| Research Highlights: Stopping Violence Before It Starts. Identifying Early Predictors of Adolescent Violence |
2001 |
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| Authors:
Phyllis L. Ellickson; Kimberly A. McGuigan; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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 | The nation's young people are increasingly affected by violence, both as its perpetrators and as its victims. Many violence prevention programs aim to reverse this trend, but few of these programs have been rigorously evaluated, and even fewer have been shown to work. To devise better programs, researchers need more information about what causes young people to become violent- specifically, they need to learn whether there are things about young ... |
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| Research Highlights: Measuring Quality of Care for Prostate Cancer |
2000 |
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| Authors:
Mark S. Litwin; Michael Steinberg; Jennifer Malin; John Naitoh; Kimberly A. McGuigan; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Prostate cancer is the most common solid malignancy diagnosed in American men. More than half of the new cases identified each year are clinically localized, an early stage of the disease in which the tumor is believed to be confined to the prostate. The usual treatment approaches include radical prostatectomy, radiation therapy, or watchful waiting. Each year, more than 100,000 men newly diagnosed with prostate ... |
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| Prostate Cancer Patient Outcomes and Choice of Providers: Development ofan Infrastructure for Quality Assessment |
2000 |
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| Authors:
Mark S. Litwin; Michael Steinberg; Jennifer Malin; John Naitoh; Kimberly A. McGuigan; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Prostate cancer is the most common solid malignancy diagnosed in American men. More than half of the new cases identified each year are localized prostate cancer, an early stage of the disease in which the tumor is confined to the prostate. The usual approach to localized prostate cancer includes radical prostatectomy, radiation therapy, or watchful waiting. Unfortunately, clear evidence about the comparative efficacy of these treatments is ... |
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| The Demand for Military Health Care: Supporting Research for a Comprehensive Study of the Military Health-Care System |
95 |
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| Authors:
Susan D. Hosek; Bruce W. Bennett; Joan L. Buchanan; M. S. Marquis; Kimberly A. McGuigan; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The Military Health Services System (MHSS) provides health care to active-duty service members, military retirees, and their dependents. Over the past several years, the system has faced the twin challenges of downsizing in consonance with the rest of the Department of Defense (DoD) and of controlling escalating health care costs. These challenges cannot, however, be dealt with independently. Closing military treatment facilities (MITs) could drive non- active-duty beneficiaries to seek ... |
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