2012-05-10T18:02:50Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/f/fremont_allen.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR407.html 2006-08-16T12:19:00Z 2006-08-16T12:19:00Z

An evaluation of the first two years of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Veterans' Affairs' Patient Safety Improvement Corps program for improving patient safety in the nation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR203.html 2005-05-09T01:46:00Z 2005-05-09T01:46:00Z

Assesses the context and goals that were the foundation for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's patient safety initiative.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1161.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule: A Practical Guide for Researchers

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080316.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authors consider the challenges to quantifying both the business case and the social case for addressing disparities, which is central to achieving equity in the U.S. health care system.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090705.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the call for greater synergy between medical care and public health is hardly new, emerging technologies and the urgent need for health reform create the opportunity and imperative for them to come together.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19910601.html 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When gender differences in social roles are controlled, being male is associated with poorer health than being female. If gender roles were more equal, women would experience better health than men, more consistent with their greater longevity.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19990609.html 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Social and biological assumptions about health shape research and affect the development and application of knowledge.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20000013.html 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This book represents the status of medical sociology at the millennium.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20000008.html 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Authors consider evidence from a variety of other disciplines about one possible pathway-physiological links between psychosocial processes and health

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070619.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authors sought to examine whether diffusion of new HIV technologies differed by gender in the United States.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050308.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tracking quality-of-care measures is essential for improving care, particularly for vulnerable populations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070523.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

PURPOSE: To assess gender differences in the quality of care for cardiovascular disease and diabetes for enrollees in managed care plans.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070510.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

This study explored how HIV care differs for infected persons with and without severe mental illness.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20011208.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patients' experiences with nontechnical processes of AMI hospital care are associated with long-term outcomes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040210.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

To evaluate HIV quality of care using a symptom-based, patient-centered framework.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060806.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Availability of reliable and valid race/ethnicity data is essential for monitoring and improving quality of care for minority groups.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060804.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Review two indirect methods, geocoding and surname analysis, for estimating race/ethnicity as a means for health plans to assess disparities in care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060216.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although racial/ethnic disparities in care are well documented the authors know little about what cardiac surgeons think about them.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060627.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Semistructured interviews, surveys, and direct observation were used to assess experiences, improvement activities, and costs associated with participation in a year-long modified Institute for Healthcare Improvement-style collaborative designed to improve HIV care within the Veterans Health Administration.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20030610.html 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Describe patterns of care for POAG and assess conformance with the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Preferred Practice Pattern (PPP).