Research Catalog

Title

Toward a sustainable blood supply in the United States : an analysis of the current system and alternatives for the future / Andrew W. Mulcahy ... [et al.].

Publication

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, c2016.

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Additional Authors

• Mulcahy, Andrew W.
• RAND Health

Description

xxiv, 192 p. : col. ill., col. map; 26 cm.

Summary

"This report describes the status quo in the U.S. blood system, explores a set of six specific research questions related to the sustainability of the U.S. blood system through analysis and discussion, and presents policy alternatives and tools that can help ensure that the U.S. blood system is sustainable. We employed a mixed-methods approach, blending insight from analyses of available date and from a series of interviews and other interactions with stakeholder groups." -- Back cover

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Blood banks > United States
• Blood products > United States
• Emergency management > United States
• Medical care > United States > Forecasting
• Public health > United States > Forecasting
• Medical policy > United States > 21st century
• Blood Banks > organization & administration
• Blood Banks > economics
• Blood Banks > trends
• Health Policy
• United States

Note

• "RAND Health."
• "RR-1575-DHHS"--Cover page 4.
• "Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-192).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Overview of the U.S. blood system -- Methods -- Trends affecting blood system sustainability -- Payment for blood and health care services involving blood -- The value of the available blood supply -- Emergency preparedness risk assessment -- Potential innovation in business models -- Best practices for other nations' blood systems -- Conlcusion : themes and recommendations.

ISBN

• 9780833096791
• 0833096796

OCLC

• 965643899
• SCSB-9990649

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library