Hepatitis C

Opioids

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Opioids and a Crisis of Unintended Consequences
The pain medicine OxyContin was reformulated in 2010 to make it more difficult to crush or dissolve. But this had unintended consequences, including a rise in hepatitis C infections as drug abusers switched from taking OxyContin to injecting heroin.
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Feb 20, 2019
The Hill
David Powell

Workforce Development

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State of the Union, OxyContin, Appalachia: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on insights from RAND after the State of the Union, public-health impacts of reformulating OxyContin, STEM jobs in Appalachia, and more.
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Feb 8, 2019
Health Care Financing

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Paying for Pricey Medications: Debt Financing Options Could Provide a Solution
A new approach may be needed to finance an emerging breed of expensive but highly effective pharmaceuticals and vaccines. The health care industry could learn from other industry approaches such as equipment leases or supplier-financed credit.
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Jun 22, 2015
BioProcess International Magazine
Soeren Mattke

Quoted

The COP decisionmaking process reflects its members' consensus views. And therein lies the problem. The Paris Agreement should have achieved the socially better outcomes of binding emissions control to finance and binding each country to its target of emissions and finance.…That it did not do so was because the coalitions' views prevailed rather than the social good.

Rafiq Dossani

Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy

Source: United Press International

Women have fought in wars for as long as humans have waged them. Yet that long history has been either lost or purposefully hidden, complicating efforts to expand women's military roles even as we have steadily gained greater equality in other fields.

Kayla M. Williams

Senior Policy Researcher

Source: Association of the U.S. Army

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Hepatitis C

Opioids and a Crisis of Unintended Consequences

State of the Union, OxyContin, Appalachia: RAND Weekly Recap

Paying for Pricey Medications: Debt Financing Options Could Provide a Solution

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