Publications

2023 to 2020

Oct 4, 2023

Veteran Journeys: Creating an Opera Based on Research, Clinical, and Personal Experiences

RAND researcher Kenneth Wells shares his story in the form of an opera, Veteran Journeys, to encourage others to find a path to integrating clinical, personal, and creative experiences, to share meaningful stories of how people survive and thrive.

Kenneth B. Wells
Oct 4, 2023

Integration of Arts and Health Sciences in Developing an Opera on Veteran Resilience and Recovery

This case study illustrates how research data informed an opera on Veteran recovery. To engage a broad audience and address stigma, accessible composition techniques (melody, harmony) were used.

Kenneth B. Wells, Kia Skrine Jeffers, Joseph Mango
Oct 4, 2023

Impact of Veteran Journeys Opera on Audience Member Attitudes Related to Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress or Unstable Housing

This study evaluated a streaming opera?s effects on measures of audience engagement important to Veterans? recovery from posttraumatic stress and unstable housing.

Robert M. Bilder, Joseph Mango, Kia Skrine Jeffers, Lingqi Tang, Marissa Stinnett, Angelo Constantino, Lily Zhang, Kenneth B. Wells

Veteran Journeys: Where Mental Health Research Meets Opera
Kenneth Wells, a psychiatrist, librettist, and composer, has written a documentary disguised as an opera. He drew on Partners in Care, a 10-year RAND-UCLA study that was one of the first to use a multisite collaborative primary care approach to treat veterans and others experiencing depression.
Jul 6, 2021

2019 to 2010

2009 to 2000

Jan 1, 2002

Bias Reduction in Standard Errors for Linear Regression with Multi-State Samples

Robert M. Bell and Daniel F. McCaffrey

1999

Jan 1, 1999

Association between Health Status and Utilities: Implications for Policy

Leslie A. Lenert, Jonathan R. Treadwell, and Carolyn E. Schwartz

Publications

2023 to 2020

Veteran Journeys: Creating an Opera Based on Research, Clinical, and Personal Experiences

Integration of Arts and Health Sciences in Developing an Opera on Veteran Resilience and Recovery

Impact of Veteran Journeys Opera on Audience Member Attitudes Related to Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress or Unstable Housing

Veteran Journeys: Where Mental Health Research Meets Opera

2019 to 2010

Commentary: Applying the Community Partners in Care Approach to the Opioid Crisis

Comparative Effectiveness of Two Models of Depression Services Quality Improvement in Health and Community Sectors

Community Partners in Care: 6-Month Outcomes of Two Quality Improvement Depression Care Interventions in Male Participants

Using Stakeholder Input to Inform an Innovative Research and Policy Initiative to Improve Depression in Safety Net Communities

Community-partnered Research Conference Model: The Experience of Community Partners in Care Study

Using a Community Partnered Participatory Research Approach to Implement a Randomized Controlled Trial: Planning Community Partners in Care

2009 to 2000

How Quality Improvement Interventions for Depression Affect Stigma Concerns Over Time: A Nine-Year Follow-Up Study

Community Partners in Care: Leveraging Community Diversity to Improve Depression Care for Underserved Populations

How a Therapy-Based Quality Improvement Intervention for Depression Affected Life Events and Psychological Well-Being Over Time: A 9-Year Longitudinal Analysis

The Effects of Quality Improvement for Depression in Primary Care at Nine Years: Results from a Randomized, Controlled Group-Level Trial

The Cumulative Effects of Quality Improvement for Depression on Outcome Disparities Over 9 Years: Results from a Randomized, Controlled Group-Level Trial

Cost-Effectiveness of Quality Improvement Programs for Patients With Subthreshold Depression or Depressive Disorder

Improving Care for Depression in Patients With Comorbid Substance Misuse

Does Patient-Provider Gender Concordance Affect Mental Health Care Received by Primary Care Patients with Major Depression?

Gender Patterns in Cost Effectiveness of Quality Improvement for Depression: Results of a Randomized, Controlled Trial

Quality Improvement for Depression in Primary Care: Do Patients with Subthreshold Depression Benefit in the Long Run?

Clinical Improvement Associated with Conformance to HEDIS-Based Depression Care

The Relationship of Depression Treatment Quality Indicators to Employee Absenteeism

Does WIC Work? The Effects of WIC on Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes

Do the Effects of Quality Improvement for Depression Care Differ for Men and Women?

Employee Responses to Health Insurance Premium Increases

Five-year Impact of Quality Improvement for Depression: Results of a Group-Level Randomized Controlled Trial

The Interview Mode Effect on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale: An Item Response Theory Analysis

The Partners in Care Approach to Ethics Outcomes in Quality Improvement Programs for Depression

Characteristics, Treatment Patterns, and Outcomes of Persistent Depression Despite Treatment in Primary Care

Improving Care for Minorities: Can Quality Improvement Interventions Improve Care and Outcomes for Depressed Minorities? Results of a Randomized, Controlled Trial

Impact of a Primary Care Quality Improvement Intervention on Use of Psychotherapy for Depression

Stigma and Depression Among Primary Care Patients

On Using Sample Selection Methods in Estimating the Price Elasticity of Firms' Demand for Insurance

Patients Using Chiropractors in North America: Who Are They, and Why Are They in Chiropractic Care?

Knowledge of Health Care Benefits Among Patients with Depression

Improving the Care for Depression in Patients with Comorbid Medical Illness

Bias Reduction in Standard Errors for Linear Regression with Multi-State Samples

Are Better Ratings of the Patient-Provider Relationship Associated with Higher Quality Care for Depression?

Can Quality Improvement Programs for Depression in Primary Care Address Patient Preferences for Treatment?

Can Utility-Weighted Health-Related Quality-of-Life Estimates Capture Health Effects of Quality Improvement for Depression?

Cost-effectiveness of Practice-Initiated Quality Improvement for Depression: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Contraceptive Use by Couples When One Partner Is Infected with HIV

Quality of Life Before Death for Men with Prostate Cancer: Results from the CaPSURE Database

Two-year Effects of Quality Improvement Programs on Medication Management for Depression

Utility Elicitation Using Single-Item Questions Compared with a Computerized Interview

Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life in Ethnic Minorities Seeking Care in General Medical Settings

Estimation of Utilities for the Effects of Depression from the SF-12

Impact of Disseminating Quality Improvement Programs for Depression in Managed Primary Care

Quality Improvement for Depression Enhances Long-term Treatment Knowledge for Primary Care Clinicians

Summed-Score Linking Using Item Response Theory: Application to Depression Measurement

Treatment Preferences Among Depressed Primary Care Patients

1999

Quality of Care for Primary Care Patients with Depression in Managed Care

Evidence-Based Care for Depression in Managed Primary Care Practices

Functioning and Utility for Current Health of Patients with Drepression or Chronic Medical Conditions in Managed, Primary Care Practices

Quality of Care for Primary Care Patients with Depression in Managed Care

Relationship Between Age and Patients' Current Health State Preferences

The Design of Partners in Care: Evaluating the Cost Effectiveness of Improving Care for Depression in Primary Care

Collateral Damage in the War on Drugs: HIV Risk Among Injection Drug Users

What Outcomes Matter to Patients?

Evidence-Based Care for Depression in Managed Primary Care Practices

Association between Health Status and Utilities: Implications for Policy