2012-05-18T19:49:13Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/w/weinick_robin_m.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR810.html 2010-08-10T11:14:00Z 2010-08-10T11:14:00Z

Retail clinics' quality of care appears comparable to that of other provider types, but we know little about the effects of clinic use on preventive services, care coordination, and care continuity.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090118.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our quest to provide accurate, scientifically rigorous benchmarking data for urgent care centers began with the decision to conduct a survey.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100123.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

About 14-27 percent of all emergency department visits could take place at retail clinics and urgent care centers, with a potential cost savings of approximately $4.4 billion annually.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000139.html 2010-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-12-31T00:00:00Z

The responses of Massachusetts hospitals to a new state regulation requiring the collection and reporting of race, ethnicity and language data suggest that doing so can be an effective method to promote performance monitoring and quality improvement.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080622.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finds variability in advance directive documentation for nursing home patients on transfer to the emergency department, and finds that emergency clinicians experience substantial difficulty in reliably obtaining information about advance directives.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000101.html 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hospitals executives hesitant about using pay-for-performance programs to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090514.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Urgent care centers are open beyond typical office hours, and their scope of services is broader than that of many primary care offices. While these characteristics are similar to hospital emergency departments, such centers employ significant numbers of family physicians. The payer distribution is similar to that of primary care, and physicians' average salaries are comparable to those for family physicians overall.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090220.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Discusses approaches to assessing quality of care in urgent care centers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000133.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Small primary care practices have limited staff and fewer resources than larger group practices, making it difficult to improve care for minority patients on their own. Other challenges include language barriers and lack of information systems.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000130.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nationally representative sample of white, African American, and Latino respondents reported generally similar expectations about physicians' behaviors and provided similar average responses to questionnaires about interactions with physicians.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100205.html 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z

This article examines potential effects of the Affordable Care Act's quality provisions on disparities and suggests disparities impact assessments to measure and monitor effects.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120046.html 2012-02-01T12:00:00Z 2012-02-01T12:00:00Z

We used patient-level quality scores from the Hospital Quality Alliance and ranked hospitals by overall quality and by racial/ethnic disparities and modeled the effects of different pay-for-performance designs on national disparity scores.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR950.html 2011-11-09T09:00:00Z 2011-11-09T09:00:00Z

Provides overviews and detailed descriptions of 211 programs currently sponsored or funded by the Department of Defense to address psychological health and traumatic brain injury, along with recommendations to maximize program effectiveness.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100182.html 2011-05-23T00:00:00Z 2011-05-23T00:00:00Z

This study investigated perceptions and experiences of parents and providers about health information management, care planning and coordination for children with tracheotomy, and strategies to improve health information management for these children.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9606.html 2011-11-09T09:00:00Z 2011-11-09T09:00:00Z

Provides overviews and detailed descriptions of 211 programs currently sponsored or funded by the Department of Defense to address psychological health and traumatic brain injury, along with recommendations to maximize program effectiveness.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/10/14/AHE.html 2011-10-14T10:35:00Z 2011-10-14T10:35:00Z

Evidence from past efforts in the U.S. and abroad suggests that the full potential of health reform will not be realized without specific efforts to reduce disparities, write Robin M. Weinick, Malcom V. Williams, and Romana Hasnain-Wynia.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080031.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

This Guide provides practical information on how to collect data on race, ethnicity, language, and socioeconomic status – and how to use those data to develop an equity report that will allow a hospital to take action.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000176.html 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z

Analysts seeking to examine patterns of emergency department care must choose among the available datasets, bearing in mind the strengths and weaknesses of each source when conclusions based on the estimates it yields.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR914.html 2009-12-31T19:00:00Z 2009-12-31T19:00:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1176.html 2012-04-16T08:15:00Z 2012-04-16T08:15:00Z

Presents the results of an assessment of the Real Warriors Campaign, a multimedia program designed to promote resilience, facilitate recovery, and support the reintegration of returning servicemembers, veterans, and their families.