RAND Serious Illness Survey
The RAND Serious Illness Survey assesses the care experiences of individuals who receive care from programs that provide serious illness care to patients in their homes.
RAND Health Care
RAND Health Care promotes healthier societies by improving health care systems in the United States and other countries. We provide health care decisionmakers, practitioners, and the public with actionable, rigorous, objective evidence to support their most complex decisions.
Dedicated to addressing health care access, affordability, and quality to improve the lives of people, particularly those in greatest need.
Access to Care
Identifying opportunities for better access to health care in practice, policies, and research.
Behavioral Health
Uncovering novel approaches to treatment to improve mental health and reduce substance disorders.
Benefits and Affordability
Evaluating insurance benefit designs to test whether they encourage access to care and lower costs.
Delivery Improvements
Assessing technological and research innovations that could catalyze improvements in care delivery.
Price Transparency
Shedding light on strategies to lower costs and strengthen health care systems.
Quality of Care
Incorporating both patient voices with health care outcomes data to drive quality improvement.
Services
RAND Health Care helps local, state, and national governments throughout the world identify policy challenges, develop and evaluate options to address them, implement changes, and evaluate their effects. We also conduct research for foundations, nongovernmental organizations, private businesses, professional associations, and community groups.
How RAND Health Care Makes a Difference
RAND Health Care makes a difference by analyzing societies’ most complex health-care problems and providing actionable solutions.
See Our ImpactRecent Clients and Grantmakers
RAND Health Care works with a diverse range of clients across public, private, and philanthropic sectors.
Work with Us- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- California, Connecticut, Oregon, Virginia, and Other State Governments
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- Los Angeles Department of Mental Health
- Mayor's Fund of New York City
- Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
- National Institutes of Health
- Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — ASPE
Featured Research & Commentary
Research
Between-Visit Asthma Symptom Monitoring With a Scalable Digital Intervention
Apr 23, 2025
Commentary
Redesigning Health Care Plans to Lower Costs
Apr 23, 2025
Commentary
Strategically De-Risking U.S. Drug Supply Chains
Apr 23, 2025
Tool
START ACS: An Addiction Consultation Service for Opioid Use Disorder
Apr 22, 2025