2013-06-19T13:46:54Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/d/davis_lois_m.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/07/12/SDUT.html 2007-07-12T15:04:00Z 2007-07-12T15:04:00Z

Prison Health Care, in the San Diego Union-Tribune.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090924.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Review of what scientists and scholars know about WMD terrorism and America's options for confronting it.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19931203.html 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authors evaluated the impact of Medicare's Prospective Payment System on aspects of quality of care and outcomes for depressed elderly inpatients in acute-care general medical hospitals.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1415.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presents a broad overview of the U.S. public health response system, recent efforts to improve preparedness, challenges faced, and options for moving forward.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/08/19/LAT.html 2011-08-19T13:36:00Z 2011-08-19T13:36:00Z

The state needs to deal with prison overcrowding and inadequate medical care for prisoners in ways that don't simply transfer the burden to county criminal justice systems and the healthcare safety nets of local communities, writes Lois Davis.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/08/26/PBS.html 2011-08-26T15:00:00Z 2011-08-26T15:00:00Z

Boys and men of color—in particular, young African American men—are particularly vulnerable to racial and ethnic disparities. That such disparities exist should surprise no one. Nor should the fact that such disparities diminish the life chances of those affected, writes Lois M. Davis.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9634.html 2011-12-07T10:30:00Z 2011-12-07T10:30:00Z

Examines the health care needs of released California prisoners, communities most affected by reentry, safety net capacity, and provider experiences with ex-prisoners, given California's Public Safety Realignment Plan and federal health care reform.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19981203.html 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

What is the appropriate future role of U.S. medical forces in OOTW?; and How can these military assets be most effectively utilized?

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9413.html 2009-01-27T08:16:00Z 2009-01-27T08:16:00Z

Discusses the large disparities between boys and men of color in California compared with their white counterparts across four broad domains -- socioeconomic, health, safety, and ready to learn.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR786.html 2010-06-28T16:30:00Z 2010-06-28T16:30:00Z

The lessons identified in this report pertain to the issues for a correctional facility to take into account when considering whether to deploy an active radio-frequency identification (RFID) system within the institution.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR687.html 2009-05-29T16:19:00Z 2009-05-29T16:19:00Z

A variety of approaches to assessing the health care needs and geographic distribution of California parolees can help policymakers understand local communities' capacity to meet the needs of this population.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR544.html 2008-09-16T04:03:00Z 2008-09-16T04:03:00Z

In 2006, RAND conducted the National Computer Security Survey (NCSS), the first nationally representative cybersecurity survey in the United States. This report documents the survey's methodology.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR285.html 2005-08-31T05:59:00Z 2005-08-31T05:59:00Z

Describes the response of state and local health departments to outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), monkeypox, West Nile virus, and hepatitis A.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR239.html 2005-03-01T13:29:00Z 2005-03-01T13:29:00Z

Briefly describes the methods and criteria used to select exemplary practices in public health preparedness.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR317.html 2006-05-19T12:36:00Z 2006-05-19T12:36:00Z

Examines different models for coordination that have been employed by local health departments and general acute-care hospitals to improve public health preparedness.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9365.html 2008-07-19T00:33:00Z 2008-07-19T00:33:00Z

This research brief addresses key cybersecurity concerns, such as protecting critical products and services and ensuring that software will work. It identifies how organizations perceive the importance of cybersecurity in making investment decisions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9458.html 2009-06-17T08:13:00Z 2009-06-17T08:13:00Z

California parolees' health care, mental health care, and drug- and alcohol-treatment needs, as well as where parolees go when they return to counties, place significant demands on counties' safety-net resources and on their ability meet those needs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1563.html 2002-01-01T12:01:50Z 2002-01-01T12:01:50Z

Analyzes how a results-based accountability methodology was used in Los Angeles County to devise programs targeting low-income families, and extracts lessons for future applications in the county.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1533.html 2002-01-01T12:05:16Z 2002-01-01T12:05:16Z

This document summarizes the quantitative and qualitative findings from three previous RAND reports on Los Angeles County's Long-Term Self-Sufficiency Plan.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/issue_papers/IP217.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This issue paper discusses the challenges of measuring preparedness for chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction (WMD) incidents and illustrates the difficulties using detailed, nationally representative data from local response organizations on the existence and exercise of plans to address these types of incidents.