Assessing Health and Health Care in the District of Columbia

Authors

Nicole Lurie, RAND Health
Carol Roan Gresenz, RAND Health
Janice Blanchard, George Washington UniversityFollow
Teague Ruder, RAND Health
Anita Chandra, RAND Health
Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, RAND Health
Amber Price, RAND Health
Bruce Siegel, George Washington University
Marsha Regenstein, George Washington University
Donna Sickler, George Washington University
Bonnie Norton, George Washington University
Karen Jones, George Washington UniversityFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

1-2008

Keywords

Community-Based Assessments

Abstract

This document describes interim findings from a study of health and the health care service delivery system in the District of Columbia. The goals of the study are to: (1) conduct a comprehensive health needs assessment for Washington DC; (2) assess the quality and accessibility of the District's health care delivery system for individuals with urgent or emergent medical needs; and (3) use information from those assessments to identify and assess various policy options for improving the health care delivery system. This document summarizes findings related to the first two goals. A final report will include findings relevant to goal (3).

APA Citation

Lurie, N., Gresenz, C. R., Blanchard, J. C., Ruder, T., Chandra, A., Ghosh-Dastidar, R. ... Jones, K. (2008). Assessing health and health care in the District of Columbia (RAND working paper WR-534). Santa Monica, CA: RAND Health. Retrieved from http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR534/.

Peer Reviewed

1

Open Access

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