2012-05-24T20:19:01Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/canada.html http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/03/07.html Mar 7, 2011 Mar 7, 2011

Project Retrosight analysed 29 case studies of cardiovascular and stroke research in Australia, Canada, and the UK, and found that clinical research has greater societal impact over a 15-20 year timescale, while basic research has greater academic impact.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1079.html Mar 7, 2011 Mar 7, 2011

Project Retrosight analyzed 29 case studies of cardiovascular and stroke research in Australia, Canada, and the UK, and found that clinical research has greater societal impact over a 15–20 year timescale, while basic research has greater academic impact.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR925.html Mar 6, 2011 Mar 6, 2011

This work explores impacts of cardiovascular and stroke research funded 15–20 years ago and draws out aspects associated with high or low impact. It describes 29 case studies of grants from Australia, Canada and UK. Methodology volume.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9573.html Mar 6, 2011 Mar 6, 2011

Project Retrosight analysed 29 case studies of cardiovascular and stroke research in Australia, Canada and the UK, examining the diversity of impact produced by this kind of research and identifying factors associated with various levels of payback.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100235.html Jan 1, 2011 Jan 1, 2011

Examines the health policy and practice context for healthcare management and the specific challenges of managing healthcare organizations. The authors use four countries, Canada, England, Germany, and the United States, as a means to illustrate typical healthcare systems features and the most fundamental directions of change in the governance of healthcare provision.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR847.html Dec 29, 2010 Dec 29, 2010

The report aims to contribute to policy learning across countries through developing and validating a framework for assessing, improving and enhancing healthcare planning and so presenting a potential tool for analysts and decision makers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000160.html Nov 30, 2010 Nov 30, 2010

In this article, the author examines two school districts that are highly decentralized to understand the central-office roles: (1) Edmonton, Canada; and (2) Lake Wales Charter Schools District in central Florida.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090408.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>This study of interprofessional work relations in a Canadian mental health team examines how nursing deployed different forms of power in order to alter the mental health division of labour and control the work environment.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080032.html Nov 30, 2008 Nov 30, 2008

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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR592.html Nov 21, 2008 Nov 21, 2008

<p>The National Audit Office (NAO) of the United Kingdom, in order to determine the structure and effectiveness of Department of Health and National Health System interventions aimed at preventing and reducing alcohol harm in England, commissioned RAND Europe to examine similar programs in Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and the United States. </p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080204.html Jan 31, 2008 Jan 31, 2008

<p>Found socioeconomic disparities in health care quality and status for most of the indicators studied in four countries. These disparities in varied indicators underscore the importance of factors common to the systems or factors outside the system.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB532.html Jan 28, 2008 Jan 28, 2008

<p>Provides an overview of health and medical research in Canada. The report is part of a series of country-specific reports available from RAND Europe&rsquo;s Observatory on Health Research Systems. The report describes the structure of Canada&rsquo;s health research system, the processes and performance of the Canadian health research system, and an outlook which considers current and emerging health research issues in Canada.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080104.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>These data can be used to develop specific cognitive-behavioural programmes for men with CP/CPPS who are refractory to standard medical therapy.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080023.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>This paper examines the influence of family structure, socio-economic characteristics and accessibility at the place of residence on the number of cars owned by a household.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080022.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>The popularity of light-duty trucks has increased with important implications for air quality, traffic accidents and gasoline demand.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/05/07/TS.html May 7, 2007 May 7, 2007

<p>There is a growing movement in Canada to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, illustrated by such newspaper headlines as: "Is it time to go?" and "Canada must leave Afghanistan." Such a move would be a tragic mistake, writes Seth G. Jones.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070044.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>This paper examines the factors and incentives that are most likely to influence households' choice for cleaner vehicles in the metropolitan area of Hamilton, Canada.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070047.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>This paper reports on the design and descriptive analysis of a stated choices survey on the demand for alternative fuelled vehicles in the Census Metropolitan Area of Hamilton, conducted through the Internet.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070045.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>The focus of this paper is on the topic of elderly trip generation and the development of models to help formalise some important relationships between trip-making behaviour and personal, household and contextual variables (such as location).</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060723.html Jul 19, 2006 Jul 19, 2006

This report, which was commissioned by the National Audit Office (NAO), presents the results of a benchmarking exercise investigating the issue of fraud and error in the social security systems of eight European and non-European countries.