2013-06-14T19:16:39Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/b/bauhoff_sebastian.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50231.html 2011-01-01T12:00:00Z 2011-01-01T12:00:00Z

We examine how the UK and German health care systems responded to a major cost-saving innovation: the availability of generic simvastatin, a cholesterol-lowering drug.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50197.html 2011-10-01T12:00:00Z 2011-10-01T12:00:00Z

Relying on private insurance companies to deliver public programs in middle-income settings may impact provider responsiveness and indicate the need for continuous monitoring and regulation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50198.html 2011-07-01T12:00:00Z 2011-07-01T12:00:00Z

This paper examines the effect of systematic self-report bias, the non-random deviation between the self-reported and true values of the same measure.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200158.html 2012-10-01T12:00:00Z 2012-10-01T12:00:00Z

This paper evaluates whether health plans in Germany's Social Health Insurance select on an easily observable predictor of risk: geography.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50196.html 2011-11-01T12:00:00Z 2011-11-01T12:00:00Z

Improving access to health care and financial protection of the poor is a key concern for policymakers in low- and middle-income countries, but there have been few rigorous program evaluations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9715.html 2013-05-20T00:01:00Z 2013-05-20T00:01:00Z

This brief summarizes a RAND analysis of the role of that hospital emergency departments may come to play in either contributing to or reducing the rising costs of health care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR280.html 2013-05-20T00:01:00Z 2013-05-20T00:01:00Z

This report evaluates the evolving role of hospital emergency departments (EDs) in the U.S. health care system. EDs are being increasingly used for complex workups and ED doctors are the principal decisionmakers for half of all hospital admissions.