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Research conducted by: RAND Health; RAND Europe

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Journal Article

Predictors of Timely Follow-Up Care Among Medicaid-Enrolled Adults After Psychiatric Hospitalization — Jan 1, 2007

Patient sociodemographic, clinical, and service utilization characteristics predicted timely follow-up care.

News Release

RAND Study Finds Vaccination of Nursing Home Staff, Residents, Key to Reducing Influenza Outbreaks — Nov 15, 2006

November 15, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Finds Vaccination of Nursing Home Staff, Residents, Key to Reducing Influenza Outbreaks.

Research Brief

Vaccinating Residents and Staff Can Reduce Influenza Outbreaks in Nursing Homes — Nov 9, 2006

This fact sheet describes the benefits of influenza vaccination for nursing home residents and staff.

Journal Article

Getting Women to Hospital Is Not Enough: A Qualitative Study of Access to Emergency Obstetric Care in Bangladesh — Jun 1, 2006

Explores what happens to poor women in Bangladesh once they reached a hospital providing comprehensive emergency obstetric care (EmOC), and identifies viable support mechanisms.

Journal Article

Policies and Practices Related to Breastfeeding in Massachusetts: Hospital Implementation of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding — May 1, 2006

Hospital policies and practices related to breastfeeding may have long-term health effects. The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding provide an evidence-based standard, which may be used to assess individual hospitals.

Journal Article

Review of Uniform Assessment Items and Tools for Ambulatory and Hospital Settings — Jan 1, 2006

Review will focus on those assessment domains and related items that might further the potential goals for a hospital discharge assessment instrument.

Journal Article

Organizational Characteristics Associated with Staff Turnover in Nursing Homes — Jan 1, 2006

The association between certified nurse aide, LPN, and RN turnover and the organizational characteristics of nursing homes.

Journal Article

The Effect of a Multidisciplinary Hospitalist/physician and Advanced Practice Nurse Collaboration on Hospital Costs — Jan 1, 2006

Collaborative physician/nurse practitioner multidisciplinary care management of hospitalized medical patients reduced LOS and improved hospital profit

Journal Article

Health-related Quality of Life and Patient Reports About Care Outcomes in a Multidisciplinary Hospital Intervention — Jan 1, 2006

Patient perceptions of care and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) are important outcomes for hospitalized patients.

Journal Article

Hospital Utilization for Injection Drug Use-Related Soft Tissue Infections in Urban Versus Rural Counties in California — Jan 1, 2006

The authors described the magnitude and characteristics of hospital utilization for DR-STIs in urban versus rural counties in California.

Journal Article

Mental Health Care Deficiency Citations in Nursing Homes and Caregiver Staffing — Jan 1, 2006

The authors examine the association between caregiver staffing levels and mental health outcomes in approximately 17,000 U.S. nursing homes.

Journal Article

Job Satisfaction of Nursing Home Administrators and Turnover — Jan 1, 2006

Indigenous children in school shelters in Mexico suffer from anemia in spite of food that is subsidized, prepared, and served to them.

Journal Article

Administrative Versus Clinical Data for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Report Cards: The View from California — Jan 1, 2006

The administrative model identified slightly different hospital outliers, which may indicate somewhat biased assessments of hospital patient risk.

Journal Article

Downsizing in the Nursing Home Industry — Jan 1, 2006

Downsizing in the nursing home industry from 1992 to 2003 was examined.

Journal Article

Marginal Cost of Emergency Department Outpatient Visits: an Update Using California Data. — Jan 1, 2006

The authors' results suggest that the marginal cost of an outpatient ED visit is larger than is commonly believed.

Journal Article

Mental health outcomes and physical restraint use in nursing homes (private) — Jan 1, 2006

The authors investigate the nexus between mental health outcomes in nursing home residents and the use of physical restraints.

Journal Article

The Influence of Staff and Resident Immunization Rates on Influenza-Like Illness Outbreaks in Nursing Homes — Jan 1, 2006

To evaluate the influence of immunization rates on the likelihood of influenza-like illness (ILI) clusters in nursing facilities.

Journal Article

SB1953 and the Challenge of Hospital Seismic Safety in California — Jan 1, 2006

RAND has updated its analysis of the costs and policy issues surrounding implementation of California SB1953, the state law governing seismic safety for all acute care hospitals.

Journal Article

The Effects of Changes in Nursing Home Staffing on Pressure Ulcer Rates — Jan 1, 2005

Changes in nursing home staffing patterns are related to the quality of nursing home care. Staff stability is associated with better outcomes.

Journal Article

Challenges in Measuring Nursing Home and Home Health Quality: Lessons from the First National Healthcare Quality Report — Jan 1, 2005

Further developmental work is needed to address many of these issues to improve the usefulness of these quality measures in future NHQR reports.

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