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Trimming U.S. Health Care Spending Will Require New Approaches in Designing, Adopting Strategies — Nov. 11, 2009

Curbing U.S. health care spending will likely require adopting an array of strategies and improving how promising strategies are moved into widespread use. The most promising option is changing the way providers are paid, but implementing such a system must overcome significant obstacles in order to be successful.

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Study of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Questions Assumptions Behind "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" — Nov. 9, 2009

A new survey of military personnel who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan found that having an openly gay or lesbian colleague in their unit had no significant impact on their unit's cohesion or readiness, questing the assumption underlying the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

The Day After... in Jerusalem: A Strategic Planning Exercise on the Path to Middle East Peace — Nov. 6, 2009

Starting in 2008, the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy conducted a series of exercises to help the new U.S. administration address the challenges of the Arab-Israeli conflict (and of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular) as a key component of the broader effort to secure stability in the Middle East.

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Center for State and Local Health Policy: Improving Health Outcomes in U.S. Communities — Nov. 12, 2009

RAND Health's Center for State and Local Health Policy represents RAND's efforts to support the work of state and local health policymakers in improving the health care and public health systems in their jurisdictions.

Community-Based Project Aims to Build a Model Maternal and Child Health Care System — Sep. 25, 2009

The Allegheny County Maternal Depression and Child Health Care Initiative will promote healthy lifestyles and positive health outcomes, reduce preventable disease and environmental health risks, eliminate health disparities, and ensure access to quality care for young children, mothers, and families.

Q-DART: Innovative Solutions to Target Gaps in Health Care Quality and Health Outcomes — Aug. 24, 2009

The Q-DART project uses innovative approaches to highlight gaps in quality of care and health outcomes in diverse populations in order to help health plans, public health organizations, and others concerned about improving the care that people receive allocate scarce resources more wisely.

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More Support Is Needed to Integrate Nongovernmental Agencies in Human Recovery from Disasters — Sep. 23, 2009

Changing emergency planning rules to make nongovernmental organizations a key component of recovery efforts could get them involved earlier and speed the full recovery of communities after disaster strikes.

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