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Student-Authored Publications on Health and Health Care

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May 3, 2010

Medicare Facts and Figures Chartbook

Provides a factual framework to help consumer advocates, health care providers, and policymakers better understand California's Medicare population and inform their efforts to design programs and policies that meet beneficiaries' needs.

Andrew Hackbarth, Dana P. Goldman, Mary E. Vaiana
Feb 15, 2010

Cost and Health Consequences of Air Pollution in California

Examines how California's failure to meet federal air quality standards has affected hospitalizations and insurers' costs.

John A. Romley, Andrew Hackbarth, Dana P. Goldman
Jan 15, 2010

The Impact of Air Quality on Hospital Spending

Assesses the effect of air pollution on medical spending: The authors determined how much failing to meet air quality standards cost various purchasers of hospital care in California over 2005-2007.

John A. Romley, Andrew Hackbarth, Dana P. Goldman
Jan 1, 2010

Self-reported Unmet Need for Mental Health Care After California's Parity Legislation

Following passage of mental health parity legislation in California, perceived need for mental health care services increased significantly for all groups, regardless of insurance, resulting in a net increase of unmet need among the privately insured, among those with public insurance, and among the uninsured.

Ruopeng An, Roland Sturm
Jan 1, 2010

Measuring the Physical Food Environment and Its Relationship with Obesity: Evidence from California

This study proposes an alternative measure to the Retail Food Environment Index (RFEI) called the 'Physical Food Environment Indicator' (PFEI), and tests its association with adult body mass index (BMI) and obesity in California.

Khoa Dang Truong, Meenakshi Maria Fernandes, Ruopeng An, Victoria Shier, Roland Sturm
Dec 31, 2009

Priorities for Investments in Children and Families in Caddo and Bossier Parishes: Application of a Unique Framework for Identifying Priorities

Describes a decisionmaking framework, focused on the intersection of needs, assets, and best practices, designed to help the Louisiana community of Shreveport-Bossier prioritize its investments in children and families.

M. Rebecca Kilburn, Shannon Maloney
May 18, 2009

International Comparison of Ten Medical Regulatory Systems: Egypt, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, South Africa and Spain

This study was commissioned by the UK General Medical Council (GMC) to provide an evidence base on the systems of medical regulation in place in the countries of origin of doctors seeking to enter the UK and obtain registration to practise.

Han de Vries, Paul Sanderson, Barbara Janta, Lila Rabinovich, Fragiskos Archontakis, Sharif Ismail, Lisa Klautzer, Sonja Marjanovic, Bhanu Patruni, Samir Puri, Jan Tiessen
Apr 8, 2009

The Costs of Methamphetamine Use: A National Estimate

The economic cost of methamphetamine use reached more than an estimated $23 billion in 2005, mostly from the intangible burden that addiction places on dependent users and their premature mortality and from crime and criminal justice costs.

Nancy Nicosia, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Beau Kilmer, Russell Lundberg, James Chiesa
Jan 27, 2009

The Economic Cost of Methamphetamine Use in the United States, 2005

The first national estimate of the economic cost of methamphetamine considers burdens of addiction, early death, drug treatment, lost productivity, crime and criminal justice, health care, production and environmental hazards, and child endangerment.

Nancy Nicosia, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Beau Kilmer, Russell Lundberg, James Chiesa
Jan 1, 2009

Crime Trends and the Effect of Mandated Drug Treatment: Evidence from California's Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act

The Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA), implemented statewide in California in July 2001, mandates drug treatment rather than incarceration for certain nonviolent drug offenders.

John L Worrall, Scott Hiromoto, Nancy Merritt, Dan Du, Jerry O. Jacobson, Martin Y. Iguchi
Nov 16, 2008

Between politics and clinics -- the many faces of biomedical policy in Europe: Analysis of drivers and outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technologies policy -- Volume II: Three country case studies

A policy analysis of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (e.g. IVF, ICSI) regulation, funding, and health consequences in France, Italy and the UK.

Annalijn Conklin, Daniel Jones, Lisa Klautzer, Alice Farrands, Sarah Olmstead, Miriam Shergold, Carlo Drauth, Stijn Hoorens
May 2, 2008

Identifying DG SANCO's Future Challenges 2009-2014: Final Report

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.

Tom Ling, Michael Hallsworth, Jan Tiessen, Stijn Hoorens, Lisa Klautzer, Kai Wegrich

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