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Buprenorphine Treatment Episode Duration, Dosage, and Concurrent Prescribing of Benzodiazepines and Opioid Analgesics: The Effects of Medicaid Prior Authorization Policies
Researchers used Medicaid claims during the period 2006–2013 to investigate the relationship between buprenorphine prior authorization requirements and changes in treatment in the years following policy implementation.
Dec 8, 2022
Rachel Landis, Isaac M. Opper, Brendan Saloner, Adam J Gordon, Douglas L. Leslie, Mark J. Sorbero, Bradley D. Stein
Journal Article
Trends in the Concurrent Prescription of Opioids and Gabapentin in the US, 2006 to 2018
Researchers examined 2006 to 2018 US national deidentified pharmacy claims data and analyzed trends in concurrent gabapentin and opioid prescribing, overall and by prescriber, patient, and county characteristics.
Dec 8, 2022
Evan D. Peet, Beth Mohr Dana, Yaou Flora Sheng, David Powell, Kanaka Shetty, Bradley D. Stein
Journal Article
Discontinuation of Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic: A Multilevel Framework
Researchers examined IQVIA Longitudinal Prescription Claims data and assessed predictors of buprenorphine discontinuation in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic (April–July 2020) compared with a pre-pandemic period (April–July 2019).
Dec 8, 2022
Brendan Saloner, Hsien-Yen Chang, G. Caleb Alexander, Bradley D. Stein
Report
Accounting for Black-White Wealth Differences: A Stylized Model of Wealth Accumulation
This report presents a stylized model of wealth accumulation that accounts for patterns in income and wealth shown in prior research to illustrate how various factors contribute to Black-white wealth differences.
Dec 7, 2022
Kathryn A. Edwards
Report
Overcoming Compound Racial Inequity: Policies and Costs for Closing the Black-White Wealth Gap
The wealth gap between Black and white Americans is the result of inequities compounded over time. Using Survey of Consumer Finances data, the authors analyze the wealth gap and the potential impacts of disparity-reducing wealth-allocation policies.
Dec 7, 2022
Jonathan W. Welburn, Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Krishna B. Kumar, Osonde A. Osoba, Jonathan Lamb
Report
Examining the Loss of Wealth and Downward Mobility of African Americans: A Review of Challenges for the Black Middle Class
The position of middle-class African Americans remains precarious despite post-Civil Rights era gains. In this report, the author reviews research on the factors that may contribute to the downward mobility rates of middle-class African Americans.
Dec 7, 2022
Jessica Welburn Paige
Report
Expanding Japan-Europe Defense Cooperation: Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance: Summary of a November 2021 Conference
The authors assess the implications of growing defense ties, military activities and engagements, security agreements, and potential future developments between European actors and Japan and consider how these growing ties align with U.S. interests.
Dec 7, 2022
Scott W. Harold, Mathieu Duchâtel, Jeffrey W. Hornung, Veerle Nouwens, Alexandra Sakaki, Michito Tsuruoka
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The Future of Space Cooperation Between the U.S. and Japan
Over two days in March 2022, experts from the United States and Japan presented their vision for the future of space science and exploration, cooperation between the U.S. and Japan, and the future space economy.
Dec 7, 2022
David Kipping, Christian Johnson, Sho Nakanose, Pete Worden, Ishii Yasuo, Bonnie L. Triezenberg, Chad J. R. Ohlandt, Ron Lopez, Isaac Arthur, Scott W. Harold
Journal Article
Summary of the 2020 AHRQ Research Meeting on 'Advancing Methods of Implementing and Evaluating Patient Experience Improvement Using Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Surveys'
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality held a research meeting on using Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) data for quality improvement (QI) and evaluating such efforts. This article summarizes the meeting.
Dec 7, 2022
Denise D. Quigley, Nabeel Qureshi, Lise Rybowski, Dale Shaller, Susan Edgman-Levitan, Paul Cleary, Caren Ginsberg, Ron D. Hays
Journal Article
Shadow Coaching Improves Patient Experience With Care, But Gains Erode Later
We examined whether shadow coaching improves patient experience across 44 primary care practices in a large urban Federally Qualified Health Center.
Dec 7, 2022
Denise D. Quigley, Marc N. Elliott, Mary Ellen Slaughter, Q. Burkhart, Alex Y. Chen, Efrain Talamantes, Ron D. Hays
Journal Article
Reasons Primary Care Practices Chose Patient Experience Surveys During Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation
In 2008–2017, 15–18% of U.S. primary care practices sought or maintained patient-centered medical home recognition. We interviewed a sample of 105 of these practices to determine why patient experience surveys were chosen.
Dec 7, 2022
Denise D. Quigley, Nabeel Qureshi, Ron D. Hays
Journal Article
'Security Is a Prerequisite for Development': Consensus-Building Toward a New Top Priority in the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese Communist Party leaders conducted an internal debate over whether economic development should remain the Party's top priority. As of 2020, the Party embraced a new guiding principle elevating security interests alongside economic growth.
Dec 7, 2022
Howard Wang
Journal Article
The Key Role of Schools in Youth Suicide Prevention
This commentary presents the evidence for why schools are critical to youth suicide prevention efforts.
Dec 7, 2022
Lynsay Ayer, Lisa Colpe
Journal Article
Use and Impact of New Technologies for Evidence Synthesis: Literature Review and Qualitative Data Collection
This report studies the implementation and impact of new technologies to support the development of evidence syntheses.
Dec 6, 2022
Lucy Hocking, Sarah Parkinson, Avery Adams, Emmanuel Nielsen, Cecilia Ang, Helena de Carvalho Gomes
Journal Article
Misinformation, Anticipated Regret, and Vaccine-Related Behaviors
A national survey ( N = 1025) conducted in August 2021 reveals that Americans' belief in misinformation about COVID-19 was negatively associated with vaccine acceptance.
Dec 6, 2022
Jody Chin Sing Wong, Janet Z. Yang
Report
An Enterprise Cost-Effectiveness Approach to Decisionmaking: Improving Analytic Support to Senior Defense Leaders
The authors propose analytic and programmatic frameworks to explore potential cost-per-effect measures, assess those measures with an enterprise cost-effectiveness approach, and chart a roadmap to add a joint focus in future Air Force decisionmaking.
Dec 5, 2022
Christopher A. Mouton, Elizabeth M. Bartels, Aaron B. Frank, John P. Godges, Adam R. Grissom
Report
Spending Trajectories After Age 65: Variation by Initial Wealth
This report presents estimates of household spending trajectories from age 65 through the retirement years and how the trajectories vary by initial wealth position. The results help to anticipate and plan for household spending needs at older ages.
Dec 5, 2022
Michael D. Hurd, Susann Rohwedder
Journal Article
Associations of Pediatric Nurse Burnout with Involvement in Quality Improvement
We examined the associations of inpatient pediatric nurse burnout with their perspectives on the importance of quality at the hospital, patient experience measurement, quality improvement, unit culture, and staffing.
Dec 2, 2022
Denise D. Quigley, Mary Ellen Slaughter, Nabeel Qureshi, Courtney A. Gidengil, Ron D. Hays
Journal Article
Documenting the Modeling Process with a Standardized Data Structure Described and Implemented in DynamicVu
This article proposes a data structure and its methods for documenting the process of building a simulation model.
Dec 1, 2022
Warren W. Farr, Samuel D. Allen, Andrada Tomoaia-Cotisel, Peter S. Hovmand
Journal Article
Rigorously Interpreted Quotation Analysis for Evaluating Causal Loop Diagrams in Late-Stage Conceptualization
This article describes a formal method for evaluating a causal loop diagram (CLD) in late-stage conceptualization—referred to as rigorously interpreted quotation analysis—and illustrates its application in a case study.
Dec 1, 2022
Andrada Tomoaia-Cotisel, Samuel D. Allen, Hyunjung Kim, David Andersen, Zaid Chalabi

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