Journal Article
This paper provides a bibliometric assessment of mental health research (MHR) outputs from 1980 to 2011.
Report
ImpactFinder is an analysis and advice package to identify research impacts using a web survey and to examine the why and how of research translation. It aims to support preparations for the UK's research funding framework but has wider application.
Journal Article
Affordability benchmarks and premium-contribution requirements for Children's Health Insurance Program expansions in three states vary substantially, underscoring the ambiguity and subjectivity of affordability standards.
Report
This report updates the conceptual and the empirical evidence for public involvement in healthcare policy and a tentative evaluative assessment tool for public involvement in healthcare policies.
Report
Should the Department of Work and Pensions have its accounts signed off? RAND Europe's international benchmark of fraud and error in social security systems.
Report
This description of existing indicators that could be used to compare healthcare quality in different countries focuses on effectiveness of care, patient safety and patient experience. Case studies of avoidable mortality and cancer survival illustrate the potential of cross-national comparisons and their difficulties.
Journal Article
A novel and practical quality improvement tool can help hospitals and clinics plan for and respond to the psychological consequences of catastrophic events that create a surge of psychological casualties presenting for health care.
Journal Article
This article aims to contribute to the debate around how organizations could learn from the experience of others in designing performance indicators and management systems.
Report
Provides an overview and comparison of international health research evaluation frameworks to consider what modifications might be needed to adapt such a framework for the Canadian context.
Journal Article
Finds significant and unwarranted variations for prostate cancer care quality indicators by census division and hospital type, which illustrate the inconsistencies in prostate cancer care and represent potential targets for quality improvement.
News Release
February 1, 2007 news release: Study Finds Academic Gains Not Superior Among Philadelphia Students Enrolled in Privately Run Public Schools
Journal Article
Compare different methods of combining quality indicators scores to produce composite scores summarizing overall performance of health care providers.
Report
This report investigates the deployment and management of personal advisers in three employment education companies in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
News Release
On behalf of the U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, the RAND Corporation is fielding the first national survey to measure the impact of cybercrime on American businesses.
Journal Article
Experts consider health information technology key to improving efficiency and quality of health care.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff.
Report
The experiences of domestic intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom, France, Canada and Australia can help guide counterterrorism initiatives in the United States.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff.
Report
Explores how Europeans and Americans experience on-line threats and vulnerabilities.
Journal Article
This study establishes a foundation on which to build quality-of-care assessment tools to evaluate the treatment of early-stage prostate cancer.
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