2012-05-10T17:59:46Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/b/brook_robert_h.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2010/06/09/JAMA.html 2010-06-09T13:42:00Z 2010-06-09T13:42:00Z

If patients do not take prescribed medications, are not appropriately vaccinated, or do not obtain preventive screening tests, they may incur costs that others will need to subsidize, writes Robert Brook.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2010/04/21/JAMA.html 2010-04-21T04:00:00Z 2010-04-21T04:00:00Z

Increased health care coverage raises issues in addition to cost containment. Increased coverage will mean increased demand for primary care physicians, writes Robert Brook.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2010/01/27/JAMA.html 2010-01-27T05:00:00Z 2010-01-27T05:00:00Z

It is time for a change before innovative medical researchers develop a new array of tests and measurements, making it even less likely that physicians will have the right answer, writes Robert Brook.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/10/07/JAMA.html 2009-10-07T04:00:00Z 2009-10-07T04:00:00Z

Successful health care reform may provide virtually all individuals in the United States an adequate health insurance package. However, the need to increase value for health care dollars will extend far beyond the current policy window, writes Robert Brook.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/09/02/JAMA.html 2009-09-02T04:00:00Z 2009-09-02T04:00:00Z

The appropriateness assessment system is a concrete way the medical profession could respond to the need to produce more efficient and effective care, writes Robert Brook.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/07/08/JAMA.html 2009-07-08T04:00:00Z 2009-07-08T04:00:00Z

Since the government is using taxpayer dollars to fund the comparative effectiveness initiative, it would be appropriate to have an organizing principle to guide the selection of which aspects of medical care to examine, writes Robert Brook.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/06/17/JAMA.html 2009-06-17T04:00:00Z 2009-06-17T04:00:00Z

It is time for physicians to commit as a profession to helping the President and Congress achieve the vision of a new health care system by improving the way medicine is practiced, writes Robert Brook.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/04/01/JAMA.html 2009-04-01T04:00:00Z 2009-04-01T04:00:00Z

If the government is demanding transparency of physicians and hospitals, the very least the physicians and hospitals should do is demand transparency of the government, writes Robert Brook.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2008/07/09/JAMA.html 2008-07-09T04:00:00Z 2008-07-09T04:00:00Z

As a new political window for health care reform is approached, building trust and motivating collaboration between community members and the individuals who produce information about the system is critical, writes Robert Brook.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2262z1.html 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Combines information from the Health Insurance Experiment (HIE) on the prevalence, associated effects, and use of medical care for several important chronic conditions or impairments.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2110.html 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evaluation of the New Mexico Peer Review System, 1971 to 1973.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2723.html 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Health Insurance Study (HIS) used data on the prevalence and adverse consequences of use to investigate the effect of different levels of health insurance on health and the quality of medical care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2551-1.html 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presents information on several aggregate measures of functional status developed for use in a general population such as that enrolled in the Health Insurance Study (HIS).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2262z8-1.html 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This volume reviews pertinent medical literature, details the HIS definitions for three chronic obstructive airway diseases, describes HIS methods for measuring their presence and impact on people's lives, presents and discusses the enrollment data from the six HIS sites, and outlines quality of care criteria.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R1939.html 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reviews public- and private-sector programs for assessing and assuring the quality of medical care services, and analyzes their potential effectiveness.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2898z3.html 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two types of seizure disorders are discussed: febrile (fever) and nonfebrile (epileptic) seizures.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2898z2.html 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four upper respiratory conditions are investigated: middle ear disease (otitis media), hearing loss, tonsillitis, and colds.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2898z1.html 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data on their prevalence and adverse consequences are used in the Health Insurance Experiment (HIE) to investigate the effect of different levels of health insurance on health and quality of care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2898z4.html 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report is part of a large-scale social study, the Health Insurance Experiment (HIE), to assess how varying a patient's cost of health services affects his or her use of services, quality of care, patient satisfaction, and health status.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2898z5.html 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z

The RAND Health Insurance Experiment (HIE) uses data on the prevalence and adverse impact of anemia to investigate the effects of differing levels of health insurance on health status and quality of care for children.