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Assessing Impact to Inform Decisions: A Toolkit on Measures for Policymakers

This toolkit provides a very brief overview of how to identify concepts that should be measured by policymakers, how to evaluate measures, and how to identify new measures that can contribute to better-informed decisions, plans, and assessments.

Jul 25, 2017

Scott Savitz, Miriam Matthews, Sarah Weilant
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Making Victory Count After Defeating ISIS: Stabilization Challenges in Mosul and Beyond

This report investigates humanitarian and stabilization needs in Iraq, through a case study of Mosul, and offers recommendations for immediate actions for stabilization after military operations to liberate it ISIS.

Jul 24, 2017

Shelly Culbertson, Linda Robinson
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Hazing Prevention and Response: Training for Military Leaders

This instructor guide provides content for leading Hazing Prevention and Response: Training for Military Leaders, an adaptable, interactive class to aid hazing prevention and response, describing policies and strategies in support of such efforts.

Jul 24, 2017

Kirsten M. Keller, Miriam Matthews, Kimberly Curry Hall, Melissa Bauman
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Exploring the transferability and applicability of gang evaluation methodologies to counter-violent radicalisation

Through a targeted literature review and comparative analysis, this report examines the transferable lessons that can be drawn from evaluations of gang interventions and applied to evaluation practice in the field of counter violent extremism.

Jul 21, 2017

Matthew Davies, Richard Warnes, Joanna Hofman
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The Russian Space Sector: Adaptation, Retrenchment, and Stagnation

The journey of the Russian space industry since the collapse of the Soviet Union offers a case study in how Russia, in spite of indications to do otherwise, chose not to break with previous models of behavior and organization.

Jul 20, 2017

Bruce H. McClintock
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Possible Legal Barriers for PCP Access to Mental Health Treatment Records

Over one-third of states appear to have more stringent medical privacy laws than HIPAA (federal), which could hinder primary care and mental health providers' efforts to share information and integrate care.

Jul 19, 2017

Leslie S. Rothenberg, David A. Ganz, Neil S. Wenger
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Challenges Of Measuring Quality Of Community-Based Programs For Seriously Ill Individuals And Their Families

Quality measures and payment approaches for community-based programs serving seriously ill patients should incorporate core components such as communication, shared decision making, and advance care planning.

Jul 19, 2017

Joan M. Teno, Rebecca Anhang Price, Lena K. Makaroun
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Using the Electronic Health Record to Understand and Minimize Overuse

Electronic health records represent a key opportunity to address overuse and the high costs of care and to realize benefit from one of the country's major health care investments.

Jul 19, 2017

Juliet Rumball-Smith, Paul G. Shekelle, David W. Bates
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Economic Evaluation of Coastal Land Loss in Louisiana

This study quantifies the economic assets and activity that is at risk from the process of land loss in coastal Louisiana in a future without restoration and protection efforts to minimize or mitigate land loss.

Jul 19, 2017

Stephen R. Barnes, Craig Bond, Nicholas Burger, Katherine Cameron Lindert Anania, Aaron Strong, Sarah Weilant, Stephanie Virgets
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Economic Evaluation of Coastal Land Loss in Louisiana

This report presents an economic evaluation of assets and activities at risk from land loss and associated storm damage in coastal Louisiana. The results show a significant level of risk to economic assets and activity in Louisiana.

Jul 19, 2017

Stephen R. Barnes, Craig Bond, Nicholas Burger, Katherine Cameron Lindert Anania, Aaron Strong, Sarah Weilant, Stephanie Virgets
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Behind the curtain: The illicit trade of firearms, explosives and ammunition on the dark web

RAND Europe and the University of Manchester explored the role played by the dark web in fuelling the worldwide illegal arms trade. The aim was to estimate the size and scope of the trade in firearms and related products sold on the dark web.

Jul 19, 2017

Giacomo Persi Paoli, Judith Aldridge, Nathan Ryan, Richard Warnes
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Technical Quality and Clinical Acceptability of a Utilization Review Guideline for Occupational Conditions: ODG® Treatment Guidelines by the Work Loss Data Institute

The Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) Medical Treatment Guidelines is a utilization review guideline used in the field of workers' compensation. This report evaluates the ODG's technical quality and clinical acceptability.

Jul 18, 2017

Teryl K. Nuckols, Kanaka Shetty, Laura Raaen, Dmitry Khodyakov
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End-of-Life Care Planning in Accountable Care Organizations: Associations with Organizational Characteristics and Capabilities

About 60 % of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have some kind of end-of-life care planning processes in place, but only about 20% have established advanced planning processes.

Jul 18, 2017

Sangeeta Ahluwalia, Benjamin J. Harris, Valerie A. Lewis, Carrie Hoverman
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Promoting Physical Activity in High-Poverty Neighborhood Parks: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Modest efforts, such as free classes, to increase physical activity in high-poverty area parks attracted visitors during special programming but were not sufficient to increase overall park use.

Jul 18, 2017

Deborah Cohen, Bing Han, Kathryn Pitkin Derose, Stephanie Williamson, Terry Marsh, Laura Raaen, Thomas L. McKenzie
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Predicting Evidence-Based Treatment Sustainment: Results from a Longitudinal Study of the Adolescent-Community Reinforcement Approach

Providers' ability to sustain A-CRA programming beyond initial implementation support depended on factors such as the level of implementation success, staff perceptions toward the intervention, funding stability, and community support.

Jul 18, 2017

Sarah B. Hunter, Bing Han, Mary Ellen Slaughter, Susan H. Godley, Bryan R. Garner
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Quality of Care for Work-Associated Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Over 80 percent of a regional system's occupational clinics adhered to recommended care processes for Carpal tunnel syndrome, and differences in care quality were associated more with clinical factors than patient socioeconomics and demographics.

Jul 18, 2017

Teryl K. Nuckols, Craig Conlon, Michael Robbins, Michael Dworsky, Julie Lai, Carol P. Roth, Barbara Levitan, Seth A. Seabury, Rachana Seelam, Steven M. Asch
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Modeling the Economic Impact of a California Workers' Compensation Formulary

This report estimates the potential impacts of a California Workers' Compensation formulary in terms of changes in prescription drug use and spending and discusses the potential broader impacts of these changes on the California economy.

Jul 17, 2017

Andrew W. Mulcahy, Simon Hollands, Erin L. Duffy, Aaron Strong, Barbara O. Wynn
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Quantifying Cost and Schedule Uncertainty for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs)

To help the Air Force better anticipate cost and schedule challenges and manage programs, this study developed a methodology to evaluate the likelihood of cost growth and schedule slip for major defense acquisition projects (MDAPs).

Jul 17, 2017

Thomas Light, Robert S. Leonard, Julia Pollak, Meagan Smith, Akilah Wallace
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Open Science: The citizen's role and contribution to research

Branching from Open Science is 'citizen science,' -- the increased involvement of amateur scientists in the various stages of the scientific research process. This publication explores the definitions, opportunities and challenges for citizen science.

Jul 17, 2017

Elta Smith, Sarah Parks, Salil Gunashekar, Catherine A. Lichten, Anna Knack, Catriona Manville
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High Healthcare Utilization Near the Onset of Medically Unexplained Symptoms

Veterans who had a new onset of medically unexplained symptoms used healthcare at the same level as patients with chronic physical symptoms.

Jul 14, 2017

Lisa M. McAndrew, L. Alison Phillips, Drew A. Helmer, Kieran Maestro, Charles C. Engel, Lauren M. Greenberg, Nicole Anastasides, Karen S. Quigley

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