RAND formally established a health program in 1968. Over the coming year, we will mark our 40th anniversary by highlighting 40 studies that reflect the breadth and scope of our work and have made the greatest contribution to shaping health care policy, advancing research, and improving health around the world.
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The RAND Palestine Initiative
What would it take for a Palestinian state to succeed?
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Reducing the Burden of Depression
Partners in Care significantly improved the quality of depression treatment for patients in primary care.
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Project ALERT
Project ALERT helps kids realize that not everyone is "doing drugs."
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Quality of Care for Kids
Quality of care for children is worse than care for adults
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Health Information Technology
What Is the Promise of Health Information Technology?
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Neighborhoods and Obesity
How neighborhood features can reduce obesity
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The Shape of America's Future, #2
What does the obesity epidemic mean for future health care costs?
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The Shape of America's Future, #1
Is there really an obesity epidemic?
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Improving Health Care for Older Patients
Older adults often suffer from multiple health problems. This study provides tools to measure and improve the quality of the care they receive.
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Getting Ready for the Next Flu Epidemic
The world is overdue for another flu epidemic. RAND is helping countries worldwide to prepare.
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A Quality Improvement Toolkit for Public Health
A quality improvement (QI) toolkit can help state and local public health departments incorporate QI methods and promising improvement strategies into their current emergency preparedness activities.
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Helping Shape Medicare's Payment Systems
For more than 25 years, RAND has been working with Medicare to establish payment systems that reward hospitals for providing effective care efficiently.
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Understanding the Effects of SCHIP
Increasing children's access to primary care can improve their quality of life.
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CBITS
A school-based intervention helps kids cope with the effects of trauma.
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Media Influences on Teen Sexual Behavior
Television portrayals of sex appear to influence teens' sexual behavior and attitudes.
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Invisible Wounds: Psychological consequences of deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan
The psychological toll of deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan may be high.
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National Report Card on Quality of Care
In the first national report card on quality of care, the U.S health care system didn't get passing marks. On average, patients have about a 50-50 chance of getting good care.
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The Health Insurance Experiment
RAND's pioneering Health Insurance Experiment shaped current understanding of how cost sharing affects health care use and health outcomes
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Comprehensive Assessment of Reform Efforts (COMPARE)
We begin by profiling COMPARE (Comprehensive Assessment of Reform Efforts), an initiative to provide objective, reliable estimates about the expected effects of proposed policy reforms on the U.S. health care system.
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