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Category : Policy sciences
Languages : en
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RAND research briefs summarize research that has been more fully documented elsewhere.
RAND Research Brief
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Category : Policy sciences
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
RAND research briefs summarize research that has been more fully documented elsewhere.
RAND Research Briefs
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Languages : en
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Features a collection of research briefs published by RAND, a nonprofit institution in Santa Monica, California, that works to improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis. Includes briefs on domestic studies, international studies, and national security studies.
Rand Law & Health Research Brief
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Category : Policy sciences
Languages : en
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RAND research briefs summarize research that has been more fully documented elsewhere.
Rand Research Briefs
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Category : Policy sciences
Languages : en
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Covers a range of topics such as education, health care, drug policy, population, and terrorism.
Truth Decay
Author: KavanaghPublisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN: 1977400132
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Political and civil discourse in the United States is characterized by “Truth Decay,” defined as increasing disagreement about facts, a blurring of the line between opinion and fact, an increase in the relative volume of opinion compared with fact, and lowered trust in formerly respected sources of factual information. This report explores the causes and wide-ranging consequences of Truth Decay and proposes strategies for further action.
RAND RESEARCH BRIEF RB -ALL SERIES-.
Author: Soldiers of Reason
Author: Alex AbellaPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156033442
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This history of the RAND Corporation, written with full access to its archives, is a page-turning chronicle of the rise of the secretive think tank that has been the driving force behind the American government for 60 years.
Free for All?
Author: Joseph P. NewhousePublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674318465
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
In the most important health insurance study ever conducted researchers at the RAND Corporation devised all experiment to address two key questions in health care financing: how much more medical care will people use if it is provided free of charge, and what are the consequences for their health? For three- or five-year periods the experiment measured both use and health outcomes in populations carefully selected to be representative of both urban and rural regions throughout the United States. Participants were enrolled in a range of insurance plans requiring different levels of copayment for medical care, from zero to 95 percent. The researchers found that in plans that reimbursed a higher proportion of the bill, patients used substantially more services - indeed, those who paid nothing used 40 percent more services than those required to pay a high deductible - but the effect on the health of the average person was negligible. In addition, participants who were assigned at random to a well-established health maintenance organization used hospitals substantially less than those in the fee-for-service system, again with no measurable effect on the health of the average person. This book collects in one place for the first time results previously dispersed through many journals over many years. Drawing comprehensive, coherent conclusions from an immense amount of data, it is destined to be a classic work serving as an invaluable reference for all those concerned with health care policy - health service researchers, policymakers in both the public and the private sectors, and students.
Building Moderate Muslim Networks
Author: Angel RabasaPublisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN: 0833041223
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Radical Islamists spread their message using extensive networks spanning the Muslim world, but moderates have not created similar networks. This book evaluates US programs of engagement with the Muslim world, and develops a road map to foster the construction of moderate Muslim networks.
Public Policy and Statistics
Author: Sally C. MortonPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780387987774
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A critical yet constructive description of the rich analytical techniques and substantive applications that typify how statistical thinking has been applied at the RAND Corporation over the past two decades. Case studies of public policy problems are useful for teaching because they are familiar: almost everyone knows something abut health insurance, global warming, and capital punishment, to name but a few of the applications covered in this casebook. Each case study has a common format that describes the policy questions, the statistical questions, and the successful and the unsuccessful analytic strategies. Readers should be familiar with basic statistical concepts including sampling and regression. While designed for statistics courses in areas ranging from economics to health policy to the law at both the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels, empirical researchers and policy-makers will also find this casebook informative.