Notes

Audit of the HAO analysis files, site I, year 5

One of a series archiving housing allowance office (HAO) materials used in the Housing Assistance Supply Experiment, this Note presents the findings of an audit of the administrative data collected by the HAO in Site I (Brown County, Wisconsin) durin...

Ann W. Wang

Austerity in Public Medical Care Programs: Miserliness or Economic Response?

Recent American cutbacks in public medical care programs are often assumed to reflect the conservative ideology of the Reagan Administration, but may in fact reflect the slowed growth of real income and the continuing rise in medical care prices.

Joseph P. Newhouse

The First Malaysian Family Life Survey: Codebook for the Individual-Level Dataset

Contains a codebook for one of the second-generation datasets derived from the Malaysian Family Life Survey.

Terry Fain

Advanced Composite Materials: The Air Force’s Role in Technology Development

J. Curt Rogers

Roles and Missions for Conventionally Armed Heavy Bombers: An Historical Perspective

In light of changes in the world situation and in available funds, the Air Force is assessing the roles and effectiveness of existing and planned aircraft.

Dana J. Johnson

Methodologies for Planning On-Site and Aerial Inspections for Use in Treaty Negotiations

Maurice Eisenstein, Seth Weisberg, Ofra Stauber

Analysis of Special Operations Forces in Decision Aids: Current Shortfalls

This Note records work accomplished during Phase 1 of the project Analysis of Special Operations Forces Decision Aids. The objective of this project is to recommend ways in which the capabilities and contributions of special operations forces (SOF) c...

Bruce R. Pirnie, Margaret C. Harrell

Security Efforts in the Arab World: A Brief Examination of Four Regional Organizations

Examines and evaluates the past efforts of four Arab regional organizations through their historical records to identify key weaknesses hampering efforts to improve security throughout the Persian Gulf region.

Joseph A. Kechichian

Senegal and Liberia: Case Studies in U.S. IMET Training and Its Role in Internal Defense and Development

This Note was prepared as part of a larger project entitled "Effectiveness of U.S. Military Training Activities in Promoting Internal Defense and Development in the Third World."

William H. McCoy, Jr.

Medicare Reimbursement and the Quality of Hospital Care

Examines the relationship between hospital reimbursement per discharge and the clinical quality of care received by Medicare patients before and after implementation of the Prospective Payment System (PPS) in 1983/84.

Michael J. McGinty

Methodology for Examining Effects of Arms Control Reduction on Tactical Air Forces: An Example from Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty Analysis

This note describes RAND's suggestions on how the tactical air reduction agreement should be structured and how NATO should implement it.

Charles T. Kelley, Jr.

Designing and Evaluating Conventional Arms Control Measures: The Case of the Korean Peninsula

This study attempts to design and evaluate effective arms control measures in relation to specific Korean security problems and arms control objectives that the South Korean government should undertake.

Yong-Sup Han