2012-05-10T18:02:50Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/d/derose_kathryn_pitkin.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR177.html 2004-10-13T15:15:00Z 2004-10-13T15:15:00Z

An evaluation of a project to improve access to health care for the uninsured and underserved in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9293.html 2007-10-30T11:26:00Z 2007-10-30T11:26:00Z

This research brief summarizes research assessing how higher-quality and more-accessible clinical diagnostic tests could improve health outcomes in the developing world for a number of common diseases.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR423.html 2006-12-01T19:05:00Z 2006-12-01T19:05:00Z

This working paper provides technical material to support Girsoi F, Olmsted SS, Keeler D, et al. Developing and Interpreting Models to Improve Diagnostics in Developing Countries. Nature. S1 3-8 (2006).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1188.html 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this study, the authors recruit African American, Latino, and white churches and women members (age 50 to 80) for a randomized church-based trial of mammography promotion in Los Angeles County.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1190.html 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The purpose of this paper is to explore qualitatively the principal problems that Latino women face in getting health care for themselves and their families.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000124.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Skills in reading, listing and numeracy may affect the risk of coronary heart disease.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20000305.html 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many Latinos have limited English proficiency and this may negatively affect their use of health care services.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1189.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Assesses the association of physician gender with patient ratings of physician care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR933.html 1998-01-01T12:01:42Z 1998-01-01T12:01:42Z

With the increase in information derived from clinical research and technology, many in clinical medicine have adopted an evidence-based approach to inform treatment decisionmaking.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1522.html 2002-01-01T12:05:16Z 2002-01-01T12:05:16Z

Examines the extent to which uncompensated care is provided by hospitals other than JMH, and whether the greater access to surtax-funded care at JMH might cause patients to pass up facilities much nearer to their homes and travel long distances for care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1703.html 2003-01-01T12:01:49Z 2003-01-01T12:01:49Z

Improving the governance of public funds for health care services in Miami-Dade County

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9317.html 2008-01-15T04:33:00Z 2008-01-15T04:33:00Z

This fact sheet describes the diverse health care needs of immigrant populations and specifies needs that health policies can target.

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/external_publications/EP20070910.html 2007-09-15T00:00:00Z 2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

Immigrants have been identified as a vulnerable population, but there is heterogeneity in the degree to which they are vulnerable to inadequate health care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20081010.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finds that the relationship between social capital and preventable hospitalizations (PHs) is unclear. Some bonding and bridging ties were related to PHs, but differentially across age groups; more work is needed to operationalize linking ties.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071106.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Concepts and terms about health care quality translated well from English to Spanish.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050821.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is great potential in public health and faith communities partnering to promote health education and research.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19981208.html 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little is known about the health behaviors of church attendees.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20061118.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this paper, the authors outline an approach for modelling the health benefits of new diagnostic tools.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060913.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good health is also dependent on addressing fundamental issues of the social, economic, and physical environments in which people live.