2012-05-10T18:07:25Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/e/escarce_jose_j.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR259.html 2005-10-11T07:53:00Z 2005-10-11T07:53:00Z

This report examines how implementation of Medicare prospective payment systems for post-acute care has affected the use of inpatient rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and home health care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR258.html 2006-02-06T14:53:00Z 2006-02-06T14:53:00Z

This report analyzes and reports on patient access to care, especially patients considered "severely ill," after implementation of the prospective payment system introduced by Medicare in 2002.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9121.html 2005-11-25T10:11:00Z 2005-11-25T10:11:00Z

By the late 1990s, initial consumer support for HMOs (health maintenance organizations) eroded; consumers expressed fear that needed care might be withheld, and many favored tighter government regulation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB4540.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Found that the growth of managed care in the United States, particularly the growth of health maintenance organizations (HMOs), has had a profound effect on the practice location choices of both generalists and specialists.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR159.html 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR215.html 2005-08-29T11:46:00Z 2005-08-29T11:46:00Z

Objective: To quantify the relationship between access to care among the uninsured and the structure of the local health care market and safety net. Data Sources/Study Setting: Nationally representative data from the 1996-2000 waves of the Medica...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR216.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR103.html 2004-12-21T12:09:00Z 2004-12-21T12:09:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR271.html 2005-06-15T08:04:00Z 2005-06-15T08:04:00Z

Comparison of Medicare Spending and Outcomes for Beneficiaries with Lower Extremity Joint Replacements

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP944-1.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Measuring the Incremental Cost of Clinical Cancer Research

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1126.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Use of Preventive Services by Men Enrolled in Medicare+Choice Plans

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP944.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This document has been superseded.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1348.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Investigates the feasibility and cost of using hospital tumor registry data for identifying cancer patients with particular clinical characteristics.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB4550.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This research brief summarizes RAND Health research on pharmacy compliance with California's prescription drug discount program for Medicare beneficiaries.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1169.html 2000-01-01T12:01:45Z 2000-01-01T12:01:45Z

Traditionally, the cost of conducting cancer clinical trials has been supported by a combination of research sponsors, institutions, and third-party payers. Documents the design and methods of the Cost of Cancer Treatment Study (CCTS).

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/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/external_publications/EP20070602.html 2007-06-01T00:00:00Z 2007-06-01T00:00:00Z

The authors use data from the baseline patient and physician surveys of two community trials from the CMC research series.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071044.html 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

This research explores social networks and their relationship to access to health care among adult Mexican-Americans.

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.