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RAND research wins 2008 Eisenberg Award

The article "Does ambulatory process of care predict health related quality of life for patients with chronic disease?" by Katherine L. Kahn, Diana M. Tisnado, John L. Adams, and colleagues from UCLA and RAND has received the 2008 Eisenberg award from Health Services Research. First presented in 2004, the award was established after the death of John M. Eisenberg, M.D., former director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and a leader in health care research. This annual award continues Eisenberg's vision of translating research into policy. The award recognizes an article published in HSR that illustrates excellence and original research within the areas key to Eisenberg's work: primary care training and the distribution and specialization of health professionals; appropriate and cost-effective use of pharmaceuticals and policy structuring of a drug benefit; physicians' utilization of services; and, improving methods relating to quality and outcomes of care.

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