RAND: Health and Health Care: Documents Available Online 2008-07-18T11:22:00Z Copyright (c) 2007-2008, The RAND Corporation Bricolage RAND Corporation urn:uuid:73D7A9A4-41D4-11DB-8B87-CE1F1D4D57CE Life Expectancy Is Better Than Age as a General Predictor of Health Care Expenditures urn:uuid:B1ED4FD8-4DB1-11DD-AAA1-E4D638788F35 2008-07-17T12:06:00Z 2008-07-17T12:09:00Z This fact sheet summarizes a study using the 1992-1999 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey to investigate whether age directly affects health care costs, or whether life expectancy would produce more accurate estimates of future expenditures. The Potential Benefits and Costs of Increased Adoption of Health Information Technology urn:uuid:4C04E656-52A0-11DD-A1D4-0CC138788F35 2008-07-17T07:00:00Z 2008-07-17T07:01:00Z Testimony presented before the Senate Finance Committee on July 17, 2008. Pay for Performance in California's Workers' Compensation Medical Treatment System: An Assessment of Options, Challenges, and Potential Benefits urn:uuid:BC491C9E-493A-11DD-B645-84DB38788F35 2008-07-15T08:12:00Z 2008-07-17T13:36:29Z This paper assesses the options, challenges, and benefits of adopting pay-for-performance incentives for physician services in California's workers' compensation program. Insurance Companies' Fears of Covering Acupuncture Appear Unfounded urn:uuid:CE2BEA0C-4441-11DD-9696-BEBE38788F35 2008-07-10T12:14:22Z 2008-07-10T13:10:00Z This fact sheet describes how patients' use of acupuncture affects use of conventional medical services and suggests that acupuncture often substitutes for other, more expensive services, thereby reducing total medical costs. Validating the Link Between Good Physician Process of Care and Better Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients urn:uuid:24EE98E4-4CE4-11DD-B1FA-E5D938788F35 2008-07-10T06:22:00Z 2008-07-10T06:43:00Z This fact sheet describes a study that confirms, for the first time, that better physician process of care leads to better health-related quality of life for patients receiving ambulatory care. Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Final Report -- Evaluation Report IV urn:uuid:97C2CBE6-3D63-11DD-BBA4-E1BD38788F35 2008-07-01T06:53:00Z 2008-07-01T06:54:00Z Evaluates progress of the patient safety initiative led by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), focusing on how the current experiences of AHRQ and its funded projects can be used to strengthen subsequent program activities. Life, Livelihood, and Long Term Well-being: The Effect of Mortality Risks and Land Reforms on Human Capital Investments in India urn:uuid:FC03CDD0-3B9C-11DD-97D4-E1BD38788F35 2008-06-25T08:45:00Z 2008-06-25T10:27:30Z Evaluates factors including household preferences, resource constraints, and background factors such as risks and economic shocks in determining childhood investments in rural India. Policy Insight, Volume 2, Issue 3, June 2008: Health Systems in China and India urn:uuid:76DFF506-3166-11DD-9C3F-AF0039788F35 2008-06-18T07:17:00Z 2008-06-18T07:18:00Z Compares the health systems of China and India, focusing on the challenges that each country faces and the policy levers that can be used to overcome these challenges. A Comparison of the Health Systems in China and India urn:uuid:45EA40C8-3C65-11DD-A032-E1BD38788F35 2008-06-18T07:17:00Z 2008-07-01T07:19:55Z The health status of residents of China and India lags behind relative to other populations. This paper compares the Chinese and Indian health systems to determine what approaches to improving health in these two countries do and do not work. Three Papers in International Health Policy: Modeling the Links Between Economics and Epidemiology urn:uuid:150C024A-325E-11DD-BF60-AF0039788F35 2008-06-17T07:34:00Z 2008-06-17T07:35:00Z Discusses the benefits of linking epidemiological modeling with international health resource allocation decisions and examines experimental models of influenza outbreak and antiretroviral policy in India. Early Detection of Chronic Diseases: Disparities, Uncertainties and Behavioral Implications urn:uuid:142558A4-325E-11DD-BF60-AF0039788F35 2008-06-16T10:21:00Z 2008-06-16T10:22:00Z Consists of three papers about early detection of chronic diseases, each of which contributes to the field of medical screening and diagnosis from a novel viewpoint. Pathways to Obesity: Are People "Hardwired" to Overeat? urn:uuid:7B3068BE-387A-11DD-8852-E1BD38788F35 2008-06-13T07:53:00Z 2008-07-01T08:01:45Z This fact sheet summarizes research on mechanisms that affect overeating but that operate below the level of individual awareness and beyond individual control. Invisible Wounds of War: Quantifying the Societal Costs of Psychological and Cognitive Injuries urn:uuid:48B2AB7A-37EB-11DD-89F5-E1BD38788F35 2008-06-12T07:00:00Z 2008-06-12T07:02:00Z Testimony presented before the Joint Economic Committee on June 12, 2008. Invisible Wounds of War: Summary of Key Findings on Psychological and Cognitive Injuries urn:uuid:C946A29A-361B-11DD-BAE8-E1BD38788F35 2008-06-11T07:15:00Z 2008-06-11T07:17:00Z Testimony presented before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 11, 2008. Invisible Wounds of War: Recommendations for Addressing Psychological and Cognitive Injuries urn:uuid:CA3FA958-361B-11DD-BAE8-E1BD38788F35 2008-06-11T07:15:00Z 2008-06-11T07:17:00Z Testimony presented before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 11, 2008. The Case for Keeping Quality on the Health Reform Agenda urn:uuid:4125901E-2E6F-11DD-857B-E1BD38788F35 2008-06-03T06:30:00Z 2008-06-06T13:57:07Z Testimony presented before the Senate Committee on Finance on June 3, 2008. The Economics of Early Childhood Policy: What the Dismal Science Has to Say About Investing in Children urn:uuid:521C94B2-1DC1-11DD-A9A0-E1BD38788F35 2008-05-12T05:00:00Z 2008-05-12T05:02:00Z This paper describes how insights from the field of economics -- primarily human capital theory and monetary payoffs -- provide science-based guidance for early childhood policy. What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy? urn:uuid:6D949E42-1DC1-11DD-994F-E1BD38788F35 2008-05-12T05:00:00Z 2008-05-12T05:02:00Z This research brief describes how insights from the field of economics -- human capital theory and monetary payoffs -- provide science-based guidance for early childhood policy. Breaking the Failed-State Cycle urn:uuid:3847EA7E-04D4-11DD-BC45-E1BD38788F35 2008-05-09T06:22:00Z 2008-05-27T08:51:00Z This paper aims to improve the understanding and treatment of failed states by focusing on critical challenges at the intersections between security, economics, and politics and on the guiding goal of empowering local populations. Identifying DG SANCO's Future Challenges 2009-2014: Final Report urn:uuid:479A7D8E-187F-11DD-945A-E1BD38788F35 2008-05-08T06:55:00Z 2008-05-08T06:57:00Z Presents three scenarios RAND Europe created for DG SANCO and comments on the key questions for DG SANCO to address that arose from the process.