Published Research

Journal Article

The Health Plan Environment in California Contributed to Differential Use of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Examining the patient and health plan differences in use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, this study highlights the role of health plan and provider differences in driving disparities in access to telehealth services.

Christopher M. Whaley, Yuki Ito, Jonathan Kolstad, David Cowling, Benjamin Handel

Report

Principal Perspectives on School Staffing Struggles: Findings from the 2022 Learn Together Survey

In this report, principals in a national survey point to a lack of substitute teachers and qualified applicants as barriers to sufficient classroom staffing coverage during the 2022 coronavirus disease 2019 omicron spike.

George Zuo, Alice Huguet, Elizabeth D. Steiner

Dissertation

Coherence to Choices: Informing Decisions on Public-Private Partnerships in the Space Sector

Presents a comprehensive set of research on the topic of space public-private partnerships to move forward from the rudimentary discourse to critical discussions and analytical investigations.

Moon Kim

Report

Decision Aid Framework Development to Inform the Application of Federal Assistance: Improving Sharing of Criminal History Record Information for Personnel Vetting

Researchers identified factors inhibiting the provision of information to the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency from law enforcement agencies and developed a framework to help assess which areas might benefit from federal assistance.

David Luckey, Bradley M. Knopp, Amanda Wicker, Diana Y. Myers, Will Shumate, Christopher Dictus, Brandon De Bruhl, David Stebbins

Report

The Trade-Offs of Ukraine's Recovery: Fighting for the Future

In making decisions about reconstruction, the Ukrainian people and their government will face trade-offs regarding timelines, prioritization of efforts, leadership, and funding.

Khrystyna Holynska, Jay Balagna, Krystyna Marcinek

Report

Gaining the Edge: Identifying and Leveraging Frameworks for Enabling Army Contributions to Competition

This report supports the U.S. Army's effort to rethink its roles and responsibilities to meet the demands of competition with near peers below the threshold of armed conflict.

Molly Dunigan, Michelle Grisé, Kimberly Jackson, John J. Drennan, Sandra Kay Evans, Ashley L. Rhoades, Eric Robinson, Meagan L. Smith, Jonathan Welch

Report

Terrorism Net Assessment

In this report, the authors offer a preliminary conception of how to determine the capabilities the United States needs to remain safe from international terrorism.

Terrence K. Kelly, David C. Gompert, Karen M. Sudkamp

Tool

Mass Atrocity Prevention Open Educational Resource (OER)

Understanding past mass violence events is key to preventing mass atrocities. This resource provides an overview of Holocaust education and atrocity prevention to help users consider their roles in social justice promotion and atrocity prevention.

Marcus Steiner, Eileen Angelini, Rhianna C. Rogers

Journal Article

Parental Perceptions Related to Co-Administration of Adolescent COVID-19 and Routine Vaccines

Our objective was to assess parental preferences to have their adolescents aged 12-17 years receive COVID-19 and other routine vaccines at the same time.

Courtney A. Gidengil, Andrew M. Parker, Amber M. Gedlinske, Natoshia M. Askelson, Christine A. Petersen, Megan Lindley, Kate R. Woodworth, Aaron M. Scherer

Journal Article

Consistency of UK Climate Risk Approaches with New ISO Guidelines

This study aimed to understand differences between climate risk approaches and identify possible improvements, to help climate risk practitioners determine appropriate approaches, and to support society in assessing its management of climate risk.

Pamina Smith, Joe Francombe, Robert J. Lempert, Daniel Gehrt

Journal Article

Buprenorphine Treatment Episodes During the First Year of COVID: A Retrospective Examination of Treatment Initiation and Retention

Buprenorphine treatment remained stable during the pandemic, however the flow of individuals receiving treatment changed significantly, indicating that policy efforts were successful in maintaining existing patients, but did not extend to new patients.

Bradley D. Stein, Rachel Landis, Yaou Flora Sheng, Brendan Saloner, Adam J Gordon, Mark J. Sorbero, Andrew W. Dick

Journal Article

Financial Impact of Telehealth: Rural Chief Financial Officer Perspectives

Understanding how CFOs think about the return on investment of telehealth can inform efforts to promote telehealth utilization in rural communities and to develop policy solutions to make telehealth more sustainable.

Lori Uscher-Pines, Jessica L. Sousa, Kori Zachrison, Lee H. Schwamm, Ateev Mehrotra

Report

Supporting the U.S. Space Force Single-Component Structure: Impediments for Members Transitioning Between Full-Time and Part-Time Participation

U.S. Space Force leadership envisions a service in which Guardians transition easily between full- and part-time service. Five impediments discussed in this report make it unnecessarily difficult to make these transitions between types of service.

Albert A. Robbert, Lawrence M. Hanser

Brochure

Addressing Challenges in Defense Acquisition: Insights from RAND Research

This portfolio of Project AIR FORCE research conducted for the Department of the Air Force and more broadly across RAND offers insights for overcoming acquisition challenges and improving agility within the Defense Acquisition System.

Testimony

Solving the Mental Health Crisis: Tackling Psychiatric Bed Shortages in California

Testimony presented before the California State Assembly Committee on Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services on May 1, 2023.

Nicole K. Eberhart

Report

How Can DoD Compare Damage Costs Against Resilience Investment Costs for Climate-Driven Natural Hazards? Overview of an Analytic Approach, Its Advantages, and Its Limitations

This report assesses methods to compare the damage costs from climate change-related extreme weather events against the costs of investing in U.S. Department of Defense installation resilience.

Anu Narayanan, Patrick Mills, Tobias Sytsma, Kelly Klima, Rahim Ali

Report

Demographic Diversity of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce in the U.S. Department of Defense: Analysis of Compensation and Employment Outcomes

The authors examine compensation differences for gender, racial, and ethnic groups in the Department of Defense civilian science, technology, engineering, and mathematics workforce and explore ways to address these differences.

Jessie Coe, Maria C. Lytell, Christina Panis, William Shelton

Report

The Resilience Assessment Framework: Assessing Commercial Contributions to U.S. Space Force Mission Resilience

This report describes the resilience assessment framework that RAND Project AIR FORCE developed to assess the potential impact of integrating select commercial space services on U.S. Space Force mission performance.

Osonde A. Osoba, George Nacouzi, Jeff Hagen, Jonathan Tran, Li Ang Zhang, Marissa Herron, Christopher Lynch, Mel Eisman, Charles Barton

Journal Article

The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and Implications for the Structure of Wages

We document variation in working conditions in the United States, present estimates of how workers value these conditions, and assess the impact of working conditions on estimates of wage inequality.

Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen, David Powell, Till von Wachter, Jeffrey B. Wenger

Journal Article

Vaccinations Against COVID-19 May Have Averted Up To 140,000 Deaths In The United States

As of May 9, 2021, reductions in COVID-19 deaths associated with vaccines had translated to value of statistical life benefit ranging between $625 billion and $1.4 trillion.

Sumedha Gupta, Jonathan H. Cantor, Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, Ana I. Bento, Coady Wing, Christopher M. Whaley