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Development of a Knowledge Readiness Level Framework for Medical Research

A new framework for assessing the maturity of knowledge products (outputs from health science research) assigns each product to a knowledge readiness level, to help the U.S. Army make better decisions about its health science research portfolio.

Apr 4, 2019

Charles C. Engel, Richard Silberglitt, Brian G. Chow, Molly Morgan Jones, Jonathan Grant
Journal Article

The Affordable Care Act in The Heart of the Opioid Crisis: Evidence from West Virginia

The growing use of medication treatment for opioid use disorder in the West Virginia Medicaid expansion population provides an opportunity to reduce overdose deaths.

Apr 4, 2019

Brendan Saloner, Rachel Landis, Bradley D. Stein, Colleen L. Barry
Journal Article

Journal Article

California's Behavioral Health Services Workforce Is Inadequate for Older Adults

This policy brief draws on recent study findings, state planning documents, and a review of the literature to describe gaps and deficiencies in the behavioral health workforce that serves older adults in California.

Apr 3, 2019

Janet C. Frank, Kathryn G. Kietzman, Alina I. Palimaru
Journal Article

Journal Article

Mental Health Services for Older Adults: Creating a System That Tells the Story

This policy brief promotes recommendations for specific age-relevant indicator utilization and for an expanded system of uniform and transparent data for all types of MHSA-funded programs.

Apr 3, 2019

Janet C. Frank, Alixe McNeill, Nancy Wilson, Danielle Dupuy, JoAnn Damon-Rodriguez, Alina I. Palimaru, Kathryn G. Kietzman
Journal Article

Journal Article

Associations of Health-Related Quality of Life with Overall Quality of Life in the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Project

The study provides further evidence about the empirical overlap between EWB and HRQOL. EWB researchers need to explicitly incorporate HRQOL measures and vice versa in their research.

Apr 3, 2019

Alina I. Palimaru, Ron D. Hays
Journal Article

Does Helping John Help Sue? Evidence of Spillovers in Education

This paper studies the indirect effect of teachers on their students' future peers and shows that these spillover effects are a large fraction of teachers total value.

Apr 3, 2019

Isaac M. Opper
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Managing the Seriously Mentally Ill in Corrections

This report presents the challenges and needs associated with how individuals with serious mental illness become justice-involved and how to achieve better outcomes before and after these individuals come under correctional control.

Apr 2, 2019

John S. Shaffer, Joe Russo, Dulani Woods, Brian A. Jackson
Journal Article

Journal Article

A Comparison of Perceptions of Quality of Life Among Adults with Spinal Cord Injury in the United States Versus the United Kingdom

This article identifies which aspects of life are most important to adults with spinal cord injury (SCI) and compares perspectives in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Apr 2, 2019

Alina I. Palimaru, William Cunningham, Marcus Dillistone, Arturo Vargas Bustamante, Honghu H. Liu, Ron D. Hays
Journal Article

Journal Article

Preferences of Adults with Spinal Cord Injury for Widely Used Health-Related Quality of Life and Subjective Well-Being Measures

This article describes preferences for survey instruments on health-related quality of life and subjective well-being among adults with spinal cord injury, and compares perspectives on the instruments between the United States and the United Kingdom.

Apr 2, 2019

Alina I. Palimaru, William Cunningham, Marcus Dillistone, Arturo Vargas Bustamante, Honghu H. Liu, Ron D. Hays
Journal Article

Journal Article

Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a Fatigability Index for Full-Time Wheelchair Users with Spinal Cord Injury

This article discusses the development and psychometric evaluation of a self-reported instrument assessing physical fatigability and mental fatigability in adults with spinal cord injury.

Apr 2, 2019

Alina I. Palimaru, William Cunningham, Marcus Dillistone, Arturo Vargas Bustamante, Honghu H. Liu, Ron D. Hays
Journal Article

Journal Article

What Words Convey: The Potential for Patient Narratives to Inform Quality Improvement

This article explores the potential of systematically elicited narratives about experiences with outpatient care to enrich quality improvement.

Apr 2, 2019

Rachel Grob, Mark Schlesinger, Lacey Rose Barre, Naomi S. Bardach, Tara Lagu, Dale Shaller, Andrew M. Parker, Steven Martino, Melissa L. Finucane, Jennifer L. Cerully, Alina I. Palimaru
Journal Article

Journal Article

Patient and Caregiver Goals for Dementia Care

To elicit patient-centered goals for dementia care, this qualitative study relies on focus groups of people with early-stage dementia and dementia caregivers.

Apr 2, 2019

Lee A. Jennings, Alina I. Palimaru, Maria G. Corona, Xavier E. Cagigas, Karina D. Ramirez, Tracy Zhao, Ron D. Hays, Neil S. Wenger, David Reuben
Report

Characteristics of Successful U.S. Military Interventions

Using an original data set of 145 ground, air, and naval interventions from 1898 through 2016, this report identifies those factors that have made U.S. military interventions more or less successful at achieving their political objectives.

Apr 1, 2019

Jennifer Kavanagh, Bryan Frederick, Alexandra Stark, Nathan Chandler, Meagan L. Smith, Matthew Povlock, Lynn E. Davis, Edward Geist
Research Brief

Why Do Women Leave the Coast Guard, and What Can Be Done to Encourage Them to Stay?

For active-duty women, many complex factors influence the decision to stay in or separate from the Coast Guard. This brief summarizes research on these factors and makes recommendations for improving female retention in the Coast Guard.

Mar 29, 2019

Kimberly Curry Hall, Kirsten M. Keller, David Schulker, Sarah Weilant, Katherine L. Kidder, Nelson Lim
Report

Report

Improving Gender Diversity in the U.S. Coast Guard: Identifying Barriers to Female Retention

This report documents the results of a study designed to help identify the root causes of female attrition in the active-duty Coast Guard and develop recommendations to help mitigate identified barriers to Coast Guard female retention.

Mar 29, 2019

Kimberly Curry Hall, Kirsten M. Keller, David Schulker, Sarah Weilant, Katherine L. Kidder, Nelson Lim
Report

Updating the Costs of Compliance for California's Hospital Seismic Safety Standards

California Senate Bill 1953 requires structural and nonstructural upgrades to hospital buildings to enhance resilience to seismic events. This report estimates the costs to hospitals of compliance, with a focus on the 2030 deadline.

Mar 28, 2019

Benjamin Lee Preston, Tom LaTourrette, James R. Broyles, R. J. Briggs, David Catt, Christopher Nelson, Jeanne S. Ringel, Daniel A. Waxman
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Preparing New York City High School Students for the Workforce: Evaluation of the Scholars at Work Program

This report evaluates the Scholars at Work program, which connects students in Career and Technical Education courses at New York City high schools with local employers to improve the career chances of the students and meet the needs of employers.

Mar 28, 2019

Robert Bozick, Gabriella C. Gonzalez, Serafina Lanna, Monica Mean
Journal Article

Bezos World or Levelers: Can We Choose Our Scenario?

This essay explores how AI might be used to enable fundamentally different future worlds and how one such future might be enabled by AI algorithms with different goals and functions than those most common today.

Mar 28, 2019

Robert J. Lempert
Report

The Relative Cost-Effectiveness of Retaining Versus Accessing Air Force Pilots

Are special and incentive pays to retain current U.S. Air Force pilot officers more efficient for sustaining the size of the pilot force than accessing new pilots? If so, how much do those pays need to be?

Mar 27, 2019

Michael G. Mattock, Beth J. Asch, James Hosek, Michael Boito
Report

Terrorist Use of Cryptocurrencies: Technical and Organizational Barriers and Future Threats

Terrorist organizations might increase use of digital cryptocurrencies to support their activities. RAND researchers consider the needs of such groups and the advantages and disadvantages of the cryptocurrency technologies available to them.

Mar 27, 2019

Cynthia Dion-Schwarz, David Manheim, Patrick B. Johnston

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