RAND: Lisa V. Rubenstein 2012-05-15T19:01:03Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/r/rubenstein_lisa_v.html The Effects of the DRG-Based Prospective Payment System on Quality of Care for Hospitalized Medicare Patients: Executive Summary http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3930.html 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z This report constitutes the executive summary of an evaluation of the impact of the DRG-based PPS system. The Effects of the DRG-Based Prospective Payment System on Quality of Care for Hospitalized Medicare Patients: Final Report http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3931.html 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Assesses the quality of inhospital care for Medicare patients age 65 and over, before and after the implementation of PPS, and estimates the effects of the PPS intervention on quality of care, ... Explaining Variations in Hospital Death Rates: Randomness, Severity of Illness, Quality of Care http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3887.html 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Hospital death rates vary markedly, even for the same disease. Training Agendas and Materials for Expert Leaders, Depression Nurse Specialists, and Psychotherapists http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1198z13.html 2005-04-29T09:23:00Z 2005-04-29T09:23:00Z These training materials will help plan educational sessions for clinicians in a practice, and training sessions for the individuals who will implement the quality improvement programs. The Societal Promise of Improving Care for Depression: Nine Years Out http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9055-1.html 2008-11-19T19:21:00Z 2008-11-19T19:21:00Z This research highlight updates the cumulative effects of a study of a collaborative care-based quality-improvement treatment program for depression after nine years. Partners in Care: Hope for Those Who Struggle with Hope http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB4528.html 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This research brief describes work documented in the Partners in Care Program. Effects of Medicare's Prospective Payment System on the Quality of Hospital Care http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB4519-1.html 2006-06-13T16:50:00Z 2006-06-13T16:50:00Z This research brief summarizes a study of how Medicare's prospective payment system (PPS) affected the quality of care for hospitalized Medicare patients. Enhancing Public Health Preparedness: Exercises, Exemplary Practices, and Lessons Learned, Phase III: Task B2: Final Report: Promoting Emergency Preparedness and Readiness for Pandemic Influenza (PREPARE for PI): Pilot Quality Improvement Learning Collaborative http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR491.html 2007-07-25T09:51:00Z 2007-07-25T09:51:00Z Describes a pilot program for using quality improvement techniques in the area of public health -- specifically to prepare for a flu pandemic. Treating depression in staff-model versus network-model managed care organizations http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP760.html 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Treating depression in staff-model versus network-model managed care organizations Medical Record Abstraction Form and Guidelines for Assessing Quality of Care for Hospitalized Patients with Cerebrovascular Accident http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2802.html 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Documents the medical record abstraction form and guidelines used to collect data from the medical records of patients hospitalized with cerebrovascular accident. Medical Record Abstraction Form and Guidelines for Assessing Quality of Care for Hospitalized Patients with Hip Fracture http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2800.html 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Documents the medical record abstraction form and guidelines used to collect data from the medical records of patients hospitalized with hip fracture. Quality Improvement for Depression Enhances Long-term Treatment Knowledge for Primary Care Clinicians http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP927.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Quality Improvement for Depression Enhances Long-term Treatment Knowledge for Primary Care Clinicians Structured Implicit Review: A New Method for Monitoring Nursing Care Quality http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP922.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Structured Implicit Review: A New Method for Monitoring Nursing Care Quality Evidence-Based Care for Depression in Managed Primary Care Practices http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP841.html 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z This paper evaluated whether externally designed, evidence-based interventions for improving care for depression can be locally implemented in managed care organizations. Health care for black and poor hospitalized Medicare patients http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP297.html 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Health care for black and poor hospitalized Medicare patients Impact of Disseminating Quality Improvement Programs for Depression in Managed Primary Care http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP889.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Impact of Disseminating Quality Improvement Programs for Depression in Managed Primary Care Watching the Doctor-Watchers: How Well do Peer Review Organization Methods Detect Hospital Care Quality Problems? http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP156.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching the Doctor-Watchers: How Well do Peer Review Organization Methods Detect Hospital Care Quality Problems? Medical Record Abstraction Form and Guidelines for Assessing Quality of Care for Hospitalized Patients with Pneumonia http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2801.html 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Documents the medical record abstraction form and guidelines used to collect data from the medical records of patients hospitalized with pneumonia. Medical Record Abstraction Form and Guidelines for Assessing Quality of Care for Hospitalized Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2799.html 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Documents the medical record abstraction form and guidelines used to collect data from the medical records of patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction. Medical Record Abstraction Form and Guidelines for Assessing Quality of Care for Hospitalized Patients with Congestive Heart Failure http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2798.html 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Documents the medical record abstraction form and guidelines used to collect data from the medical records of patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure.