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RAND research briefs present policy-oriented summaries of individual published, peer-reviewed documents or of a body of published work.

2010

The Air Force Should Continue to Use the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test for Officer Selection

Chaitra M. Hardison, Carra S. Sims, Eunice C. Wong

Alternatives for the Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future)

Robert W. Button, John Gordon, IV, Dick Hoffmann, Jessie Riposo, Peter A. Wilson

Analysis of the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962)

Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Jeanne S. Ringel, Carter C. Price, Federico Girosi

Analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590)

Jeanne S. Ringel, Federico Girosi, Amado Cordova, Carter C. Price, Elizabeth A. McGlynn

Are Adolescents Talking with Their Parents About Sex Before Becoming Sexually Active?

Megan K. Beckett, Marc N. Elliott, Steven Martino, David E. Kanouse, Rosalie Corona, David J. Klein, Mark A. Schuster

The Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Programs: The Impact of One State's Investment in the Health of its Residents

Dana Schultz, Shannah Tharp-Taylor, Tamara Dubowitz, Hao Yu, Susan L. Lovejoy, Andrea Phillips, John Engberg

Better understanding efforts to reduce the supply of illicit drugs

Beau Kilmer, Stijn Hoorens

Cost and Health Consequences of Air Pollution in California

John A. Romley, Andrew Hackbarth, Dana P. Goldman

Coverage, Spending, and Consumer Financial Risk: How Do the Recent House and Senate Health Care Bills Compare?

Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Jeanne S. Ringel, Federico Girosi, Amado Cordova, Carter C. Price

Diagnosing and Treating Food Allergies: The State of the Research

Jennifer J. Schneider Chafen, Sydne Newberry, Marc Riedl, Dena M. Bravata, Margaret Maglione, Marika Suttorp, Vandana Sundaram, Neil M. Paige, Ali Towfigh, Benjamin J. Hulley, Paul G. Shekelle

Diversity and the Success of Entering Classes at the U.S. Service Academies

Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Harry J. Thie, Scott Naftel, Marisa Adelson

Do Bonuses Affect Enlistment and Reenlistment?

Beth J. Asch, Paul Heaton, James Hosek, Francisco Martorell, Curtis Simon, John T. Warner

Does Improved Patient Safety Reduce Malpractice Litigation?

Michael D. Greenberg, Amelia M. Haviland, J. Scott Ashwood, Regan Main,

The Effects of Multiple Anxiety Disorders on Patient Functioning and Well-Being

Cathy D. Sherbourne, J. Greer Sullivan, Michelle G. Craske, Peter Roy-Byrne, Daniela Golinelli, Raphael D. Rose, Denise A. Chavira, Alexander Bystritsky, Murray Stein

Health Care on Aisle 7: The Growing Phenomenon of Retail Clinics

Ateev Mehrotra, John L. Adams, Katrina Armstrong, Christine Eibner, Peter S. Hussey, Judith Lave, Hangsheng Liu, Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Craig Evan Pollack, M. Susan Ridgely, Rena Rudavsky, Leif I. Solberg, N. Marcus Thygeson, Margaret C. Wang

How Can Faith-Based Organizations Help Address the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Central America?

Kathryn Pitkin Derose, David E. Kanouse, David P. Kennedy, Kavita Patel, Alice Taylor, Kristin J. Leuschner, Homero Martinez

How Can Faith-Based Organizations Help Address the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Central America? (Spanish translation)

Kathryn Pitkin Derose, David E. Kanouse, David P. Kennedy, Kavita Patel, Alice Taylor, Kristin J. Leuschner, Homero Martinez

How Fare the Displaced and Returned Residents of New Orleans?: Results of an Innovative Pilot Survey

Narayan Sastry, Elizabeth Fussell, Mark Vanlandingham

How Might Marijuana Legalization in California Affect Public Budgets and Marijuana Consumption?

Beau Kilmer, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Robert J. MacCoun, Peter H. Reuter

Improving the Performance of the California Workers' Compensation Insurance Market

Lloyd Dixon, James W. Macdonald, William Barbagallo

Improving the Quality of Care for Dementia

David Reuben, Carol P. Roth, Janet C. Frank, Susan H. Hirsch, Diane Katz, Heather McCreath, Jon Younger, Marta Murawski, Elizabeth Edgerly, Joanne Maher, Katie Maslow, Neil S. Wenger

Is Physician Cost Profiling Ready for Prime Time?

Ateev Mehrotra, John L. Adams, J. William Thomas, Elizabeth A. McGlynn

Is There a Shortage of Anesthesia Providers in the United States?

Lindsay Daugherty, Raquel Fonseca, Krishna B. Kumar, Pierre-Carl Michaud

Lessons Learned from Disaster Case Management in Louisiana

Joie Acosta, Anita Chandra, Kevin Carter Feeney

Overview of Alternative Litigation Financing in the United States

Steven Garber

Perceived Effects of Paid Family Leave Among Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs: California's Experience

Mark A. Schuster, Paul J. Chung, Marc N. Elliott, Craig F. Garfield, Katherine D. Vestal, David J. Klein, Carl Eriksson, Colleen Carey

Post-Katrina Project Demonstrates a Rapid, Participatory Assessment of Health Care and Develops a Partnership for Post-Disaster Recovery in New Orleans

Ben Springgate, Charles Allen, Catherine Jones, Shaula Lovera, Diana Meyers, Larry Campbell, Lawrence Palinkas, Kenneth B. Wells

RAND COMPARE Analysis of President Obama's Proposal for Health Reform

Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Amado Cordova, Jeanne S. Ringel, Christine Eibner, Federico Girosi

Reducing Michigan Auto Insurance Rates

Paul Heaton

Reducing Pittsburgh Neighborhood Violence

Jeremy M. Wilson, Steven Chermak, Edmund F. McGarrell

Security at what cost?: Quantifying trade-offs across liberty, privacy and security

Neil Robinson, Dimitris Potoglou, Chong Woo Kim, Peter Burge, Richard Warnes

Security in Iraq: Emerging Threats as U.S. Forces Withdraw

David C. Gompert, Terrence K. Kelly, Jessica Watkins

Studies' Estimates of PTSD Prevalence Rates for Returning Service Members Vary Widely

Rajeev Ramchand, Terry L. Schell, Benjamin R. Karney, Karen Chan Osilla, Rachel M. Burns, Leah B. Caldarone

The Teen Depression Awareness Project: Building an Evidence Base for Improving Teen Depression Care

Lisa H. Jaycox, M. Audrey Burnam, Lisa S. Meredith, Terri Tanielian, Bradley D. Stein, Anita Chandra, Virginia P. Quinn, Susan M. Paddock, Scot Hickey, Jeremy N. V. Miles, Molly M. Scott

Unique Framework Helps Louisiana Community Prioritize Its Investments in Children and Families

M. Rebecca Kilburn, Shannon I. Maloney

What Are the Effects of Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) on Navy Manpower, Personnel, and Training?

Harry J. Thie, Margaret C. Harrell, Joseph Jenkins, Aine Seitz McCarthy

What Are the Long-Term Economic Costs of Psychological Problems During Childhood?

James P. Smith, Gillian C. Smith

What Can We Learn from the Implementation of No Child Left Behind?

Brian M. Stecher, Georges Vernez, Paul Steinberg

What Happened to No-Fault Automobile Insurance?

James M. Anderson, Paul Heaton, Stephen J. Carroll

What Teacher Characteristics Affect Student Achievement?: Findings from Los Angeles Public Schools

Richard Buddin, Gema Zamarro

The Workforce and Economic Recovery: Effects of Hurricane Katrina

Lynn A. Karoly, Julie Zissimopoulos

2009

Are Charter Schools Making a Difference?: A Study of Student Outcomes in Eight States

Ron Zimmer, Brian Gill, Kevin Booker, Stephane Lavertu, Tim R. Sass, John Witte

Are Communities Ready to Conduct Rapid and Large-Scale Dispensing of Medications During a Public Health Emergency?

Henry H. Willis, Christopher Nelson, Shoshana R. Shelton, Andrew M. Parker, John A. Zambrano, Edward W. Chan, Jeffrey Wasserman, Brian A. Jackson

Assessing Parolees' Health Care Needs and Potential Access to Health Care Services in California

Lois M. Davis, Nancy Nicosia, Adrian Overton, Lisa Miyashiro, Kathryn Pitkin Derose, Terry Fain, Susan Turner, Paul Steinberg, Eugene Williams, III

Building Cohesive Leadership Systems to Improve School Leadership

Catherine H. Augustine, Gabriella Gonzalez, Gina Schuyler Ikemoto, Jennifer Russell, Gail L. Zellman, Louay Constant, Jane Armstrong, Jacob W. Dembosky

The Capabilities That Medium-Armored Forces Bring to the Full Spectrum of Operations

David E. Johnson, Adam Grissom, Olga Oliker

Care to Care?: Assessing the challenges of integrating migrant women into Europe's labour force

Jennifer Rubin, Michael S. Rendall, Lila Rabinovich, Flavia Tsang, Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau, Barbara Janta

Children's Health in Washington, D.C.: Access and Health Challenges Despite High Insurance Coverage Rates

Anita Chandra, Carole Roan Gresenz, Janice C. Blanchard, Alison Evans Cuellar, Teague Ruder, Alex Y. Chen, Emily M. Gillen

Controlling Health Care Spending in Massachusetts

Christine Eibner, Peter S. Hussey, M. Susan Ridgely, Elizabeth A. McGlynn

The Costs of Methamphetamine Use: A National Estimate

Nancy Nicosia, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Beau Kilmer, Russell Lundberg, James Chiesa

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