2012-05-10T18:07:38Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/n/neu_c_richard.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R1422.html 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

User's guide to an interactive JOSS computer program that aids a tactical air commander in planning a strike on a hardened Warsaw Pact airbase.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4126.html 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examines the effect of increases in defense spending to determine whether they contributed to the poor trade performance of high-technology industries.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R1945.html 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

An essay addressing two questions: First, is it possible to perform analysis--cost benefit analysis--that will provide answers to the questions of how much and where the federal government should make its investment in biomedical research? Second, if outright answers are not possible, is it possible to perform analysis that will lead to better informed judgments as to how much, where, and in what manner the government should invest in biomedical research?

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R1943.html 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examines, through the use of multivariate analysis, the simultaneous effects of multiple factors--including federal research programs--that affect academic medical centers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3780.html 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

As part of an effort to understand better the "natural history" of episodes of care among Medicare beneficiaries, this report documents patterns of postacute care use by Medicare patients and explores some factors that may explain these patterns.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3401.html 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report is a digest of the proceedings of a conference hosted by The RAND Corporation, December 5-6, 1985, to consider possible international economic developments during the next ten years.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3335.html 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Discusses the nature of an extended prospective payment system (PPS), its potential benefits, and ways reimbursement rates might be set.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3435.html 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the implementation of the prospective payment system (PPS) for Medicare hospital services, attention has turned to extending the principle of prospective payment to posthospital care provided by skilled nursing facilities and home health...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3524.html 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report uses publicly available, unclassified information as background for an effort to describe the nature of and motivations for Soviet international hard-currency financial transactions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4081.html 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The transfer of technology is an integral part of many U.S. Air Force (USAF) security assistance programs that train and equip foreign military forces.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4116.html 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report presents a profile of Soviet international financial activity and a short history of the Soviet Union's reversal of financial fortunes that began in late 1989.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3289.html 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examines the decisionmaking process by which the National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiates a randomized clinical trial of a medical practice in current use ...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3590.html 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the introduction of the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) in 1983, hospitals faced strong new incentives to discharge Medicare patients as rapidly as possible.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP235.html 2009-02-19T16:41:00Z 2009-02-19T16:41:00Z

This paper outlines questions regarding current entry and exit policies and procedures for individuals crossing U.S. borders, including those surrounding the best use of the budgetary and managerial resources of the Department of Homeland Security.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR466.html 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The end of the Cold War has shifted attention from military threats to other things that might negatively affect the people of the United States.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB7702.html 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Soviet Union enjoys a good name in international credit markets, and hidden borrowing is probably minimal. As the Soviets enter the Euronote market, however, current reporting requirements may not capture debt issues and unobserved lending.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7658.html 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Originally presented at the July 9, 1990, meeting of the U.S.-European Community High Technology Working Group, this paper examines the relationship between national defense efforts and trade policy. It discusses five key consequences of lessened int...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF157.html 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reports on a conference in May 2000 that concentrated on technical trends in the information revolution, focusing in particular on the resulting new artifacts and services that might become widespread during the next 20 years.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF172.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report contains the proceedings of a conference focused on theinformation revolution in Europe, that was held in Limelette, Belgium,in April 2001.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2809.html 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this Note, the authors suggest variables to be included in a data collection effort designed to analyze the sources of variation in psychiatric care.