Letter from the Editor

This issue of RAND Health Quarterly includes ten articles.

In health care delivery, quality, and patient safety, a team led by Robert Bozick presents findings from a 2025 survey fielded to a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults as part of RAND's American Life Panel that show prevalence rates of GLP-1 agonist use and side effects. They found that one in five women between the ages of 50 and 64 has taken a GLP-1 agonist.

In health policy and health economics, Colleen M. McCullough examined inpatient utilization at select U.S. children's hospitals by Medicaid-insured patients.

In military health, Erin A. Taylor analyzed veterans' sources of health care coverage. Of the U.S. veterans enrolled with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), 84 percent also have other sources of health care coverage. Taylor describes the most common other sources of coverage, why veterans may have multiple coverage options, and how other coverage interacts with VHA health care services.

Lisa S. Meredith, Ph.D., Editor