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Tele-Palliative Care Offers Access to Needed Support | RAND Palliative care focuses on improving quality of life for individuals with serious illnesses Tele-palliative care offers access to care for those who might otherwise go without and has surprising advantages over traditional, in-person care
Health Care Access | RAND Access to health care refers to the ease with which an individual can obtain needed medical services RAND research has examined the social, cultural, economic, and geographic factors that influence health care access worldwide; the effects of changes in access; and the relationship between access and health for specific U S populations—including racial and ethnic minorities, people with
The Promise and Challenges of VA Community Care: Veterans Issues in . . . The U S Department of Veterans Affairs contracts with private-sector providers to help ensure that eligible veterans receive timely health care This care can alleviate access barriers for veterans, but questions remain about its cost and quality
The Expense of Health Care Explained: What Americans Need to Know Health care costs in the United States remain a critical concern for policymakers, providers, and patients alike As voters head to the polls, we asked three experts on the economics of health care to explain some of the financial and public policy forces at work
Three Essays on Health Care Access | RAND Government health programs must balance maximizing access and controlling costs while considering equity, geographic variation, and resource constraints Health care reforms, whether for payment systems, quality measures, or new technologies, can significantly affect health care access In this dissertation, the author examines how policy changes in three government health programs affect
Veterans Barriers to Care | RAND Recommended policy action Reduce barriers to care VA, DoD, and other providers should explore new delivery approaches that can help expand access, including training additional providers in delivering evidence-based treatment and telemental health care options, which can provide remote access to veterans in rural settings
Exploring Contraceptive Care and Access Experiences of Veterans To understand gaps in contraceptive access and choice for U S veterans and how these gaps might vary by certain characteristics, the authors conducted a study of veterans' access to, knowledge of, and use of contraception and contraceptive care
Health Equity | RAND Health equity is fair and just access to health resources, protection from health hazards, and health decisionmaking RAND research aims to understand the causes of disparities in health outcomes, health care access, and health care quality, and to identify opportunities to reduce these disparities
Improving Behavioral Health Care in the Military Health System . . . The Military Health System (MHS) provides health care to service members, their depen-dents, and military retirees, and the Defense Health Agency (DHA) oversees health care delivery To support the MHS in its mission, in this paper, we highlight oppor-tunities to improve the quality, access, and equity of BH care delivery
How to Transform the U. S. Mental Health System The analysis and findings are organized under three goals for mental health system transformation: promote pathways to care, improve access to care, and establish an evidence-based continuum of care so patients get the help they need Many Americans experience mental illness, but the majority of those in need of assistance go untreated