Published Research

Report

A History of the Strategic Implications of the Great Recession and Its Aftermath on U.S. National Defense

The authors discuss the Great Recession's reverberations, and especially the emergence of a focus on deficit reduction, on the Department of Defense as leaders worked to shift focus amid a dynamic threat environment and budgetary uncertainty.

Stephanie Young, Gian Gentile, Benjamin J. Sacks, Nathaniel Edenfield, Adam Givens

Report

Comparing Taliban Social Media Usage by Language: Who's Speaking and What's Being Said

Focusing on the economy, relationships with other militant groups and neighboring countries, and women's status in Afghan society, the authors examined whether Taliban social media messaging across various regional languages was similar or different.

Bradley M. Knopp, Jon Niewijk, Zohan Hasan Tariq, Elmo C., Jr. Wright

Journal Article

Health-led Trials: Evaluation Synthesis Report

This report summarises and synthesises the evidence from the Health-led Trials, a large scale trial of Individual Placement and Support for people with moderate to mild mental and physical health conditions in primary care.

Becci Newton, Rosie Gloster, Joanna Hofman

Journal Article

Changes in In-Person, Audio-Only, and Video Visits in California's Federally Qualified Health Centers, 2019-2022

The decline in audio-only visits from the early pandemic peak appears to coincide with the return of in-person visits rather than growth in video visits.

Lori Uscher-Pines, Colleen M. McCullough, Jessica L. Sousa, Sarita D. Lee, Allison J. Ober, Diana Camacho, Kandice A. Kapinos

Report

Great-Power Competition and Conflict in the 21st Century Outside the Indo-Pacific and Europe

This report explores where the United States, China, and Russia may be competing for influence in secondary theaters; where and why competition might turn to conflict; what form that conflict might take; and implications for the United States.

Raphael S. Cohen, Elina Treyger, Irina A. Chindea, Christian Curriden, Kristen Gunness, Khrystyna Holynska, Marta Kepe, Kurt Klein, Ashley L. Rhoades, Nathan Vest

Report

Clinical Outcome Assessments and Digital Health Technologies Supporting Clinical Trial Endpoints in Early Parkinson's Disease: Roundtable Proceedings and Roadmap for Research

This document summarizes the proceedings of an event held to discuss challenges in clinical outcome assessment development for treatments in early Parkinson's disease and to identify priorities for the field and opportunities for collaboration.

Claire E. O'Hanlon, Carrie M. Farmer, Jamie Ryan, Natalie Ernecoff

Journal Article

A Randomized Trial of Letters to Encourage Prescription Monitoring Program Use and Safe Opioid Prescribing

Researchers conducted a randomized trial to assess whether letters to clinicians increased use of the state prescription monitoring programs (PMP) and decreased risky coprescribing of opioids with benzodiazepines or gabapentinoids.

Adam Sacarny, Tatyana Avilova, David Powell, Ian Williamson, Weston Merrick, Mireille Jacobson

Journal Article

Association Between Hospital Adoption of an Emergency Department Treatment Pathway for Opioid Use Disorder and Patient Initiation of Buprenorphine After Discharge

Researchers evaluated the association between hospitals attesting to an emergency department buprenorphine treatment Opioid Hospital Quality Improvement Program (O-HQIP) pathway and patients' subsequent initiation of buprenorphine treatment.

Keisha T. Solomon, Jason O'Connor, Jason B. Gibbons, Austin S. Kilaru, Kenneth A. Feder, Lingshu Xue, Brendan Saloner, Elizabeth A. Stuart, Evan S. Cole, Eric Hulsey, Zachary Meisel, Esita Patel, Julie M. Donohue

Testimony

Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities for the Department of Defense

Testimony presented to the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, on April 19, 2023.

Jason Matheny

Report

Independent Review of the Homeland Security Grant Program Terrorism Risk Formula and Data

Researchers evaluated the Federal Emergency Management Agency's terrorism risk formula, which considers threat, vulnerability, and consequences of terrorist attacks for allocating resources to the Homeland Security Grant Program.

Ian Mitch, Lisa Saum-Manning, Jonathan Cham, Karishma R. Mehta, Kristin J. Leuschner, Henry H. Willis

Brochure

Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center: 2021–2022 Annual Report

The 2021–2022 annual report from the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center describes the center’s research programs, provides project highlights, previews work on the horizon, and lists publicly released publications.

Report

Network Logistics Games: Design and Implementation

This report details a logistics game design that is flexible enough to accommodate a variety of scenarios, objectives, and modifications.

Sydney Litterer, Jennifer Brookes, Stephen M. Worman, David A. Shlapak

Report

Imagining the Future of Professional Military Education in the United States: Results from a Virtual Workshop

Professional military education (PME) institutions prepare leaders for complex future conflicts. RAND researchers led a workshop to discuss PME program evolution. Participants generally agreed on goals but not on the means for attaining them.

Emily Ellinger, Marek N. Posard

Journal Article

From Least Cost to Least Risk: Producing Climate Change Mitigation Plans That Are Resilient to Multiple Risks

Using electricity system decarbonization as a focus area to highlight the different types of technological solutions, different risks that may be associated with them, and the approaches situated in a decision-making under deep uncertainty paradigm.

Ajay Gambhir, Robert J. Lempert

Journal Article

Trends in Geographic Proximity to Substance Use Disorder Treatment

This study aims to assess trends in the number and characteristics of substance use disorder treatment (SUDT) facilities within the county of residence of adults aged 50+ over time.

Kandice A. Kapinos, Maria DeYoreo, Tadeja Gracner, Bradley D. Stein, Jonathan H. Cantor

Research Brief

Getting Students to and Through Advanced Math: Which Students Have Access and How State and District Leaders Can Help Address Challenges

This research brief summarizes how students’ opportunities to prepare for and take advanced math courses in the United States differ by school context

Rebecca L. Wolfe, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Jonathan Schweig

Journal Article

Productivity Institute Programme: Evaluation Framework and Baseline Report

This report sets out the findings of the first phase of an evaluation of the 2019 Productivity Institute Programme, comprising The Productivity Institute, the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion and the thematic investments.

Susan Guthrie, Hamish Evans, Dominic Yiangou, Emmanuel Nielsen, Pamina Smith, Billy Bryan, Andrew Leicester, Federico Cilauro, Grace Plastow

Journal Article

Development of a Medicare Plan Dashboard to Promote Health Equity

The HESS dashboard is a potentially useful tool for presenting data on health equity to health plans.

Steven C. Martino, Megan Mathews, Megan K. Beckett, Denis Agniel, Katrin Hambarsoomian, Sarah Scholle, Sierra Collins, Denise D. Quigley, Biayna Teni Darabidian, Marc N. Elliott

Report

Teachers' Preparation Experiences from Coursework to the Classroom: Findings from the 2022 Learn Together Survey

Using nationally representative response data from the 2022 Learn Together Survey, the authors examine teachers' experiences entering, completing, and transitioning from teacher preparation programs and discuss implications and recommendations.

Sy Doan, Lisa Berdie