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Medical professionals include doctors, nurses, hospice workers, emergency medical technicians, and other trained caregivers. RAND research has analyzed retention and job satisfaction among medical professionals, examined civilian and military health care education and training, and explored the impact of the many policies that affect physicians' and nurses' duties and performance.

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Most Prescriptions for Opioid Addiction Medication Buprenorphine Are Written by a Small Number of Providers

Jun 1, 2021

Half of all patient-months of buprenorphine treatment during 2016 and 2017 were prescribed by just 4.9% of the physicians and other providers who prescribed the drug during the period.
Commentary

Who Can Effectively Champion the Vax?

Apr 9, 2021

Vaccine hesitancy appears to be one more hurdle in ending the COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC would typically lead a campaign to overcome it, but Americans' trust in the CDC has declined measurably. Health care professionals may be more effective messengers when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines.

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Journal Article

Enhancing Early Engagement (E3) in Mental Health Services Training for Children's Advocacy Center's Victim Advocates: Feasibility Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

This feasibility study protocol describes our plans to develop, implement, and evaluate web-based and consultative training for Children's Advocacy Center Victim Advocates to enhance early engagement in evidence-based youth mental health services.

Jan 7, 2022
News Release

Opioid Prescribing Declines, but Cuts Are Not Uniform Across Locations, Age Groups, or Type of Prescriber

The volume of prescription opioids dispensed from retail pharmacies declined by 21 percent from 2008 to 2018, but the decline was not uniform across geographic areas, among types of patients, or by type of prescriber.

Dec 27, 2021
Blog

Gender Pay Gap Among Doctors, America's Labor Shortage, 'Hacking Equity': RAND Weekly Recap

This weekly recap focuses on the pay gap between female and male doctors, understanding America’s weird job market, social and emotional learning, and more.

Dec 17, 2021
Journal Article

Female Physicians Earn $2 Million Less Than Male Physicians Over Their Careers

RAND researchers used data from 80,342 full-time U.S. physicians to estimate career differences in income between men and women. They found that, over a simulated 40-year career, female physicians earned about $2 million less than male physicians.

Dec 10, 2021
Journal Article

Physician Compensation In Physician-Owned And Hospital-Owned Practices

Vertical integration of physician practices with hospitals or health systems was associated with lower income for nonsurgical specialists, no difference in income for primary care physicians, and slightly higher income for surgical specialists.

Dec 10, 2021
Journal Article

Working Hard or Hardly Working: Health Worker Effort and Health Outcomes

Effort by health workers in developing countries has been the subject of recent attention, but the implications for health outcomes have remained a matter of conjecture. This paper provides new evidence about the returns to health worker effort.

Nov 10, 2021
Report

Using Claims-Based Estimates of Post-Operative Visits to Revalue Procedures with 10- and 90-Day Global Periods: Updated Results Using Calendar Year 2019 Data

This report describes how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services could use claims-based data on post-operative visits to adjust the valuations of surgical procedures with 10- and 90-day global periods.

Sep 14, 2021
Report

Claims-Based Reporting of Post-Operative Visits for Procedures with 10- or 90-Day Global Periods: Updated Results Using Calendar Year 2018 Data

The authors of this report summarize patterns of post-operative visits for surgical procedures furnished in 2018 and paid for by Medicare. This report follows an earlier report that summarized these patterns from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018.

Sep 14, 2021
Report

Claims-Based Reporting of Post-Operative Visits for Procedures with 10- or 90-Day Global Periods: Updated Results Using Calendar Year 2019 Data

The authors of this report summarize patterns of post-operative visits for surgical procedures furnished in calendar year 2019 and paid for by Medicare. This report follows two earlier reports that summarized these patterns for earlier periods.

Sep 14, 2021
Journal Article

Capsule Commentary for Azcarate Et Al., Medical Reasons for Marijuana Use, Forms of Use, and Patient Perception of Physician Attitudes Among the US Population

Commentary on an article by Azcarate et al., assessing U.S. adults' motivations for and perceived physician attitudes towards medical cannabis use.

Apr 13, 2021
Report

Lessons Learned for Provisioning and Delivering U.S. Military Behavioral Health Care, 2003–2013

This report highlights selected events and the insights of 17 experts interviewed about the significant changes in the provision and delivery of behavioral health care in the U.S. military that took place from 2003–2013.

Mar 15, 2021
Journal Article

Primary Care Physician Migration Patterns and Their Implications for Workforce Distribution

Using primary care physician practice locations, we described physician migration between 2008 and 2013. We found very little physician migration; however, among those who did change, net movement was away from rural counties and HPSAs.

Feb 12, 2021
Report

Using Claims-Based Estimates of Post-Operative Visits to Revalue Procedures with 10- and 90-Day Global Periods

This report describes how CMS could use new claims-based data on post-operative visits to adjust the valuations of surgical procedures with 10- and 90-day global periods.

Feb 5, 2021
Report

Claims-Based Reporting of Post-Operative Visits for Procedures with 10- or 90-Day Global Periods: Final Report

The authors of this report summarize patterns of post-operative visits where Medicare bundles payment for post-operative care into payment for surgical procedures. The results suggest fewer visits occur than Medicare assumes in its payment rates.

Feb 5, 2021
Report

Responses to Comments on RAND Global Services Reports

RAND researchers respond to comments on three earlier reports related to post-operative visits bundled into Medicare payments for many procedures.

Feb 5, 2021
Report

Paediatric Early Warning Systems: a scoping study: Lessons from a rapid review

This report shares findings from a rapid review of the evidence on the use of Paediatric Early Warning (PEW) scores and systems in UK healthcare settings, to help staff to identify clinical deterioration and facilitate early intervention.

Jan 22, 2021
Journal Article

Top Priorities for the Next Decade of Nursing Health Services Research

This article presents a Nursing Health Services Research agenda for the 2020s.

Jan 8, 2021
Journal Article

Feasibility of Report Cards for Measuring Anesthesiologist Quality for Cardiac Surgery

We conducted a study of 55,436 patients undergoing cardiac surgery between 2009 and 2012. Hierarchical logistic regression modeling was used to examine the variation in in-hospital mortality or major complications.

Dec 30, 2020

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