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Do adults get adequate care for depression in Medicaid?
Racial minorities and individuals who had an inpatient psychiatric stay for depression are markedly less likely to receive adequate depression treatment in Medicaid.
Improving care in primary care practices
Electronic health records help primary care physicians improve quality across a wide range of measures.
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Does Medicare save lives?
Once patients become eligible for Medicare, they receive more services and their mortality rates drop.
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Coping with both depression and chronic pain
Depression treatment improves mental health and reduces chronic pain.
Controlling health care costs—can it be done?
The reform legislation moving through Congress includes both promising and unpromising approaches to limiting health care spending.
For kids in D.C., having health insurance may not be enough
Even children in Washington, D.C. who have health insurance often lack sufficient access to medical care and face significant health threats from chronic conditions and risk factors such as exposure to violence in schools and neighborhoods.
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Trimming U.S. health care spending will require new approaches in designing, adopting strategies
Curbing U.S. health care spending will likely require adopting an array of strategies and improving how promising strategies are moved into widespread use. The most promising option is changing the way providers are paid, but implementing such a system must overcome significant obstacles in order to be successful.
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What constitutes "meaningful use" of electronic medical records (EMRs) for mental health care?
In Congressional testimony to the Health Information Technology Policy Committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, a RAND expert examines how meaningful use of EMRs should be defined for psychiatry and behavioral health.
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Legalize marijuana?
In testimony before the California State Assembly Committee on Public Safety, a RAND expert says that there is insufficient information available at the current time to make an informed decision about legalizing marijuana in California.
Keeping public health workers on the payroll
Buyouts, retention incentives, and other tools can help manage the outflow of workers who are retiring.
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