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Determine whether cholecystectomy rates among the elderly increased following the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 1989.
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This study investigated how mortality differences between groups of municipal versus voluntary hospitals are affected by case-mix adjustment methods.
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Determine the appropriateness of use of coronary angiography in New York State.
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Determine the appropriateness of use of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in New York State.
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Determine if mortality differences between municipal and voluntary hospitals in New York City persist after adjustment for computerized administrative data (age, sex, principal diagnosis, and secondary diagnosis), six conditions in those hospitals from 1984 through 1987 were studied.
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This paper presents the English version of the author's remarks in Dutch at the International Conference of the Peace Policy Foundation. It examines the theme of world order over a ten-year time span. The author does this from a Washington perspectiv...
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Examines market, infrastructure, technology, and policy requirements for sustained commercial tilt-rotor service between the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey service area and other cities in the high-volume, short-haul market.
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The objective of this study was to examine the effect of the Medicare Fee Schedule (MFS) on Medicare revenues.
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The authors calculated APACHE II scores and predicted risks of hospital death of 235 patients who were admitted to the MICU.
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Information about drug abuse in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area is needed (1) to raise public awareness, (2) to help local policymakers decide what to do, and (3) to track overall progress.
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Washington's drug problems are severe compared with those of other metropolitan areas.
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Examines the arbitration program of the Pittsburgh (Allegheny County) Court of Common Pleas which at the time of the study applied to cases of $10,000 or less.
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Negative Income Taxation and Labor Supply: New Evidence from the New Jersey-Pennsylvania Experiment.
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The New York City-RAND Institute was involved in performing policy analysis for the New York City Fire Department over a period of seven and a half years. During this time many changes were made in the Fire Department's operations based largely on th...
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A hindcast of post-rainstorm coliform bacteria distributions in Jamaica Bay made by use of a water-quality simulation model of that bay and models of the surrounding drainage basins on the basis of tide, wind, and rainfall data.
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A simple model of the impact of transportation savings on urban development is presented. The sensitivity of the model to several policy variables (e.g., transit fares, parking charges, station or interchange locations, etc.) is explored.
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Description of RAND's comparative urban research program, emphasizing comparisons and problems that emerged in a study of three cities. The intent of the research was to create a framework to guide policy decisions at all levels of government.
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The project, the analyses that led to these and other improvements, and the mathematical models employed are described in this paper.
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The Welfare and Nonwelfare Poor in New York City.
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This study, which covers New York City in the 1960s and early 1970s, focuses on a previously neglected dimension of welfare — the behavior of cases and groups of cases over time.
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