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Evaluation of the Medicare-DOD Subvention Demonstration
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95The Medicare-Department of Defense (DoD) Subvention Demonstration tested Senior Prime as a managed care approach for enhancing access to affordable health care for Medicare-eligible DoD beneficiaries. more...
Trends in Special Medicare Payments and Service Utilization for Rural Areas in the 1990s
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95This work provides an overview of special payments that Medicare has been making to rural hospitals and physicians, including documentation of the supply of providers, trends in payments, and Medicare costs per beneficiary. more...
Exploration of Selection Bias Issues for the DoD Federal Employees Benefits Program Demonstration
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95This study aims to identify how selection bias might occur when Medicare-eligible Department of Defense beneficiaries are enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. It suggests an analytic approach to estimate the effects of selection on Department of Defense costs. more...
Outcome Measures for Effective Teamwork in Inpatient Care
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95The Department of Defense (DoD) has been one of the leaders in actions to improve teamwork, which it has pursued with the goal of achieving safer care and reducing adverse events for patients served by its military hospitals. DoD and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) have worked together to develop tools to improve teamwork in delivering... more...
Assessing Patient Safety Practices and Outcomes in the U.S. Health Care System
RAND Corporation 2009; US$ 9.95Presents the results of a two-year study that analyzes how patient safety practices are being adopted by U.S. health care providers, examines hospital experiences with a patient safety culture survey, and assesses patient safety outcomes trends. In case studies of four U.S. communities, researchers collected information on the dynamics of local patient... more...
Implementation of the Asthma Practice Guideline in the Army Medical Department
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95Can the Army effectively implement clinical treatment guidelines in its military treatment facilities to achieve consistent and high-quality practices throughout its health system? more...
Putting Practice Guidelines to Work in the Department of Defense Medical System
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This guide is designed as a "how to" resource for managers and clinicians in the military health system who seek practical techniques to help them intergrate evidence-based practice guidelines into the medical care processes at their medical treatment facilities (MTFs). more...
Assessment of 24-Hour Care Options for California
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95Proponents of a type of insurance program called 24-hour care--which would consolidate employers? health care benefits, and possibly disability benefits, for both work-related and non-work-related claims--believe that it could yield substantial workers? compensation savings for California. more...
Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative
RAND Corporation 2007; US$ 9.95Updates the policy context of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) patient safety initiative; documents the current priorities and activities undertaken; and assesses contributions of health information technology projects and dissemination actions to support adoption of evidence-based safe practices. Discusses implications for future... more...
Achieving Strong Teamwork Practices in Hospital Labor and Delivery Units
RAND Corporation 2010; US$ 9.95To learn how hospital labor and delivery units can achieve effective and sustainable teamwork practices and how much such practices affect staff experiences and patient outcomes, RAND researchers studied five units as they implemented improvements. more...









