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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 RAND

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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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, 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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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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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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Understanding Our Culture of Health Before the Pandemic Can …

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 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 Care Reform RAND

WEBThe debate within the U.S. government about reforming the health care system centers on ways to control rising costs and assure high-quality, affordable care. …

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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 …

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Community-Based Health Care RAND

WEBCommunity-based health care represents a unique mode of care delivery with its own set of considerations, challenges, advantages, and disadvantages. RAND …

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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 …

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Health Economics RAND

WEBFinancing the efficient delivery of medical services while reducing costs for consumers as well as health care providers is among the most challenging domestic …

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Public Health Preparedness RAND

WEBPublic health emergencies such as infectious disease, bioterrorism, or natural disasters require a coordinated response at the local, national, and international …

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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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Electronic Medical Records RAND

WEBIncreasingly, collections of medical records are stored and shared digitally by multiple medical service providers. RAND research has explored the costs of …

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Mental Health and Illness RAND

WEBMany diseases, injuries, and maladies are associated with psychological or physical impairment that affect mental health. RAND research covers a broad range of …

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Bringing New Technologies to Bear for Biosurveillance RAND

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

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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Understanding the Upstream Social Determinants of Health RAND

WEBThe term social determinants of health (SDOH) is often used to refer to any nonmedical factors influencing health, including health-related knowledge, attitudes, …

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The Health Insurance Experiment

WEBCost Sharing Reduced the Use of Medical Services at all Levels of Effectiveness. Source: Lohr et al., 1986, p. 34. Note: Percentages refer to participants …

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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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