Healthcare

RAND advances understanding of health and health behaviors and examines how the organization and financing of care affect costs, quality, and access. RAND's body of research—conducted primarily through the RAND Health division—includes innovative studies of health insurance, health care reform, health information technology, and women's health, as well as topical concerns such as obesity, complementary and alternative medicine, and PTSD in veterans and survivors of catastrophe.

Research conducted by: RAND Health; Military Health Policy Research; RAND Europe; RAND Drug Policy Research Center; RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment; RAND Labor and Population; RAND Gulf States Policy Institute

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The Affordable Care Act: Four Key Policy Areas

Obama signing the ACA

With the complex process of implementing the ACA underway, RAND research is tracking the progress of implementation and assessing the potential consequences of choices facing federal and state governments, employers, families, and individuals.

Four Strategies to Contain America's Growing Health Care Spending

pills and coins

In its second term, the Obama Administration can restrain further health care spending growth—without compromising quality—by employing four broad strategies: fostering efficient and accountable providers, engaging and empowering consumers, promoting population health, and facilitating high-value innovation.

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Jeremy R. Kurz

Assistant Policy Analyst
B.S. in behavioral sciences, U.S. Air Force Academy

Darius N. Lakdawalla

Affiliated Adjunct Staff
Ph.D. in economics, University of Chicago

Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo

Behavioral & Social Scientist
Ph.D. in developmental psychology, Columbia University's Teacher College

Marielena Lara

Natural Scientist
M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles; M.D., Harvard Medical School; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tom LaTourrette

Senior Physical Scientist
Ph.D. in geology, California Institute of Technology; B.A. in geology, University of California, Berkeley

Christopher Lau

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in economics, Duke University; B.A. in biology, UC Berkeley; B.A. in economics, UC Berkeley

Jinkook Lee

Senior Economist
Ph.D. in family economics, Ohio State University

Kristin J. Leuschner

Communications Analyst; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in English, University of California, Los Angeles

Matthew W. Lewis

Senior Research Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
B.A. in psychology, University of California, San Diego; M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology, Carnegie Mellon University

Yee-Wei Lim

Natural Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in health services, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles; Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, National University of Singapore

Sebastian Linnemayr

Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, Universite de la Mediterranee; M.Phil. in economics, Oxford University; M.A. in international relations, Johns Hopkins University; M.A. in business administration, University of Vienna

Mark Litwin

Adjunct Researcher
M.D., Emory University; M.P.H. in health services, University of California, Los Angeles

Hangsheng Liu

Policy Researcher; Faculty, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in health services research and policy, University of Rochester; M.S. in social medicine and health management, Fudan University; B.Med. (medical degree), Shanghai Medical University

Jodi Liu

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.S.P.H. in global disease epidemiology and control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; M.S.E. in biomedical engineering, University of Michigan; B.S.E. in chemical engineering, University of Michigan

Adriana Lleras-Muney

Adjunct Researcher
Ph.D. in economics, Columbia University

Karl Lorenz

Affiliated Adjunct Staff; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
M.D., Medical College of Georgia; M.S. in health services, UCLA School of Public Health

Jill E. Luoto

Associate Economist
Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics, University of California, Berkeley; M.A. in international and development economics, University of San Francisco; B.A. in Spanish studies, American University; B.Sc. in mathematics, American University

John MacDonald

Behavioral & Social Scientist
Ph.D. in criminology and criminal justice, University of Maryland

Catherine MacLean

Natural Scientist
M.D., Washington University, St. Louis; Ph.D. in health services, University of California, Los Angeles

Rodger Madison

Senior Research Programmer; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
M.A. in sociology/demography, University of Southern California

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