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Center for Military Health Policy Research
More than 9 million active duty, Reserve, and retired military personnel along with their dependents are eligible to receive health care through the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD's) Military Health System. In addition, nearly 6 million veterans receive health care benefits and services from the Veterans Health Administration. The goal of the Center for Military Health Policy Research is to help DoD and VA meet the challenges of providing the best care possible to this diverse population, while containing costs.
The center is a joint endeavor of RAND Health and two of RAND defense research units—the RAND National Defense Research Institute and the RAND Arroyo Center. This unique union creates an interdisciplinary research environment that allows the center to tap corporate expertise in both defense and health policy. Funding for much of the center's work comes from the Department of Defense, the VA, and the private sector.
Current research topics include:
Medical Readiness and Deployment-Related Health Issues
- Evaluating DoD's psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs
- Helping Wounded Warriors
- Psychological toll of deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan
- Information on traumatic brain injury
- Review of DoD's occupational health programs
- Joint medical education and training
- Assessing the medical readiness of the Reserves
Non-Combat-Related Medical Care
- Reviewing the VA Enrollee Health Care Projection Model
- Health care for dual-eligible TRICARE beneficiaries
- Review of military health benefit design
Terrorism and Preparedness
- Improving installation readiness for mass casualty events
- Biosurveillance for influenza and other strategic health threats
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