Published Research

Journal Article

Concurrent Hospice and Dialysis Care: Considerations for Implementation

We developed a conceptual model for concurrent hospice and dialysis care and a corresponding resource list.

Natalie Ernecoff, Mayumi T. Robinson, Erica M. Motter, Alexandra E. Bursic, Keith Lagnese, Robert Taylor, Dale E. Lupu, Jane O. Schell

Journal Article

Do Hospital Characteristics Predict Racial-and-Ethnic Disparities in Patient Experience? National Results from the HCAHPS Survey

Large, for-profit hospitals and hospitals serving higher proportions of Black and Hispanic patients tend to be lower performing overall but have smaller disparities in patient experience.

Megan K. Beckett, Marc N. Elliott, Katrin Hambarsoomian, Loida Tamayo, William Lehrman, Denis Agniel, Meagan Khau, Elizabeth Goldstein, Laura Giordano, Judy H. Ng, Steven C. Martino

Commentary

Improving Behavioral Health Care in the Military Health System: Challenges, Promising Strategies, and Research Directions

The authors highlight opportunities for the Military Health System to improve the quality, access, and equity of behavioral health care for service members.

Kimberly A. Hepner, Carol P. Roth, Nabeel Qureshi, Jessica L. Sousa

Brochure

RAND Research on Harmful Interpersonal Behaviors

The U.S. Department of the Air Force seeks to prevent harmful interpersonal behaviors among airmen and guardians and keep victims of these behaviors safe. This document provides an overview of selected work that RAND has conducted in this area.

Report

An Assessment of U.S.-Allied Nations' Industrial Bases in Quantum Technology

The authors assess the quantum industrial bases of several U.S.-allied nations that are major players in the development of quantum technology, beginning with a global look and then focusing on Australia, the UK, Germany, and Japan.

Edward Parker, Richard Silberglitt, Daniel Gonzales, Natalia Henriquez Sanchez, Justin W. Lee, Lindsay Rand, Jon Schmid, Peter Dortmans, Christopher A. Eusebi

Report

Data collection and sharing for pathogen surveillance: Making sense of a fragmented global system

Study providing an overview of the pathogen surveillance space, involved stakeholders, strengths and weaknesses of initiatives, challenges of pathogen surveillance, and how data has been used to inform public health decision making.

Sarah Parkinson, Jessica Dawney, Avery Adams, Ben Senator

Report

Logistics and Sustainment in the Russian Armed Forces

In this report, the author presents a brief overview of Russia’s material logistics and sustainment system and its problems prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and presents insights from the first three months of war.

Marta Kepe

Journal Article

Trends in Personal and Family Member Opioid Prescriptions Prior to a Diagnosis of an Opioid-Related Problem Among Adolescents and Young Adults

This study examined the proportion of adolescents and young adults who had an opioid-related problem and who also had a personal opioid prescription drug claim or had a family member with an opioid prescription drug claim prior to the diagnosis.

Austin C. Cohrs, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Andrew W. Dick, Bradley D. Stein, Benjamin Druss, Douglas L. Leslie

Research Brief

Recommendations for Strengthening the Health Care Workforce in the Commonwealth of Virginia

This brief describes potential interventions to boost recruitment and retention in Virginia’s health care workforce and increase its structural efficiency.

Megan Andrew, Brian Briscombe, Raffaele Vardavas, Nazia Wolters, Nabeel Qureshi, Wilson Nham, Mahshid Abir

Report

Improving Instructor Hiring and Development at the Emergency Management Institute

The Emergency Management Institute is revising how it secures qualified, effective instructors. Researchers analyzed how instructors are hired and developed, pinpointed strengths and challenges, and identified best practices.

Patrick S. Roberts, Rebecca Herman, Samantha Ryan

Report

Identifying Strategies for Strengthening the Health Care Workforce in the Commonwealth of Virginia

The authors of this report assess shortages in Virginia's health care workforce and identify potential interventions to address them.

Megan Andrew, Brian Briscombe, Raffaele Vardavas, Nazia Wolters, Nabeel Qureshi, Wilson Nham, Mahshid Abir

Commentary

Select Space Concepts for the New Space Era

In this Perspective, space researchers at the RAND Corporation identify space sustainability, security, and governance concepts that they believe are worthy of future research.

Bruce McClintock, Dan McCormick, Katie Feistel, Ajay K. Kochhar, Mary Lee, Douglas C. Ligor, Jan Osburg, Henri van Soest, Emmi Yonekura

Research Brief

Impact of Eligibility Requirements and Propensity to Serve on Demographic Representation in the Department of the Air Force

This brief summarizes RAND Project AIR FORCE research on a process that provides relevant benchmarks for assessing Department of the Air Force demographics and that accurately reflects important gender and racial and ethnic differences.

Tiffany Berglund, Louis T. Mariano, Christopher E. Maerzluft

Report

Quantifying Vulnerability Lifespans for U.S. Marine Corps Joint Cyber Weapons

The authors generated novel vulnerability life span and software update cadence datasets. Datasets were used to quantify cost and operational time uncertainties, and estimate life-cycle costs of the U.S. Marine Corps Joint Cyber Weapons program.

Devin Tierney, Bradley Wilson, Hansell Perez, Augustine Bravo, Megan McKernan, Thomas Goughnour

Testimony

Enhancing U.S. Coast Guard Interdiction: Information-Sharing, Technology, and Interagency and International Cooperation and Collaboration

Testimony presented before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation on November 14, 2023.

Aaron C. Davenport

Brochure

RAND Research on Military Recruiting

The Department of the Air Force seeks more diversity and technical knowledge in its recruits and the pool of eligible candidates who have a desire to serve is shrinking. This document provides an overview of work that RAND has conducted in this area.

Journal Article

The Association of the Medicaid 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waivers with Emergency Department Utilization Among Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Using 2008-2013 Medicaid files, this retrospective cohort study was to evaluate the effect of Medicaid home and community-based services waiver programs on emergency department utilizations among youth with autism spectrum disorder.

Guodong Liu, Diana L. Velott, Lan Kong, Andrew W. Dick, David Mandell, Bradley D. Stein, Michael J. Murray, Djibril M. Ba, Zuleyha Cidav, Douglas L. Leslie

Journal Article

Effect of a Peer Comparison and Educational Intervention on Medical Test Conversation Quality: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Results of this initial trial suggest that future interventions to improve medical test conversations and reduce test overuse might focus on easing physician adoption barriers and leveraging patient-clinician relationships.

Ishani Ganguli, Kathleen L Mulligan, Emma D. Chant, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Leigh Simmons, Karen Sepucha, Robert S. Rudin

Journal Article

Overcoming the Challenges of Using Automated Technologies for Public Health Evidence Synthesis

This study outlines the challenges associated with the adoption of automated technologies to conduct evidence reviews within the public health sector, and the potential solutions and actions that can be taken to mitigate these.

Lucy Hocking, Sarah Parkinson, Avery Adams, Emmanuel Nielsen, Cecilia Ang, Helena de Carvalho Gomes