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Trends In Home Care Versus Nursing Home Workforce Sizes: Are States Converging Or Diverging Over Time?
Since 2009, most states have increased the size of their home care workforces and decreased the size of their nursing home workforces, but there is substantial variation across states. More targeted efforts may be needed to ensure that people with disabling conditions can have their needs met in their desired setting across the nation.
Feb 8, 2022
Esther M. Friedman, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Teague Ruder, Daniel Siconolfi, Regina A. Shih
Journal Article
Physician Compensation Arrangements and Financial Performance Incentives in US Health Systems
This study was a cross-sectional mixed-methods analysis of in-depth multimodal data from 31 POs affiliated with 22 purposefully selected health systems in 4 states. Data were analyzed from June 2019 to September 2020.
Feb 8, 2022
Rachel O. Reid, Ashlyn Tom, Rachel Ross, Erin Lindsey Duffy, Cheryl L. Damberg
Journal Article
Return of Genomic Results Does Not Motivate Intent to Participate in Research for All: Perspectives Across 22 Countries
The aim of this study was to determine how attitudes toward the return of genomic research results vary internationally.
Feb 8, 2022
Richard Milne, Katherine I. Morley, Mohamed A. Almarri, Jerome Atutornu, Elena E. Baranova, Paul Bevan, Maria Cerezo, Yali Cong, Alessia Costa, Carolina Feijao, Cláudia de Freitas, Josepine Fernow, Peter Goodhand, Qurratulain Hasan, Aiko Hibino, Gry Houeland, Heidi Howard, S. Zakir Hussain, Charlotta Ingvoldstad Malmgren, Vera L. Izhevskaya, Aleksandra Jedrzejak, Cao Jinhong, Megumi Kimura, Erika Kleiderman, Keying Liu, Deborah Mascalzoni, Álvaro Mendes, Jusaku Minari, Dianne Nicol, Emilia Niemiec, Christine Patch, Barbara Prainsack, Marie Rivière, Lauren Robarts, Jonathan Roberts, Virginia Romano, Haytham A. Sheerah, James Cuthbert Smith, Alexandra Soulier, Claire Steed, Vigdís Stefànsdóttir, Cornelia Tandre, Adrian Thorogood, Torsten H. Voigt, Nan Wang, Go Yoshizawa, Anna Middleton
Report
Technical Documentation for the Fourth American School District Panel Survey
This report provides technical information about the November 2021 survey of the American School District Panel. The authors describe districts' characteristics and the weighting process that was used to produce nationally representative estimates.
Feb 8, 2022
David Grant, Claude Messan Setodji, Gerald P. Hunter, Melissa Kay Diliberti
Report
Programs for Incarcerated Parents: Preliminary Findings from a Pilot Survey
The researchers explored the landscape of prison-based programs for incarcerated parents and considered the extent to which programs sought to mitigate the effects of policies and practices that disproportionately affect Black and Latinx families.
Feb 8, 2022
Dionne Barnes-Proby, Celia J. Gomez, Monica Williams, Matt Strawn, Isabel Leamon
Report
District Leaders' Concerns About Mental Health and Political Polarization in Schools: Selected Findings from the Fourth American School District Panel Survey
RAND researchers surveyed 359 district and charter network leaders in the American School District Panel to learn about the extent of challenges to schooling in 2021-2022, including student and teacher mental health and political polarization.
Feb 8, 2022
Melissa Kay Diliberti, Heather L. Schwartz
Journal Article
Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking: Technical Appendixes
These technical appendixes present the in-depth information and analyses that informed the findings and recommendations contained in the Commission's final report.
Feb 7, 2022
Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking
Journal Article
Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking: Initial Report
This initial report describes how the Commission planned to conduct the research and analysis leading to its final report.
Feb 7, 2022
Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking
Journal Article
Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking: Final Report
This final report describes items involving the illegal manufacturing and trafficking of synthetic opioids.
Feb 7, 2022
Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking
Report
Recouping Separation Pay from U.S. Service Members and Veterans Who Later Receive Veterans Affairs Disability Compensation
The authors study how many service members and veterans experience recoupment -- or withholding -- of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs compensation due to receipt of military separation pay and how much more money they would receive but for recoupment.
Feb 7, 2022
Stephanie Rennane, Beth J. Asch, Michael G. Mattock, Hannah Acheson-Field
Report
Relative Contractor Risks: A Data-Analytic Approach to Early Identification
The authors prototyped a new way to apply data analysis on a variety of government and commercial data sources to assess the relative contractor performance risks in Air Force acquisition contracts and programs.
Feb 4, 2022
Philip S. Anton, William Shelton, James Ryseff, Stephen B. Joplin, Megan McKernan, Chad J. R. Ohlandt, Samantha Cohen
Journal Article
Worker and Employer Experiences with COVID-19 and the California Workers' Compensation System: A Review of the Literature
We conducted a literature review on worker and employer experiences surrounding COVID-19 and worker's compensation, adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.
Feb 4, 2022
Denise D. Quigley, Nabeel Qureshi, Grace Gahlon, Courtney A. Gidengil
Report
What Are the Skills Required to Obtain a Good Job? An Analysis of Labor Markets, Occupational Features, and Skill Training for the Youth ChalleNGe Program
The authors of this report identify a set of common skills among high-paying, growing occupations that do not require a bachelor's degree and describe how to incorporate such broader skills into the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program curriculum.
Feb 4, 2022
Kathryn A. Edwards, Melanie A. Zaber, Daniel Schwam
Journal Article
Adjusting for Patient Characteristics to Compare Quality of Care Provided by Serious Illness Programs
To ensure fair comparison of serious illness programs, quality measure scores should be case-mix adjusted for variables that influence patients' reports about care quality, but are not under the control of the program administering care.
Feb 4, 2022
Maria DeYoreo, Rebecca Anhang Price, Cheryl K. Montemayor, Anagha Alka Tolpadi, Melissa A. Bradley, Danielle Schlang, Joan M. Teno, Paul Cleary, Marc N. Elliott
Report
Assessing the impact of developments in genetic testing on insurers' risk exposure
Predictive genetic testing provides individuals with information about their future risk of developing health conditions. Determining whether a genetic test could affect the insurance industry is complex and needs to be evaluated on a per-test basis.
Feb 3, 2022
Daniela Rodriguez-Rincon, Sarah Parkinson, Lucy Hocking, Hamish Evans, Emma Hudson, Katherine I. Morley
Report
Earnings Losses and Benefit Adequacy in California's Workers' Compensation System: Estimates for 2005–2017 Injury Dates
This final report in a series is part of an effort to monitor wage losses of injured workers in the California workers' compensation system between 2013 and 2017. It updates estimates of trends in earnings losses reported in the interim reports.
Feb 3, 2022
Michael Dworsky, Stephanie Rennane, Nicholas Broten
Report
The Value of Education and Training After High School: How Postsecondary Credentials Impact Earnings
The author reviews the evidence on earnings gains associated with various types of postsecondary credentials, including college credit–bearing degrees, noncredit training and certificates, apprenticeships, and occupational credentials.
Feb 2, 2022
Lindsay Daugherty
Research Brief
UK Strategy for the High North: Navigating a changing environment out to 2050
This report offers a perspective on how the UK could maximise its influence in the High North through enhanced cooperation across government and within multilateral fora in order to tackle environmental and geopolitical changes in the region.
Feb 2, 2022
Nicolas Jouan, Theodora Ogden, James Black, Corine Wood-Donnelly, Stephen Coulson
Report
An Assessment of the U.S. and Chinese Industrial Bases in Quantum Technology
This report presents a flexible and repeatable set of metrics for assessing a nation's industrial base in quantum technology, and applies those metrics to the U.S. and Chinese quantum industrial bases.
Feb 2, 2022
Edward Parker, Daniel Gonzales, Ajay K. Kochhar, Sydney Litterer, Kathryn O'Connor, Jon Schmid, Keller Scholl, Richard Silberglitt, Joan Chang, Christopher A. Eusebi, Scott W. Harold
Journal Article
Study on the Proposal Evaluation System for the EU R&I Framework Programme: Final Report
Our study consisted of a comprehensive review of the proposal evaluation processes used in the eighth research & innovation framework programme of the European Union, Horizon 2020.
Feb 2, 2022
Daniela Rodriguez-Rincon, Carolina Feijao, Cagla Stevenson, Hamish Evans, Alexandra Sinclair, Simon Thomson, Susan Guthrie

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