Assessing Health and Health Care in the District of Columbia: Phase 2 Report

Authors

Nicole Lurie, RAND Health
Carol Roan Gresenz, RAND Health
Janice Blanchard, George Washington UniversityFollow
Anita Chandra, RAND Health
Barbara O. Wynn, RAND Health
Kristy Gonzalez Morganti, RAND Health
Teague Ruder, RAND Health
Amber Price, RAND Health
Donna Sickler, George Washington University
Bonnie Norton, George Washington University
Karen Jones, George Washington UniversityFollow
Marsha Regenstein, George Washington University
Bruce Siegel, George Washington University

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

6-2008

Keywords

Community-Based Assessments

Abstract

This document describes findings and recommendations 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. Specifically, the document recommends how $135 million in funding from the tobacco settlement should be spent to strengthen the District's health care system. An interim report, RAND Working Paper 534, summarizes findings related to the first two goals. This document primarily addresses the third goal.

APA Citation

Lurie, N., Gresenz, C. R., Blanchard, J. C., Chandra, A., Wynn, B. O., Morganti, K. G. ... Siegel, B. (2008). Assessing health and health care in the District of Columbia: Phase 2 report (RAND working paper WR-579). Santa Monica, CA: RAND Health. Retrieved from http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR579/.

Open Access

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