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Lisa V. Rubenstein

Santa Monica Office

Director, VA/UCLA/RAND Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior at VA Greater Los Angeles Medical Center; President-Elect, Society of General Internal Medicine; Professor of Medicine in Residence, Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles an

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Education

M.D., Albert Einstein School of Medicine, New York; M.S.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles

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Research Focus

Quality improvement; methods for changing health care provider behavior

RAND Research Areas

Health and Health Care

Recent Projects

Creating new models for interdisciplinary care delivery

Selected Publications

Lisa V. Rubenstein et al., "Impacts of Evidence-Based Quality Improvement on Depression in Primary Care: A Randomized Experiment", Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2006

, "Improving Care for Depression: There's No Free Lunch", Annals of Internal Medicine, 145(7), 2006

Lisa V. Rubenstein and Jacqueline Pugh, "Strategies for Promoting Organizational and Practice Change by Advancing Implementation Research", Journal of General Internal Medicine, 21, 2006

Scott E. Sherman et al., "Smokers' Interest in Quitting and Services Received: Using Practice Information to Plan Quality Improvement and Policy for Smoking Cessation", American Journal of Medical Quality, 20(1), 2005

Kenneth Wells et al., "Five-Year Impact of Quality Improvement for Depression: Results of a Group-Level Randomized Controlled Trial", Archives of General Psychiatry, 61(4), 2004

Related RAND Resources

Research Focus

Quality improvement, methods for changing health care provider behavior

Recent Projects

Creating new models for interdisciplinary care delivery

Previous Positions

Research Scholar, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London

Selected Publications

"Improving Care for Depression: There's No Free Lunch," Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 145, No. 7, Oct 2006

"Impacts of Evidence-Based Quality Improvement on Depression in Primary Care: A Randomized Experiment," Lisa V. Rubenstein et al., Journal of General Internal Medicine [Epub July 7, 2006], Vol. 21, No. 10, Oct 2006

"Strategies for Promoting Organizational and Practice Change by Advancing Implementation Research," Lisa V. Rubenstein and Jacqueline Pugh, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Vol. 21 [Suppl. 2], Feb 2006

"Smokers' Interest in Quitting and Services Received: Using Practice Information to Plan Quality Improvement and Policy for Smoking Cessation," Scott E. Sherman et al., American Journal of Medical Quality, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2005

"Five-Year Impact of Quality Improvement for Depression: Results of a Group-Level Randomized Controlled Trial," Kenneth Wells et al., Archives of General Psychiatry, Vol. 61, No. 4, Apr 2004