2013-05-28T15:10:29Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/b/beckett_megan_k.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2010/01/20/EW.html 2010-01-20T19:26:00Z 2010-01-20T19:26:00Z

Based on the results of statewide standardized tests, more than 15 percent of U.S. schools are in need of improvement. The students attending these schools need help, writes Megan Beckett.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2003/01/02/SDUT.html 2003-01-02T19:46:00Z 2003-01-02T19:46:00Z

Now that California schools have access to up to $550 million in new assistance annually under Proposition 49 to fund after-school programs, wise choices need to be made to ensure the money will be used for programs that give children the maximum benefit, writes Megan Beckett in an commentary.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090415.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evaluate the need for survey mode adjustments to hospital care evaluations by discharged inpatients and develop the appropriate adjustments.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100150.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Results from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey shows modest but meaningful gains on most dimensions of patients experience in hosptials, but doctors still get low marks for communication.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20101304.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prior research suggests hospital quality of care is multidimensional.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070905.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The purpose of this work was to determine the rates and predictors of custody status for children of HIV-infected parents.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010002.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this paper, The authors explore the diffusion of beliefs pertaining to the causes of childhood diarrhea in rural Guatemala.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070206.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The purpose of this work was to determine the rates and predictors of guardianship planning and preferred guardians among HIV-infected parents.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050207.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many parents feared transmitting HIV to their children or catching an infection from their children, but few were avoiding the most routine forms of physical affection.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20020918.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

RAND helped real-estate decision makers and advisors at a major U.S.-based financial-services firm to assess and compare locations for 2 projects.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060521.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

HIV-infected parents often worry about the emotional consequences of disclosure to their children and that their children may tell others.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9423.html 2009-03-04T09:06:00Z 2009-03-04T09:06:00Z

Describes the problems and positive aspects of deployment that have an impact on the retention intentions of reserve component families.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080901.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most national health surveys do not permit precise measurement of the health of racial/ethnic subgroups that comprise <1 per cent of the U.S. population. We identify three potentially promising sample design strategies for increasing the accuracy of national health estimates for a small target subgroup when used to supplement a small probability sample of that group and apply these strategies to American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and Chinese using National Health Interview Survey data.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080608.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Proxy responses to subjective health care ratings should be treated cautiously. Even seemingly innocuous reading, writing, and translation by proxies may influence answers. However, spouses are generally accurate proxies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091004.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Single-year estimates of health disparities in small racial/ethnic groups are often insufficiently precise to guide policy, whereas estimates that are pooled over multiple years may not accurately describe current conditions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091003.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examine the simultaneous associations of parent and coder assessments of communication events with parent satisfaction.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9372.html 2009-07-30T13:54:00Z 2009-07-30T13:54:00Z

Examines the unique challenges faced by children of HIV-infected parents and indicates how some of the negative effects of parental HIV on children could be ameliorated.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100069.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examine timing of parent-child discussions about sexual topics relative to child-reported sexual behavior.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071009.html 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

CAHPS is an organized effort to provide consumers with standardized, comprehensible, and usable data regarding consumers' experiences with health care

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120072.html 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z

Targeting the experiences of women may be a promising means of improving overall patient experience scores (because women comprise a majority of all inpatients); the experiences of older and sicker women, and those in for-profit hospitals, may merit additional examination.