More than 9 million active duty, Reserve, and retired military personnel along with their dependents are eligible to receive health care through the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD's) Military Health System. In addition, nearly 6 million veterans receive health care benefits and services from the Veterans Health Administration. The goal of RAND's military health research—conducted by RAND Health, the RAND Arroyo Center, and the RAND National Defense Research Institute—is to help the DoD and VA meet the challenges of providing the best care possible to this diverse population, while containing costs.
A joint center—co-sponsored by RAND Health and RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment—designed to provide a firm, empirical foundation on which sound drug policies can be built.
This joint center—co-sponsored by RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment and the RAND National Security Research Division—is dedicated to helping RAND better serve clients from both the domestic and national security communities.
A joint center—co-sponsored by RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment and the RAND Institute for Civil Justice (now RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment), as well as and Risk Management Solutions—to study terrorism risk management, insurance, liability, and compensation, and to inform public and private decisionmakers on economic security in the face of the terrorism threat.
RAND research is conducted by individual business units also called divisions. Often, several RAND divisions collaborate to conduct work for a specific research area. RAND divisions are listed below.