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Healthcare Access

Access to health care refers to the ease with which an individual can obtain needed medical services. RAND research has examined the social, cultural, economic, and geographic factors that influence health care access worldwide; the effects of changes in access; and the relationship between access and health for specific U.S. populations—including racial and ethnic minorities, people with limited English proficiency, the uninsured, the elderly, children, and veterans.

Research conducted by: RAND Health; RAND National Security Research Division; Global Health; Military Health Policy Research

Projects (3)

Experimental Design of a Non-Contributory Social Security Program in Yucatan, Mexico — Dec 8, 2011

Given the worldwide trend of aging populations, it is important to learn about the long- and short-term effects of non-contributory social security programs. With the State of Yucatan, CLASP designed such a program for towns with more than 20,000 inhabitants. The project team is now evaluating its impact on the welfare of residents ages 70 and older.

RAND COMPARE Releases Revised Website — Jul 20, 2011

Policymakers are facing new challenges as they implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). RAND COMPARE is a modeling tool that simulates the impact of implementation decisions on insurance coverage, premiums, and health care spending.

A Prototype Interactive Mapping Tool to Target Low Health Literacy in Missouri — Aug 12, 2010

This web-based mapping tool from RAND can help health care decisionmakers in Missouri identify community-level hotspots where suboptimal health care exists, in particular when it is related to low health literacy.