Published Research

Journal Article

Part D Senior Savings Model: Model Reach and Scope

This report describes the reach and scope of Medicare's Part D Senior Savings model, which has lower, fixed cost sharing for a specified set of model drugs.

Erin Audrey Taylor, Dmitry Khodyakov, Christine Buttorff, Stacie B. Dusetzina, Preethi Rao, Zachary Predmore, Matthew Cefalu, Catherine E. Cooke, Asa Wilks, Shiyuan Zhang, Sarah Dalton, Monique Martineau

Research Brief

Infection Control in Long-Term Care: Decisionmaking Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted a need to transform the decisionmaking culture in long-term care to make it more inclusive of residents, staff, and others who are affected by infection-control policies in these facilities.

Lori Frank, Thomas W. Concannon, Jordan M. Harrison, Sarah Zelazny

Dissertation

Thinking About the Unthinkable: Examining North Korea's Military Threat to China

Examines North Korea's military threat to China.

Diana Y. Myers

Journal Article

Policymaking to Support Resilience in Democratic Countries: An Examination of Sweden, Israel, and Australia

This article identifies measures that contribute to resilience in democracies. Policymakers in democratic countries should anticipate emerging trends and threats to enhance their resilience in a complex and dangerous security environment.

Livia Dewaele, Rebecca Lucas

Journal Article

Poor Self-rated Mental Health and Medicare Beneficiaries' Routine Care-Seeking

This cross-sectional study assessed the relationship between self-rated mental health (SRMH) and infrequent routine care among Medicare beneficiaries and investigated the roles of managed care and having a personal doctor.

Steven C. Martino, Ron D. Hays, Katrin Hambarsoomian, Amelia Haviland, Robert Weech-Maldonado, Joshua Breslau, Nathan Orr, Sarah J. Gaillot, Marc N. Elliott

Report

China's Role in the Global Development of Critical Resources: Case Studies in Coal Power, Electricity Transmission, and Seabed Mining

China's foreign investment and financing activities over the past two decades have garnered substantial attention and raised concerns. This report explores Chinese investment and financing activities in energy infrastructure and critical minerals.

Tom LaTourrette, Todd C. Helmus, Irina A. Chindea

Report

State Firearm Laws After Bruen

The Supreme Court's decision in Bruen is a major change to Second Amendment jurisprudence and could lead to significant changes in the U.S. firearm regulations. The authors describe how state regulations will now be evaluated by lower courts.

Darrell A. H. Miller, Andrew R. Morral, Rosanna Smart

Journal Article

Shared Cultural Ancestry Predicts the Global Diffusion of Democracy

Countries with shared linguistic and religious ancestry have similar democracy outcomes.

Thanos Kyritsis, Luke J. Matthews, David Welch, Quentin D. Atkinson

Journal Article

Food Insecurity, Sleep, and Cardiometabolic Risks in Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youth

Food insecurity contributes to racial/ethnic disparities in health. This is the first study to examine associations among food insecurity, sleep, and cardiometabolic outcomes in urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth.

Lu Dong, Elizabeth J. D'Amico, Daniel Dickerson, Ryan Andrew Brown, Alina I. Palimaru, Carrie L. Johnson, Wendy M. Troxel

Report

Improving the Technical Requirements Development Process for Weapon Systems: A Systems-Based Approach for Managers

Oversights during development of technical requirements for new weapon systems can result in cost or schedule overruns or unsuitable operational performance. This report describes a systems-based approach to help improve this process.

Lauren A. Mayer, William Shelton, Christian Johnson, Daniel Adducchio, Raza Khan, Suzanne Genc, Danielle C. Tarraf, Nahom M. Beyene

Report

Learn Together Surveys: 2022 Technical Documentation and Survey Results

This report provides information about the sample, survey instrument, and resultant data for the 2022 Learn Together Surveys that were administered to K-12 principals and teachers in March 2022 via the RAND Corporation's American Educator Panels.

Sy Doan, George Zuo, Elizabeth D. Steiner, David Grant

Journal Article

A Systematic Review of Strategies to Enhance Response Rates and Representativeness of Patient Experience Surveys

The objective of this paper is to review evidence on survey administration strategies to improve response rates and representativeness of patient surveys.

Rebecca Anhang Price, Denise D. Quigley, J. Lee Hargraves, Joann S. Sorra, Alejandro Uriel Becerra-Ornelas, Ron D. Hays, Paul Cleary, Kristin A. Brown, Marc N. Elliott

Journal Article

Humanitarian Policymaking as Networked Governance: Social Network Analysis of the Global Compact on Refugees

This article uses social network analysis to understand policymaking from a networked governance perspective. We examine one of the most significant refugee policy processes, the efforts to formulate and adopt the Global Compact on Refugees.

Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Jay Balagna, Cyd Stacy Nam, Maya Casagrande, Olivia Wilkinson

Tool

Climate Hazard and Mitigation Planning (CHaMP) Tool: Background and Guidance for Users

The Climate Hazard and Mitigation Planning online tool is an interactive website designed to provide users with a single point of access to county-, state- and region-specific historical climate and hazard data and projected climate information.

Krista Romita Grocholski, Arthur T. DeGaetano, Benjamin Eck, Debra Knopman, Kirstin Dow, Lena Easton-Calabria, Amanda Farris, Jory Fleming, Omar Gates, Jenna Jorns, Michelle E. Miro

Report

A Scoping Review of Guidelines and Quality Measures to Screen for Social and Caregiver Support and Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care

The authors conduct a review to identify measures, guidelines, and tools that (1) assess social support, the need for caregiver support, and the need for referral to social services and (2) screen for cognitive impairment among high-risk patients.

Sydne J. Newberry, Aneesa Motala, Lisa V. Rubenstein, Paul G. Shekelle, Jody Larkin

Report

Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Outbreak: Preventing and Managing Future Pandemics

This collection of essays describes missteps made and lessons of critical importance learned during the global and U.S. response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, with the goal of improving preparedness and preventing future pandemics.

John V. Parachini, Jennifer Bouey, Daniel M. Gerstein, Alison K. Hottes, Bradley Martin, Trupti Brahmbhatt, Katherine Grace Carman, Anita Chandra, K. Jack Riley, Barbara Bicksler

Report

Societal Impact of Research Funding for Women's Health in Lung Cancer

The authors find that small investments are likely to yield large gains from increasing research funding in lung cancer; investing in women's health research yields benefits above investing in general research.

Matthew D. Baird, Annie Chen, Andrew W. Dick, Chloe E. Bird, Melanie A. Zaber, Molly Waymouth, Grace Gahlon, Denise D. Quigley, Hamad Al-Ibrahim, Lori Frank

Dissertation

Facing the Ravenous Sea Dragon: How Weaker Nations Confront Chinese Coercion in the South China Sea

Explores the policies of weaker nations to counter Chinese coercion in the South China Sea disputes.

Dung Huynh

Periodical

RAND Review: November-December 2022

Features explore an innovative fellowship for military veterans, spouses, and caregivers; how veterans fare in the civilian labor market after leaving the military; and the impact of racism on patient safety in health care settings.

Report

Peer-to-Peer Support Interventions for Health Care Providers: A Series of Literature Reviews

This report presents a series of literature reviews focused on the evidence for peer-to-peer interventions for health care providers receiving emotional support from colleagues.

Carolyn J. Crandall, Marjorie Danz, Dung Huynh, Sangita M. Baxi, Lisa V. Rubenstein, Gina Thompson, Hamad Al-Ibrahim, Jody Larkin, Aneesa Motala, Goke Akinniranye, Susanne Hempel