2013-06-19T07:54:38Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/k/keeler_emmett_b.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1353.html 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Explores age differences in preferences for current health states, which is one way to measure trade-offs between "quantity of life" and the "quality" of those health states.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1349.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examines whether clinics that participated in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Breakthrough Series Collaborative for asthma care improved the process and outcomes of care in asthmatic adults.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050204.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many aspects of quality of care for heart failure cannot be reliably obtained by chart review.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20101320.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The research goal was to assess the ability of the General Cardiovascular Risk Profile to identify individuals with advanced coronary artery calcification, and determine whether identification is improved with family history.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070802.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ability of the DPI to predict six-month outcomes compares favorably to that of prognostic indices for general medical problems.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20001004.html 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Protecting patients in local efforts to improve quality of care and propose criteria that extend current research protections to such QI studies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19990501.html 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dramatic changes in hospitals' operating environments are leading to major restructuring of hospital organizations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19920043.html 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Describes how the Deale can be used to combine information about disease-related mortality and natural life expectancy to compute life expectancy for people with severe disease.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19921202.html 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Compares care for older patients with acute myocardial infarction in HMOs with their care under the fee-for-service system.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19870601.html 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authors estimate how cost sharing, the portion of the bill the patient pays, affects the demand for medical services.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19870101.html 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Authors conclude that the cost savings achieved by this HMO through lower hospitalization rates were not reflected in lower levels of health status.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19890802.html 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those with sedentary life-styles incur higher medical costs, but their life expectancy at age 20 is 10 months less so they collect less pensions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19851001.html 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Free care also led to higher compliance by hypertensives with diet and smoking recommendations and higher use of medication by those who needed 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/external_publications/EP19890501.html 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authors studied reasons for the improvement in the functional vision of enrollees receiving free care in the Rand Health Insurance Experiment.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19901001.html 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this article the authors report on a mortality analysis, patient and hospital subgroup comparisons, and time series studies they have conducted.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19900201.html 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The article examines patterns of starting and continuing outpatient mental health care as a function of time.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19900501.html 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

This study assessed levels of depressive symptomatology in a household probability sample of Mexico-born and U.S.-born Mexican Americans.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060108.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was evidence of broad success at implementation and maintenance of quality improvement for depression treatment in primary care.

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.