2012-05-10T18:02:51Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/g/garber_steven.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR410.html 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Declining revenues in the defense industry may eventually result in bankruptcies. This report considers whether a model could reliably predict defense contractors' bankruptcy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG562.html 2008-03-24T05:25:00Z 2008-03-24T05:25:00Z

Evaluates traditional performance metrics for Army recruiters and develops a ''preferred'' metric that takes into account the difficulty of recruiting different types of youth in various markets.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG433.html 2006-11-22T11:40:00Z 2006-11-22T11:40:00Z

Documents research methods, findings, and policy conclusions from a project analyzing human resource management options for improving recruiting production.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR143.html 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report examines the consequences of alternative policies for providing flood protection to the non-tidal branches of the Rijn and the Maas rivers in the Netherlands.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB4532-1.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Summarizes "Payment Under Public and Private Insurance and Access to Cochlear Implants," published in Archives of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Vol. 128, October 2002.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1021.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To analyze whether insurance reimbursement levels may contribute to low cochlear implantsaccess rates, surveys were performed during 1999 and 2000 of physicians and audiologists.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7848.html 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authors consider physicians' tasks along two dimensions, one concerned with the kinds of skills applied to problems of human health (technical vs. interpersonal) and the other with the orientation the physician assumes in choosing problems to add...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1591.html 2003-01-01T12:01:50Z 2003-01-01T12:01:50Z

Develops improved econometric analysis methods for evaluating whether military advertising has been effective in increasing the numbers of high-quality enlistments in the services and illustrates the methods using data from the early 1980s and mid-1990s.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1195z1.html 2000-01-01T12:05:15Z 2000-01-01T12:05:15Z

New medical technologies -- pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and procedures -- often allow great improvements in the outcomes of medical care, but they are also widely believed to be a major cause of increasing costs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070320.html 2007-03-01T00:00:00Z 2007-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some states use physicians' histories of medical malpractice payments to try to reduce the incidence of medical malpractice (and for other reasons).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20030403.html 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of increasing lengths of brief postpartum hospitalizations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040526.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cost of acute ischemic events in persons with established atherosclerotic conditions is unknown.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20020401.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authors estimated the occurrence of secondary stroke, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and vascular deaths among 2 large, managed care samples.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1195.html 2000-01-01T12:05:00Z 2000-01-01T12:05:00Z

Focuses on evaluation and adoption of innovative procedures and medical devices by managed care organizations (MCOs).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP22-2002-12.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Portrays the plight of public policies that are subject to conflicting goals -- on the national, state, and international levels -- including welfare reform in the United States, air quality in California, and information technology around the world.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU249.html 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU787.html 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report assesses the feasibility of and discusses potential methods for collecting interpretable, quantitative information about the costs and benefits of federal environmental regulations in communities of 50,000 people or less.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP809.html 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

For product liability verdicts during 1983 to 1996 involving automobile manufacturers, the authors examine the amount of coverage in several dozen newspapers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP747.html 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This article aims to help readers think systematically about the economic effects of product liability and punitive damages.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP755.html 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Superfund liability may impose financial risk on investors and thereby increase firms' costs of capital.