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News Release

Study Finds Academic Gains Not Superior Among Philadelphia Students Enrolled in Privately Run Public Schools

February 1, 2007 news release: Study Finds Academic Gains Not Superior Among Philadelphia Students Enrolled in Privately Run Public Schools

Feb 1, 2007
Report

Academic Gains Not Superior for Students at Privately Run Public Schools

Academic improvement among students attending Philadelphia public schools managed by private operators kept pace, but did not exceed, the achievement gains of students in the rest of the district in the past four years.

Jan 22, 2007
Journal Article

Improved Health Care Among Children with Special Health Care Needs After Enrollment Into the State Children's Health Insurance Program

Enrollment onto New York's SCHIP improved medical care for CSHCN.

Jan 15, 2007
News Release

RAND Corporation Will Assess NYPD Firearms Training and Tactics and Firearms Discharge Review Procedures, and Examine ...

January 4, 2007 News Release: RAND Corporation Will Assess NYPD Firearms Training and Tactics and Firearms Discharge Review Procedures, and Examine Reflexive or 'Contagious' Shooting Issues.

Jan 4, 2007
Journal Article

Predictors of Timely Follow-Up Care Among Medicaid-Enrolled Adults After Psychiatric Hospitalization

Patient sociodemographic, clinical, and service utilization characteristics predicted timely follow-up care.

Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article

Impact of the State Children's Health Insurance Program on Adolescents in New York

Adolescents face financial and nonfinancial barriers to health care.

Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article

Racial Differences in the Use of Epidural Analgesia for Labor

There is strong evidence that pain is undertreated in black and Hispanic patients.

Jan 1, 2007
Commentary

Preschool Pays Off

Published commentary by RAND staff: Preschool Pays Off, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Sep 20, 2006
News Release

RAND Study Breaks New Ground in Examining Pittsburgh Public Schools' Graduation Rates

July 12, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Breaks New Ground in Examining Pittsburgh Public Schools' Graduation Rates.

Jul 12, 2006
Commentary

RAND Finds Pittsburgh Grand

After six years of expansion in Pittsburgh, RAND celebrates the opening of new offices in the RAND Building on June 21, 2006. In a commentary in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, RAND President and CEO James A. Thomson and Barry Balmat highlight RAND's commitment to making the city and region better.

Jun 20, 2006
Report

Screening for Lead Poisoning in Children Needs Improvement

Lead poisoning remains a serious, preventable environmental health threat to young children. Analysis of data on blood lead levels in Allegheny County, PA indicated the need for more diligent state and local involvement to ensure that at-risk children are screened.

May 26, 2006
Journal Article

Hospital Competition, Managed Care and Mortality After Hospitalization for Medical Conditions: Evidence from Three States

Assesses the effect of hospital competition and HMO penetration on mortality after hospitalization for six medical conditions in California, New York, and Wisconsin.

Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article

Improved Asthma Care After Enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program in New York

Enrollment in New York's SCHIP was associated with improvements in access to asthma care, quality of asthma care, and asthma-specific outcomes.

Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article

Stigma Starts Early: Gender Differences in Teen Willingness to Use Mental Health Services

To explore gender differences and the role of stigma in teen willingness to use mental health services.

Jan 1, 2006
Commentary

Forum: Leaner Learning

Published commentary by RAND staff: Forum: Leaner Learning in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Dec 4, 2005
Research Brief

Unweaving a Tangled Web: Local Trends and Regional Challenges in Allegheny County

Key findings:--The economies of Pittsburgh and other communities in Allegheny County depend on each other, especially from an employment perspective. --On average, only 13 percent of the residents work in the same town where they live. --For 114 muni...

Nov 25, 2005
Commentary

The Falling Dollar: A Silver Lining for Pittsburgh

Published commentary by RAND staff.

May 8, 2005
Report

Improving Maternal and Child Health Care

The illness and death rates of mothers and their young children in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania can be reduced with more coordinated care and increased family involvement.

Mar 15, 2005
Report

Do Medicaid and Commercial CAHPS Scores Correlate Within Plans? A New Jersey Case Study

Within-plan variability in evaluations of care by Medicaid and commercial health plan member evaluations is too great to permit meaningful inference about plan performance for one population from the other for many important outcomes.

Jan 1, 2005
Report

Economic Interdependence Suggests Need for Greater Cooperation

Pittsburgh and the other communities in Allegheny County depend strongly on each other economically and should work together to bring jobs into the county rather than compete with each other for those jobs.

Dec 13, 2004

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