2012-05-10T18:07:18Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/a/asch_steven_m.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/09/11/CNN.html 2009-09-11T15:19:00Z 2009-09-11T15:19:00Z

What can you choose when life restricts you to the narrow width of a hospital bed and your view is one of life's final horizon, ask Steven M. Asch, Karl Lorenz, and Diane Meier.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100093.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This study of end-of-life care received by hospitalized adults identified deficiencies in planning and palliative care that can be targeted to improve the quality of care for patients dying in the hospital.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR174.html 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z

This is the technical appendix to "The Quality of Health Care Delivered to Adults in the United States," published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 348, No. 26, June 26, 2003, pp. 2653-2645.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP730.html 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Development of a quality of care measurement system for children and adolescents : methodological considerations and comparisons with a system for adult women

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP427.html 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Developing quality review criteria from standards of care for HIV disease : a framework

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9053.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

This document has been superseded.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP932.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP710.html 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Developing a clinical performance measure

http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT132.html 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Testimony given before the Physician Payment Review Commission on April 27, 1995, concerning a RAND-developed method for measuring access to quality care using Medicare claims.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9053-1.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

This document has been superseded.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR174-1.html 2006-03-09T01:00:00Z 2006-03-09T01:00:00Z

This is the technical appendix to ''The Quality of Health Care Delivered to Adults in the United States'', published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 348, No. 26, June 26, 2003.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG247.html 2004-12-17T12:26:00Z 2004-12-17T12:26:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9080.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Key findings: --The level of bioterrorism preparedness across California's jurisdictions is uneven, ranging from excellent to poor. --There are wide variations in every aspect of preparedness strategy, development, and implementation. --The system su...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9219.html 2006-11-15T16:31:00Z 2006-11-15T16:31:00Z

This research brief describes the development and testing of a prototypical cancer-care quality monitoring system, the National Initiative for Cancer Care Quality (NICCQ), for breast cancer and colorectal cancer.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR181.html 2004-12-13T08:41:00Z 2004-12-13T08:41:00Z

The California's Public Health infrastructure, from the perspective of public health preparedness is characterized by high interjurisdictional variability.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9100.html 2005-11-25T10:58:00Z 2005-11-25T10:58:00Z

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the country’s largest health care provider, has been recognized as a leader in improving the quality of health care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB4550.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This research brief summarizes RAND Health research on pharmacy compliance with California's prescription drug discount program for Medicare beneficiaries.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1263.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uses a literature search to identify quality measures for palliative cancer care and the evidence to support their use in pain, dyspnea, depression, and advance care planning, and to ascertain research gaps.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20021206.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Medication measurement is crucial in assessing quality for chronic conditions yet agreement of alternate data sources remains uncertain.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1173.html 2005-08-10T13:13:00Z 2005-08-10T13:13:00Z

Does the Collaborative Model Improve Care for Chronic Heart Failure?