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Health of Chinese and Indian Citizens Improves but Still Lags Behind Rest of World — Jul. 1, 2008

China and India's health systems have shown advances in boosting life expectancy and disease prevention in the past fifty years. However, those living in the two nations are still exposed to a high degree of financial risk, geographical inequities in health care access, and overall poorer health than in other countries.

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An Assessment of How Tobacco Money Could Improve Washington, D.C.’s Health Care System — Jun. 25, 2008

This study of health care access and delivery in the nation’s capital explores how an assessment of D.C. citizens’ comprehensive and urgent health needs as well as the recent tobacco settlement could be used to improve local health care policy options.

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RAND Program Studies Health Care Policy Worldwide — Jun. 4, 2008

RAND Global Health supports the development of health systems and good health policy in the global community by analyzing, modeling, and assessing policy options for public and private sector entities in the United States and around the world.

June 12, 2008: Invisible Wounds of War: Quantifying the Societal Costs of Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, By Christine Eibner

June 11, 2008: Invisible Wounds of War: Summary of Key Findings on Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, By Lisa H. Jaycox

June 11, 2008: Invisible Wounds of War: Recommendations for Addressing Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, By Terri Tanielian

June 10, 2008: Virginity Pledges May Help Postpone Intercourse Among Youth

June 3, 2008: The Case for Keeping Quality on the Health Reform Agenda, By Elizabeth A. McGlynn

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The State and Pattern of Health Information Technology Adoption

Helps focus the policy agenda for incentives to speed Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) adoption by estimating the current level and pattern of HIT adoption in the different types of healthcare organizations, according to information the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)-Dorenfest database, and evaluates factors that affect this diffusion process, using existing empirical studies and regression analysis.

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Securing Health: Lessons from Nation-Building Missions

RAND researchers analyzed the health components of seven post–World War II nation-building efforts conducted after major conflicts-Germany, Japan, Somalia, Haiti, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq-and found that two factors are correlated with successful health outcomes: planning and coordination, and infrastructure and resources.