Fact Sheets

Fact sheets encapsulate selected RAND publications, creating quick and easy references on a variety of policy issues. The list below contains links to HTML versions of these fact sheets. PDF versions are also available, and are free to download. Downloadable PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader version 5.0 or higher to view.

This page lists congressional fact sheets chronologically. You may also view fact sheet listings by topic.

Fact Sheets

See fact sheets from: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

2008 Fact Sheets

Pathways to Obesity: Are People "Hardwired" to Overeat? — Jun. 17, 2008

Constrained Choice: Why Are Some Women and Men Able To Create and Maintain Healthy Lifestyles, While Others Are Not? — Apr. 17, 2008

Delivery of Genomic Medicine for Common Chronic Adult Diseases — Apr. 16, 2008

Why People Overeat: Rethinking the Causes of Obesity — Feb. 14, 2008

Immigrants and Health Care: A Complex Picture — Jan. 21, 2008

Teens Who Work Are More Likely to Smoke — Jan. 14, 2008

2007 Fact Sheets

A New Tool Can Help Commercial-Building Owners Make Better Water-Efficiency Decisions — Oct. 24, 2007

How Schools Responded to Student Mental Health Needs Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita — Oct. 18, 2007

What Progress Is Mississippi Making in Rebuilding Its Affordable Housing Stock After Katrina? — Oct. 3, 2007

A Systematic Review of the Adverse Effects of Prescription Drug Cost Sharing — Sep. 14, 2007

Do Policies That Target Physicians Who Make Medical Malpractice Payments Reduce Negligent Injuries? — Sep. 10, 2007

Promoting Accountability in Public Health Emergency Preparedness — Sep. 7, 2007

Bioterrorism with Zoonotic Disease: Public Health Preparedness Lessons from a Multiagency Exercise — Aug. 10, 2007

Can Publicly Available Information Be Used in Planning Terrorist Attacks? — Aug. 8, 2007

Private Insurers Play a Limited, but Key, Role in Underwriting Residential Flood Insurance — Jun. 21, 2007

Behavioral Health Parity: Consequences for Federal Employee Health Plans — Apr. 20, 2007

2006 Fact Sheets

How Schools Can Help Children Recover from Traumatic Experiences — Dec. 13, 2006

Vaccinating Residents and Staff Can Reduce Influenza Outbreaks in Nursing Homes — Nov. 14, 2006

Preparing for Future Floods: Analyzing Reconstruction Pathways from Past Floods Can Help — Oct. 23, 2006

Quality Improvement Methods Can Be Used to Improve Public Health Emergency Preparedness — Sep. 15, 2006

Emergency Preparedness Is Stimulating Changes in Public Health Practice — Sep. 15, 2006

Meeting the Health Care Needs of Adults with Severe Mental Illness — Jul. 17, 2006

Three Steps for Improving the Quality of Mental Health Care in the United States — Jul. 14, 2006

Integrating Treatment for People with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders in Public Systems of Care — Jul. 14, 2006

Despite Deep Scientific Uncertainty, Long-Term Problems Can Be Tackled — Jun. 23, 2006

Getting To Outcomes™: Improving Community-Based Substance-Use Prevention — Feb. 14, 2006

Anxiety Disorders Can Have Broad, Negative Health Effects — Feb. 14, 2006

Project ALERT Plus May Leverage the Effect of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign — Jan. 24, 2006

Cutting Drug Co-Payments for Sicker Patients on Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Could Save a Billion Dollars Every Year — Jan. 17, 2006

Quality Primary Care Requires More Than Insurance — Jan. 17, 2006

2005 Fact Sheets

Saturated in Beer — Nov., 2005

Reducing Sexual Risk Among Injection Drug Users — Aug., 2005

Obese Women Receiving Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Are Often Undertreated — Aug., 2005

Some Prescription Diet Drugs Promote Weight Loss — Aug., 2005

Weight Loss Surgery is More Effective Than Diet and Exercise in Helping Severely Obese People Lose Weight — Aug., 2005

Cost-Effective Allocation of Government Funds for Preventing HIV — Jul., 2005

The Managed Care Backlash: Did Consumers Vote with Their Feet? — Apr., 2005

Do Cardiologists Perceive Racial or Ethnic Disparities in the Treatment of Heart Patients? Results of a RAND Survey — Apr., 2005

How Cost Sharing Affects Use of Drugs by the Chronically Ill — Mar., 2005

HIV Testing Among Indigent Women: Who Gets Tested? — Feb., 2005

The Relationship Between Volume and Quality in Mental Health Care — Jan., 2005

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2004 Fact Sheets

Prospects for Change in the Individual Health Insurance Market — Dec., 2004

Role of Doctors Critical in Effective Public Health — Dec., 2004

“Voltage Drops” in Children's Health Care: Barriers That Impede Children's Access to Quality Health Care — Nov., 2004

Will Public Health's Response to Terrorism Be Fair? — Oct., 2004

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2003 Fact Sheets

Helping Children Cope with Violence: The Potential of a School-Based Program — Sep., 2003

Making Sure No Child Is Left Behind: Improving Proficiency in Mathematics — May, 2003

America's Role in Nation-Building — May, 2003

A New Approach to Assessing Gas and Oil Resources — May, 2003

Sunshine in Korea: The South Korean Debate Over Policies Toward North Korea — May, 2003

The Global Threat of New and Reemerging Infectious Diseases — Apr., 2003