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Research
Nov 21, 2025
Using county-level death records, we conducted an event-study analysis comparing mortality rates in states that repealed their Certificate of Need laws to states that did not.
Oct 6, 2025
A rapid evaluation of technology-enabled remote blood pressure monitoring (TERM BP) in UK primary care found varied implementation, identified factors affecting scale and spread, and provided recommendations for equitable adoption.
Aug 14, 2025
A brief smoking cessation intervention increased patients' interest in quitting and heightened their awareness of smoking's harms.
Jul 9, 2025
Purpose is to explore obstetricians' experiences with remote patient monitoring (RPM) for hypertensive disorders in the perinatal period and barriers in implementation, and to identify promising practices to overcome these barriers.
Feb 19, 2025
We conducted a systematic review on disparities in post-acute care utilization of racial and ethnic groups who have been hospitalized with stroke. We reviewed 14 articles' evidence and described racial, ethnic, and socio-demographic differences.
Project
Dec 16, 2024
RAND Europe, as a member of the DECIDE centre, is conducting a rapid evaluation to assess the feasibility of a full evaluation of the MHF@home programme, focusing on data collection, diversity of implementation, and it's impact on patient outcomes and healthcare resources.
Dec 2, 2024
This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions to understand how primary care physicians (PCPs) make specialty referrals and how referrals may contribute to treatment disparities.
Nov 6, 2024
We examined the impact of sugar restriction during the first 1000 days since conception on T2DM and hypertension, leveraging quasi-experimental variation from the UK's end of sugar and sweets rationing in September 1953.
Press
Oct 30, 2024
Treating people in low-income countries for major depressive disorder can also help improve their physical health and household members' well-being, demonstrating that mental health treatments can be cost effective.
Oct 28, 2024
RAND Europe's DECIDE centre will examine the development, implementation and use of Digital NHS Health Checks during the test phase.
Sep 3, 2024
American police organizations respond to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Police serve on-scene and supplementary roles in OHCA response across jurisdictions. Future studies may help to understand how to optimize police engagement in OHCA response.
Commentary
Aug 27, 2024
Survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest vary significantly by location, highlighting the need to identify and disseminate best practices from high-performing communities. What are the key factors that improve survival?
