2012-05-24T14:17:46Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/outpatient-health-care.html http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/11/22.html Nov 22, 2011 Nov 22, 2011

Use of retail medical clinics located in pharmacies and other retail settings increased tenfold between 2007 and 2009. The determining factors in choosing one over a physician's office were found to be age, health status, income, and proximity to the clinic.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110058.html Apr 19, 2011 Apr 19, 2011

This study explores home-based medication triggers for taking antiretrovial therapy, including meals, pillboxes, time of day, and visual cues.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR946.html Mar 22, 2011 Mar 22, 2011

Germany's National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians is looking to develop a unified reimbursement framework that accounts for regional prices and incorporates quality indicators. Research by RAND Europe has informed the development of the quality component of the proposed framework.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/08/31.html Aug 31, 2009 Aug 31, 2009

Retail medical clinics located in pharmacies and other stores can provide care for routine illnesses at a lower cost and similar quality as offered in physician offices, urgent care centers or emergency departments.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090915.html Aug 30, 2009 Aug 30, 2009

<p>Clinics located in pharmacies and other stores can treat routine illnesses at a lower cost and similar quality as offered in physician offices, urgent care centers, or emergency departments. Furthermore, about one-third of urban Americans live within a 10-minute drive of retail medical clinics.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090913.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>Cross-sectional descriptive study describes characteristics of retail clinics, including their location, scope of practice, prices, acceptance of insurance, and ownership, and to estimate the proportion of the U.S. population that lives within a short driving distance of such a clinic.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20020312.html Dec 31, 2001 Dec 31, 2001

<p>STD clinics provide better overall STD care than general medical clinics.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20020206.html Dec 31, 2001 Dec 31, 2001

<p>The refined TORP shows evidence of both unitizing and classification reliability and should he a useful tool for understanding the clinical negotiation.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20021212.html Dec 31, 2001 Dec 31, 2001

<p>Inpatients with HIV reported higher problem rates with inpatient than outpatient care.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1340.html Jan 1, 2001 Jan 1, 2001

The authors conducted a systematic literature review on involuntary outpatient commitment; examined the experience of eight other states including statutory analysis and in-depth interviews with attorneys, public officials, and psychiatrists ...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20001111.html Dec 31, 1999 Dec 31, 1999

<p>Use of standardized patients for evaluating the clinical skills of medical students and medical trainees is commonplace.</p>

http://www.rand.org/about/people/f/friedberg_mark_william.html

<em>Associate Natural Scientist</em><br>M.D., Harvard Medical School; M.P.P. in health policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; B.A. in economics and statistics, Swarthmore College