2012-05-24T14:18:40Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/respiratory-diseases-and-disorders.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9667.html May 16, 2012 May 16, 2012

Vaccine-preventable diseases take a heavy toll on U.S. adults despite the widespread availability of vaccines. Office-based providers can do more to promote adult vaccinations but need clearer guidance and a better business case to offer them.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120052.html Apr 1, 2012 Apr 1, 2012

This study seeks to evaluate longitudinal trends in people's risk perceptions and vaccination intentions during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2012/03/15.html Mar 15, 2012 Mar 15, 2012

Researchers from the RAND Corporation and other institutions have begun pilot-testing a web-based tool designed to help parents and adult caregivers determine whether to seek urgent medical attention for a sick child with flu-like symptoms.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120083.html Mar 1, 2012 Mar 1, 2012

A majority of HCP support influenza vaccination requirements. Moreover, providing HCP with information about the safety of influenza vaccination and communicating that immunization of HCP is a patient safety issue may be important for generating staff support for influenza vaccination requirements.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200105.html Mar 1, 2012 Mar 1, 2012

This study examines how characterization of risk may change when susceptibility is explicitly considered in policy development; in particular we examine the process used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set a National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for lead.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120011.html Feb 1, 2012 Feb 1, 2012

This article tests the hypotheses that reported asthma prevalence is higher among insured than uninsured children and that insurance-based differences in asthma diagnosis, treatment, and health care utilization are associated with disease severity.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2012/01/11.html Jan 11, 2012 Jan 11, 2012

Promoting immunizations as a part of routine office-based medical practice is needed to improve adult vaccination rates, a highly effective way to curb the spread of diseases across communities, prevent needless illness and deaths, and lower health care costs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1169.html Jan 11, 2012 Jan 11, 2012

Promoting immunizations as a part of routine office-based medical practice is needed to improve adult vaccination rates, a highly effective way to curb the spread of diseases across communities, prevent needless illness and deaths, and lower health care costs.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/12/29/AJC.html Dec 29, 2011 Dec 29, 2011

To assure the health security of the United States, we must be capable of stopping anything a terrorist or Mother Nature might throw at us. Wholesale cuts to public health are taking us farther from that goal, write Art Kellermann and Melinda Moore.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100268.html Nov 1, 2011 Nov 1, 2011

Using a community-based care coordination logic model, this article describes childhood asthma programs at multiple sites, along with program operational statistics.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100269.html Nov 1, 2011 Nov 1, 2011

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100212.html Sep 30, 2011 Sep 30, 2011

This study investigates racial and ethnic disparities in hospital admission and emergency room visit rates resulting from exposure to ozone and fine particulate matter levels in excess of federal standards (

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100200.html Aug 31, 2011 Aug 31, 2011

Cooperation among the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance countries improved their response to the 2009 H1N1 virus in areas previously considered problematic.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100216.html Aug 31, 2011 Aug 31, 2011

Medicare's National Pilot Program on Payment Bundling should use hip fracture and joint replacement as the conditions to include and use longer episodes, capturing a higher percentage of costs and hospital readmissions but adding little financial risk.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100252.html Aug 1, 2011 Aug 1, 2011

This article reports on the results of a survey of health care workers to determine whether they had received an influenza vaccine in April 2011.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100105.html May 31, 2011 May 31, 2011

Communication between healthcare providers and adults about influenza vaccination was relatively uncommon during the 2009-2010 pandemic. Increased communication could significantly enhance influenza vaccination rates.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9591.html Apr 20, 2011 Apr 20, 2011

Health care personnel who were offered vaccination at work were much more likely to be vaccinated for seasonal flu and pandemic flu than those who were not offered vaccination at work.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR823.html Mar 8, 2011 Mar 8, 2011

In order to inform the European Commission's formal Impact Assessment for a revision to the Tobacco Products Directive, this study provides an overview of evidence for tobacco product regulation and an analysis of health and economic implications.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9572.html Feb 14, 2011 Feb 14, 2011

RAND researchers found that less than half of U.S. adults received flu vaccinations in 2010. Strategies to increase flu vaccination rates should include stronger efforts to address public skepticism and negative perceptions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110036.html Jan 31, 2011 Jan 31, 2011

Making influenza vaccination available to healthcare personnel at work could increase uptake and highlight the need to reach beyond hospitals in promoting vaccination among these workers.