attitude, and solicit feedback from employees to improve programs. The research described in this …

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New Zealand Becomes the Latest Country to Pivot to the U.S.

WebThese developments prompted Ardern to go against the grain of her country's dovish China policy. In May 2022, New Zealand became a founding member of the …

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The Iran-Israel War Is Just Getting Started RAND

WebIn the early hours of April 13, two minor miracles happened. First, in a remarkable display of technical prowess, Israel—with help from Britain, France, Jordan, …

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What Does the U.S. Navy Need in Its Future

WebRecent events in the Red Sea have shown the unique value of capable surface combatants. Looking at the environment where surface combatants operate, …

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