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Respiratory Diseases and Disorders

Journal Article

Community Planning for Pandemic Influenza: Lessons from the VA Health Care System

Coordination and communication among community partners-including health departments, emergency management agencies, and hospitals-are essential for effective pandemic influenza planning and response. As the nation's largest integrated health care system, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) could be a key component of community planning.

Dec 31, 2007
Journal Article

Obtaining Utility Estimates of the Health Value of Commonly Prescribed Treatments for Asthma and Depression

Comparing the costs and health value associated with alternative quality improvement efforts , this study employs expert panel methodology to elicit numerical estimates based on a 0 to 1 utility scale of the health benefit of usual treatment patterns for 2 medical conditions, depression and asthma.

Dec 31, 2007
Journal Article

Hospitals as Hotels: The Role of Patient Amenities in Hospital Demand

Pharmaceutical regulations in 19 developed countries from 1992 to 2004 are analyzed for their affect on pharmaceutical revenues. There has been a trend toward increased regulation, and most regulations reduce pharmaceutical revenues significantly.

Dec 31, 2007
Report

Preparing Hospitals and Clinics for the Psychological Consequences of a Terrorist Incident or Other Public Health Emergency

Provides a curricula that can be used to train hospital and clinic staff as well as department of mental health staff about how to prepare for and respond to the psychological consequences of large-scale disasters.

Dec 11, 2007
Research Brief

Promoting Accountability in Public Health Emergency Preparedness

This research brief summarizes research that has identified the advantages and disadvantages of some approaches used to measure public health preparedness and suggested avenues for developing new preparedness tools.

Sep 5, 2007
Commentary

Saving Money and Saving Lives in Nursing Homes

Published commentary by RAND staff: Saving Money and Saving Lives in Nursing Homes, in Washingtonpost.com.

Mar 30, 2007
Journal Article

Family Structure and the Treatment of Childhood Asthma

Assess the effects of family structure on the treatment and outcomes of children with asthma.

Dec 31, 2006
Journal Article

Increasing Influenza Immunization for Long-Term Care Facility Staff Using Quality Improvement

Based on the insights learned about effective changes, the project developed a change package for use by other long-term care facilities.

Dec 31, 2006
Journal Article

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Quality of Asthma Care

Racial and ethnic disparities in the quality of asthma care have been well documented in the United States.

Dec 31, 2006
Journal Article

A Review of Potential State and Local Policies to Reduce Asthma Disparities

Research is presently being carried out to understand the complexities involved in modelling the choice of departure time and mode of travel.

Dec 31, 2006
Journal Article

Quantifying Asthma Symptoms in Adults: The Lara Asthma Symptom Scale

This study validates a simple multidimensional asthma questionnaire as a clinical tool in the assessment of asthma control in adults.

Dec 31, 2006
Journal Article

Quality Indicators for the Care of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Vulnerable Elders

The literature summaries that support each of the indicators judged to be valid in the expert panel process are described.

Dec 31, 2006
Journal Article

Diagnosis and Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians

This guideline presents the available evidence on the diagnosis and management of COPD.

Dec 31, 2006
News Release

Vaccination of Nursing Home Staff, Residents, Key to Reducing Influenza Outbreaks

November 15, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Finds Vaccination of Nursing Home Staff, Residents, Key to Reducing Influenza Outbreaks.

Nov 15, 2006
News Release

RAND Study Finds Patients with Asthma and Other Obstructive Lung Diseases Get Only Half of Recommended Medical Care

November 13, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Finds Patients with Asthma and Other Obstructive Lung Diseases Get Only Half of Recommended Medical Care.

Nov 13, 2006
Research Brief

Vaccinating Residents and Staff Can Reduce Influenza Outbreaks in Nursing Homes

This fact sheet describes the benefits of influenza vaccination for nursing home residents and staff.

Nov 9, 2006
Report

Facilitated Look-Backs: A New Quality Improvement Tool for Management of Routine Annual and Pandemic Influenza

Describes a new quality-improvement tool that public health agencies can adopt to regularly look back at each routine annual influenza season to systematically institutionalize knowledge from one influenza season to the next.

May 19, 2006
Report

Preparedness Exercises for Pandemic Influenza

New influenza A virus subtypes, similar to those that caused the three pandemics of the 20th century, are likely to emerge in the 21st century. RAND offers a manual of tabletop exercises that can be used by state and local health agencies to help prepare for such a threat.

May 17, 2006
Journal Article

Ruling Out the Need for Antibiotics: Are We Sending the Right Message?

This paper examines the relationships among physician- parent communication practices, physicians' perceptions of parental expectations for antibiotic treatment, and inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for viral upper respiratory tract infections.

Dec 31, 2005
Report

Public Health Preparedness Lessons for Responding to Agricultural Bioterrorism

An exercise in responding to agricultural bioterrorism examined the intentional introduction of avian influenza in commercial poultry operations during a severe human influenza season. The scenario enabled exploration of a range of issues associated with public health preparedness for major disease outbreaks.

Dec 31, 2005

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