Rand Ucla Appropriateness Method User's Manual

Accession Number : ADA393235


Title : The RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method User's Manual


Corporate Author : RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA


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EARLYSTIMULUS Home Background Information RAND / UCLA Appropriateness Method. In order to establish criteria for the appropriate referral of patients with Parkinson's disease for the consideration of DBS, we used the RAND Appropriateness Method (RAM). 1, 2 This method is particularly helpful when scientific evidence is lacking or is not detailed enough to establish clear indications for a. Nov 20, 2017  Methods. The AUC for DRF evaluates the appropriateness of ten treatment options for each of 240 mutually exclusive patient scenarios based on the combination of five factors. For every scenario, each treatment is classified as appropriate, maybe appropriate or rarely appropriate.

Personal Author(s) : Fitch, Kathryn ; Bernstein, Steven J ; Aguilar, Marfa D ; Burnand, Bernard ; LaCalle, Juan R


Full Text : https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a393235.pdf


Report Date : Jan 2001


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Abstract : The concepts of appropriate and necessary care are fundamental to the creation of an efficient and equitable health-care delivery system. Evidence of inappropriate overuse and underuse of procedures has been documented even in health systems characterised by the absence of global budgets, capitation, utilisation review or the pressure of requiring a second opinion. Health systems should function in such a way that inappropriate care is progressively reduced, while appropriate and especially necessary care are maintained or increased. The ability to determine and identify which care is overused and which is underused is essential to this functioning. To this end, the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method (here given the acronym RAM) was developed by RAND and UCLA in the 198Os. It has been further developed and refined in North America and, increasingly, in Europe.


Descriptors : *USER MANUALS , *HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT , EUROPE , DELIVERY , GLOBAL , HEALTH , BUDGETS , PUBLIC OPINION


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