Publications of the Center for Military Health Policy Research
The RAND Center for Military Health Policy Research has been publishing reports since 2008, but RAND research on military health policy extends back to the 1990s. This page lists all of the Center's reports, as well as recent research briefs and journal articles.
2012
Assessment of the Content, Design, and Dissemination of the Real Warriors Campaign — 2012
Presents the results of an assessment of the Real Warriors Campaign, a multimedia program designed to promote resilience, facilitate recovery, and support the reintegration of returning servicemembers, veterans, and their families.
Medical Readiness of the Reserve Component — 2012
Provides options for Department of Defense policy that would help the reserve components of the U.S. military achieve higher levels of individual medical readiness.
2011
Assessing the Performance of Military Treatment Facilities — 2011
Discusses the potential usefulness and limitations of using utilization and cost metrics to evaluate the performance of U.S. Department of Defense military treatment facilities.
Developing a Prototype Handbook for Monitoring and Evaluating Department of Defense Humanitarian Assistance Projects — 2011
RAND developed a prototype handbook to provide humanitarian assistance project staff with an introduction to monitoring and evaluation terms, approaches, and best practices and a step-by-step user's guide for project assessment.
Developing Military Health Care Leaders: Insights from the Military, Civilian, and Government Sectors — 2011
Lessons learned in the civilian and government sectors hold importance for transforming the way in which the Military Health System identifies and develops health care officers with high leadership potential for senior executive positions.
Establishing a Research and Evaluation Capability for the Joint Medical Education and Training Campus — 2011
Using lessons learned from similar institutions, this monograph outlines the need for and scope of an office of institutional research to assist the joint medical education and training campus at Ft. Sam Houston in attaining its organizational goals.
Programs Addressing Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Among U.S. Military Servicemembers and Their Families — 2011
Provides overviews and detailed descriptions of 211 programs currently sponsored or funded by the Department of Defense to address psychological health and traumatic brain injury, along with recommendations to maximize program effectiveness.
Promoting Psychological Resilience in the U.S. Military — 2011
Many programs are available to increase psychological resilience among service members and families, but little is known about their effectiveness. This report reviews existing programs to identify evidence-informed factors for promoting resilience.
Views from the Homefront: The Experiences of Youth and Spouses from Military Families — 2011
Examines the behavioral and emotional well-being of a sample of military families over a year as they cope with the stress of war and deployment, using surveys and in-depth interviews with youth and their nondeployed caregivers.
The War Within: Preventing Suicide in the U.S. Military — 2011
The increase in suicides among military personnel has raised concern. This book reviews suicide epidemiology in the military, catalogs military suicide-prevention activities, and recommends relevant best practices.
2010
Achieving Strong Teamwork Practices in Hospital Labor and Delivery Units — 2010
To learn how hospital labor and delivery units can achieve effective and sustainable teamwork practices and how much such practices affect staff experiences and patient outcomes, RAND researchers studied five units as they implemented improvements.
Bridging the Gap: Developing a Tool to Support Local Civilian and Military Disaster Preparedness — 2010
This report describes the current policy context for domestic all-hazards risk-informed capabilities-based planning by local military and civilian authorities and provides a framework for a local planning support tool for their use.
Harnessing Full Value from the DoD Serum Repository and the Defense Medical Surveillance System — 2010
Examines the DoDSR and DMSS, identifies gaps, and suggests strategies to improve their ability to meet current and potential future military health needs in the areas of surveillance, outbreak investigation, research, and clinical support.
New Equipping Strategies for Combat Support Hospitals — 2010
Describes a new equipping strategy for the Army's Combat Support Hospitals.
2009
Qualifying Military Health Care Officers as "Joint": Weighing the Pros and Cons — 2009
This research, part of a larger project examining the preparation and support of leaders in the medical field, evaluates the need for and feasibility of qualifying health care officers as ''joint'' officers.
2008
Invisible Wounds of War: Summary and Recommendations for Addressing Psychological and Cognitive Injuries — 2008
Summarizes key findings and recommendations from Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery (Tanielian and Jaycox [Eds.], MG-720-CCF, 2008).
Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery — 2008
A comprehensive study of the post-deployment health-related needs associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and traumatic brain injury among servicemembers returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
Measuring the Strategic Value of the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA) — 2008
Describes a framework for evaluating the contribution of the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application, DoD's global electronic health record, to the performance of the Military Health System.
Review and Evaluation of the VA Enrollee Health Care Projection Model — 2008
This evaluation of the Enrollee Health Care Projection Model examines its accuracy and validity, identifies potential model enhancements, and assesses the risks and benefits posed by the VA's reliance on the model for budgeting and planning.
Children on the Home Front: The Experiences of Children from Military Families — 2010
Disparate Prevalence Estimates of PTSD Among Service Members Who Served in Iraq and Afghanistan: Possible Explanations — 2010
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Studies' Estimates of PTSD Prevalence Rates for Returning Service Members Vary Widely — 2010
Veteran's Health Administration Mental Health Program Evaluation Technical Manual — 2009
A Social Marketing Approach to Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in the VHA QUERI: The TIDES Depression Collaborative Care Model, Implementation Science — 2009
Health Care for American Indian and Alaska Native Women — 2009
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Maintaining Military Medical Skills During Peacetime: Outlining and Assessing a New Approach — 2008
The Evolution of Changes in Primary Care Delivery Underlying the Veterans Health Administration's Quality Transformation — 2007
American Journal of Public Health, [Epub Oct 30 2007], Vol. 97, No. 2, Dec 1 2007, pp. 2151-2159.
Health Coverage Options for Military Retirees — 2007
Analysis of Department of Defense Plans and Responses to Three Potential Anthrax Incidents in March 2005 — 2006
Army Medical Department Transformation: Executive Summary of Five Workshops — 2006
An HIV Collaborative in the VHA: Do Advanced HIT and One-Day Sessions Change the Collaborative Experience? — 2006
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Vol. 32, No. 6, June 2006, pp. 324-336.
Management of Mental Disorders in VA Primary Care Practices — 2006
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, [Epub Feb 14 2006], Vol. 33, No. 2, March 2006, pp. 208-214.
Analyzing-and Influencing-How the Department of Veterans Affairs Allocates Its Health Care Dollars — 2005
Examining Possible Causes of Gulf War Illness: RAND Policy Investigations and Reviews of the Scientific Literature — 2005
Expanding Access to Mental Health Counselors: Evaluation of the TRICARE Demonstration — 2005
Implementation of the Asthma Practice Guideline in the Army Medical Department: Evaluation of Process and Effects — 2005
Implementation of the Diabetes Practice Guideline in the Army Medical Department: Final Evaluation — 2005
Improving Quality of Care: How the VA Outpaces Other Systems in Delivering Patient Care — 2005
Pharmacy Benefits for Military Retirees: Controlling Costs without Compromising Health — 2005
Pharmacy Use and Costs in Employer-Provided Health Plans: Insights for TRICARE Benefit Design from the Private Sector — 2005
The Elasticity of Demand for Health Care: A Review of the Literature and Its Application to the Military Health System — 2002
The Military Health System: How Might It Be Reorganized? — 2002
Reorganizing the Military Health System: Should There Be a Joint Command? — 2001
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