RAND Health Quarterly Fall 2011 Issue: Vol. 1, No. 3

Table of Contents

Health Care Delivery, Quality, and Patient Safety

• Improving Access to Medicines for Non-Communicable Diseases in the Developing World

  by Soeren Mattke, Marla C. Haims, Nono Ayivi-Guedehoussou, Emily M. Gillen, Lauren E. Hunter, Lisa Klautzer, Tewodaj Mengistu

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):1

• Power to the People: The Role of Consumer-Controlled Personal Health Management Systems in the Evolution of Employer-Based Health Care Benefits

  by Spencer S. Jones, John P. Caloyeras, Soeren Mattke

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):2

Mental Health

• National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches: Assessing Program Outcomes

  by Lisa H. Jaycox, Laura J. Hickman, Dana Schultz, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Claude Messan Setodji, Aaron Kofner, Racine Harris, Joie D. Acosta, Taria Francois

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):3

Health Policy and Health Economics

• Medical Care Provided Under California's Workers' Compensation Program: Effects of the Reforms and Additional Opportunities to Improve the Quality and Efficiency of Care

  by Barbara O. Wynn, Justin W. Timbie, Melony E. Sorbero

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):4

Military Health

• Assessing the Performance of Military Treatment Facilities

  by Nancy Nicosia, Barbara O. Wynn, John A. Romley

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):5

Health Policy and Health Economics

• Policy Options for Addressing Medicare Payment Differentials Across Ambulatory Settings

  by Barbara O. Wynn, Peter S. Hussey, Teague Ruder

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):6

Health Care Delivery, Quality, and Patient Safety

• RAND/UCLA Quality-of-Care Measures for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Tools for Assessing Quality of Care and Appropriateness of Surgery

  by Teryl K. Nuckols, Anne Reid Griffin, Steven M. Asch, Douglas Benner, Erika Bruce, Mary Cassidy, Walter T. Chang, Neil G. Harness, Liisa Hiatt, Charles K. Jablecki, Joanne Jerome, Karl Sandin, Rebecca Shaw, Haoling Weng, Melinda Maggard Gibbons

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):7

• Evaluation of RxNorm in Ambulatory Electronic Prescribing

  by Douglas S. Bell, Sean Michael O'Neill, Kerry Reynolds, Diane Schoeff

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):8

• Policy Implications of the Use of Retail Clinics

  by Robin M. Weinick, Craig Pollack, Michael P. Fisher, Emily M. Gillen, Ateev Mehrotra

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):9

Military Health

• The Effect of the Assessment of Recruit Motivation and Strength (ARMS) Program on Army Accessions and Attrition

  by David S. Loughran, Bruce R. Orvis

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):10

Science Policy

• Evaluation of DG SANCO Data Management Practices: Final Report

  by Jan Tiessen, Claire Celia, Tom Ling, Helen Ridsdale, Maiwenn Bareaud, Christian Van Stolk

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):11

Health Policy and Health Economics

• Establishing State Health Insurance Exchanges: Implications for Health Insurance Enrollment, Spending, and Small Businesses

  by Christine Eibner, Federico Girosi, Carter C. Price, Amado Cordova, Peter S. Hussey, Alice Beckman, Elizabeth A. McGlynn

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):12

• Require Individuals to Obtain Coverage

  by Alison H. DeCristofaro

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):13

• Require Employers to Offer Coverage

  by Alison H. DeCristofaro

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):14

• Increase the Use of "Bundled" Payment Approaches

  by John Bertko, Rachel Effros

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):15

• Grandfathering in the Small Group Market Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Effects on Offer Rates, Premiums, and Coverage

  by Christine Eibner, Federico Girosi, Carter C. Price, Elizabeth A. McGlynn

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):16

• Modify Federal Tax Code to Create Incentives for Individuals to Obtain Coverage

  by Elizabeth A. McGlynn

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):17

Health Care Delivery, Quality, and Patient Safety

• An Analysis of the Labor Markets for Anesthesiology

  by Lindsay Daugherty, Raquel Fonseca Benito, Krishna B. Kumar, Pierre-Carl Michaud

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):18

Public Health and Emergency Preparedness

• Enhancing Public Health Emergency Preparedness for Special Needs Populations: A Toolkit for State and Local Planning and Response

  by Jeanne S. Ringel, Anita Chandra, Malcolm V. Williams, Karen A. Ricci, Alexandria Felton, David M. Adamson, Margaret M. Weden, Meilinda Huang

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):19

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

• Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S. A Snapshot from the End of the 2009-2010 Vaccination Season

  by Katherine M. Harris, Jürgen Maurer, Lori Uscher-Pines

  RAND Health Quarterly, 2011; 1(3):20