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Do Graphic Health Warning Labels on Cigarette Packages Deter Purchases at Point-of-Sale? An Experiment With Adult Smokers

Graphic health warning labels reduced the chances of cigarette purchases for smokers lower in nicotine dependence but had no effect on smokers higher in dependence.

Apr 26, 2019

William G. Shadel, Steven Martino, Claude Messan Setodji, Michael Stephen Dunbar, Deborah M. Scharf, Kasey G. Creswell
Journal Article

Journal Article

GPs' and Practice Staff's Views of a Telephone First Approach to Demand Management: A Qualitative Study in Primary Care

A study to help understand the views of GPs and practice staff of the telephone first approach for demand management, and to identify enablers and barriers to the successful adoption of the approach.

Apr 25, 2019

Jennifer Newbould, Josephine Exley, Sarah Ball, Jennie Corbett, Emma Pitchforth, Martin Roland
Report

Report

Extending Russia: Competing from Advantageous Ground

As the U.S. National Defense Strategy recognizes the United States is currently locked in a great-power competition with Russia. This report analyzes how the United States can compete to its own advantage and capitalize on Russia's weaknesses.

Apr 24, 2019

James Dobbins, Raphael S. Cohen, Nathan Chandler, Bryan Frederick, Edward Geist, Paul DeLuca, Forrest E. Morgan, Howard J. Shatz, Brent Williams
Report

Report

An Analytic Inventory of DHS Headquarters Business Processes

This report provides an inventory of U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) analytic capabilities in the including current capabilities in use for decisionmaking, as DHS establishes an Analytic Agenda.

Apr 24, 2019

Jeffrey B. Wenger, R. Kekoa Koehler, Henry H. Willis
Journal Article

Journal Article

Pittsburgh Equity Indicators: A Baseline Measurement for Enhancing Equity in Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Equity Indicators assess annual progress toward equitable opportunities and outcomes for Pittsburghers of all races, genders, and incomes. The 2017 report summarizes baseline equality scores, which measure disparities in Pittsburgh.

Apr 24, 2019

Linnea Warren May, Serafina Lanna, Jordan R. Fischbach, Michelle Bongard, Shelly Culbertson, Rebecca Kiernan, Grant Ervin, Victoria Lawson, Elizabeth DeWolf, Jocelyn Drummond, Qian Zhang
Journal Article

Pittsburgh Equity Indicators: A Baseline Measurement for Enhancing Equity in Pittsburgh

The 2018 Pittsburgh Equity Indicators report in enables the comparison of two years of data to measure change in disparities. The report includes information on equality scores for 2017 and 2018, as well as "change scores" between years.

Apr 24, 2019

Linnea Warren May, Serafina Lanna, Jordan R. Fischbach, Michelle Bongard, Shelly Culbertson, Rebecca Kiernan, Ricardo Williams, Elizabeth DeWolf, Victoria Lawson, Julia Bowling
Research Brief

Overextending and Unbalancing Russia: Assessing the Impact of Cost-Imposing Options

This brief summarizes a report that comprehensively examines non-violent, cost-imposing options that could be pursued to overextend and unbalance the Russian regime.

Apr 24, 2019

James Dobbins, Raphael S. Cohen, Nathan Chandler, Bryan Frederick, Edward Geist, Paul DeLuca, Forrest E. Morgan, Howard J. Shatz, Brent Williams
Research Brief

Human Smuggling from Central America to the United States: What Is Known or Knowable About Smugglers' Operations and Revenues?

RAND researchers examined the structure, operations, and financing of actors that engage in human smuggling along routes from Central America to the United States and developed a preliminary estimate of revenues associated with human smuggling.

Apr 21, 2019

Victoria A. Greenfield, Blas Nunez-Neto, Ian Mitch, Joseph C. Chang, Etienne Rosas
Report

Report

Human Smuggling and Associated Revenues: What Do or Can We Know About Routes from Central America to the United States?

The authors examine the structure, operations, and financing of actors that engage in human smuggling along routes from Central America to the United States and develop a preliminary estimate of revenues associated with human smuggling.

Apr 21, 2019

Victoria A. Greenfield, Blas Nunez-Neto, Ian Mitch, Joseph C. Chang, Etienne Rosas
Report

Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration Program: Impacts on Health Care Utilization, Cost, and Quality

This report describes an extension of the RAND Corporation's evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration grants program.

Apr 19, 2019

Joshua Breslau, Mark J. Sorbero, Daniela Kusuke, Hao Yu, Deborah M. Scharf, Nicole Schmidt Hackbarth, Harold Alan Pincus
Journal Article

Journal Article

Estimates of Law Enforcement Costs by Crime Type for Benefit-Cost Analyses

This paper generates state-level, crime-specific, average variable cost estimates for crime-response services conducted by police by crime type.

Apr 19, 2019

Priscillia Hunt, Jessica Saunders, Beau Kilmer
Report

Prosecutor Priorities, Challenges, and Solutions

In March 2018, the Priority Criminal Justice Needs Initiative convened an expert panel to identify priority needs and solutions for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the prosecutorial component of the criminal justice system.

Apr 18, 2019

Daniel S. Lawrence, Camille Gourdet, Duren Banks, Michael G. Planty, Dulani Woods, Brian A. Jackson
Journal Article

Journal Article

Knowledge Development Report: Veterans' Employment and Training Services (VETS) Research Study Design

This report presents information needed to design an evaluation that can address questions specified in a Congressionally-mandated Department of Labor longitudinal study of job counseling, training, and placement service for veterans.

Apr 17, 2019

Jacob Alex Klerman, Andrew Clarkwest, Daniel Litwok, Zachary Epstein, Charles A. Goldman, William H., II Waggy, John W. Trutko
Journal Article

Journal Article

Evaluation Design Options Report: Veterans' Employment and Training Services (VETS) Research Study Design

This report presents multiple evaluation design options to address questions specified in specified in a Congressionally-mandated Department of Labor longitudinal study of job counseling, training, and placement service for veterans.

Apr 17, 2019

Jacob Alex Klerman, Andrew Clarkwest, Charles A. Goldman, John W. Trutko
Journal Article

Journal Article

Primary Care Spending in the Fee-for-Service Medicare Population

Primary care spending represents a small percentage -- less than 3% -- of total fee-for-service Medicare spending, though it varies substantially across populations and states.

Apr 17, 2019

Rachel O. Reid, Cheryl L. Damberg, Mark W. Friedberg
Report

Effects of the Blended Retirement System on United States Army Reserve Participation and Cost

Analysis of the new Blended Retirement System (BRS) finds that it can sustain U.S. Army Reserve participation relative to the legacy system. The analysis also predicts continuation-pay cost and the percentage of reservists opting in to the BRS.

Apr 15, 2019

Beth J. Asch, Michael G. Mattock, James Hosek
Dissertation

Dissertation

The Criminal Justice System and More Lenient Drug Policy: Three Case Studies on California's Changes to How Its Criminal Justice System Addresses Drug Use

Explores California's recent liberal policies, mostly associated to drug-related crimes, to provide implications for future policymaking.

Apr 15, 2019

Gabriel Weinberger
Report

Deterring Russian Aggression in the Baltic States Through Resilience and Resistance

The authors of this report examine how the unconventional defense strategies of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania can deter and counteract Russian hybrid and military attacks, and assesses the roles of enabling technologies and international support.

Apr 14, 2019

Stephen J. Flanagan, Jan Osburg, Anika Binnendijk, Marta Kepe, Andrew Radin
Report

Report

Types and Costs of Services for Dual Beneficiaries by Medicare Advantage Health Plans: An Environmental Scan

This report identifies the types of services that Medicare Advantage plans implement to meet the needs of dually enrolled and other high-cost, high-need beneficiaries and presents a typology of the services that plans implement.

Apr 12, 2019

Melony E. Sorbero, Susan L. Lovejoy, Ryan Kandrack, Erin Audrey Taylor, Kathryn E. Bouskill
Report

Report

Addressing Social Determinants of Health Needs of Dually Enrolled Beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage Plans: Findings from Interviews and Case Studies

How are the needs of dually enrolled beneficiaries in Medicare and Medicaid met? This report presents ways that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and Medicare-Medicaid plans can meet the needs of dually enrolled beneficiaries.

Apr 12, 2019

Melony E. Sorbero, Ashley M. Kranz, Kathryn E. Bouskill, Rachel Ross, Alina I. Palimaru, Amanda Meyer

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