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Journal Article

Use of Pooled State Administrative Data for Mental Health Services Research

State mental health authorities routinely devote resources to collect data for state planning and reporting purposes. However, these data are rarely used in cross-state comparisons to inform state or federal policy development.

Feb 26, 2015
Announcement

New Research Consortium to Tackle Community Resilience in the Gulf Region

A new research group, the Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities, will assess and address the public health, social, and economic impacts of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico region. It will focus on determining how communities can build resilience to future disasters.

Feb 17, 2015
Report

Using Workforce Information for Degree Program Planning in Texas

This report describes current practices in using workforce information for degree program planning, analyzes options for using workforce information, recommends promising practices, describes new data tools, and applies these tools.

Feb 11, 2015
Journal Article

Medicare and Private Spending Trends from 2008 to 2012 Diverge in Texas

The authors analyze 2008-2012 trends in Texas among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries and enrollees in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX).

Jan 13, 2015
Journal Article

The Role of Gender in Moderating Treatment Outcomein Collaborative Care for Anxiety

The aim of this study was to test whether gender moderates intervention effects in the Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (CALM) intervention.

Dec 31, 2014
Journal Article

What to Make of Percent Plans, Automatic Admissions, and College Outcomes

Attending a selective college is seen as a way for students to gain access to opportunities that are otherwise difficult to obtain. The Texas Top Ten Percent Plan is intended to increase this access, especially for students in underserved populations, but research shows that gaps still exist in selective college attendance and completion by race and socioeconomic status.

Dec 8, 2014
News Release

Making It More Difficult to Sue Physicians for Malpractice May Not Reduce 'Defensive Medicine'

Malpractice reform has been advocated by many experts as a key to reining in health care costs. Three states raised the standard for malpractice in the emergency room to gross negligence, but that did not translate into less-expensive care.

Oct 15, 2014
Commentary

Using Education to Stop the Prison Revolving Door

Providing education and vocational training to inmates is a cost-effective way to reduce recidivism rates, thus shrinking prison populations and easing the strain on prison budgets. Education is far less expensive than incarceration.

Sep 30, 2014
Dissertation

Three Essays on Education Reform in the United States

Examines California's state education accountability reform and comprehensive reform to improve teacher and principal talent in high-poverty, low-performing schools.

Sep 29, 2014
Report

Assessing the Potential to Expand Community College Baccalaureate Programs in Texas

Considers potential benefits and drawbacks of expanding community college baccalaureate degree programs in Texas, including current unmet workforce-development needs in nursing and several applied sciences occupations.

Aug 28, 2014
Report

Assessing the Potential to Expand Community College Baccalaureate Programs in Texas: Executive Summary

Summarizes a report on the potential benefits and drawbacks of expanding community college baccalaureate degree programs in Texas, including current unmet workforce-development needs in nursing and several applied sciences occupations.

Aug 28, 2014
Report

Evaluation of the Shreveport Predictive Policing Experiment

This report documents an assessment of a predictive policing effort that was conducted to evaluate the crime reduction effects of policing guided by statistical predictions.

Jul 1, 2014
Journal Article

Effectiveness of Cognitive Tutor Algebra I at Scale

This article examines the effectiveness of a technology-based algebra curriculum in a wide variety of middle schools and high schools in seven states.

Jun 1, 2014
Infographic

Infographic: How Arkansas May Fare Under the Affordable Care Act

This infographic presents findings from a RAND analysis of the economic and other effects of the Affordable Care Act on the state of Arkansas.

May 21, 2014
Research Brief

How RAND Supported the Development of Louisiana's Comprehensive Master Plan

To plan the rebuilding of the Louisiana coastline, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority used a new analytic approach, developed in part by RAND, that incorporates results from state-of-the-art predictive models within a decision tool to formulate and compare alternatives and visualize outcomes and trade-offs for policymakers and stakeholders.

Mar 18, 2014
News Release

Tools Can Help Policymakers Increase Coastal Resilience to Rising Seas and Storm Surge

Two key analytic tools can be used to evaluate how coastal protection and restoration decisions made now will play out over time, even given an uncertain future.

Feb 21, 2014
Report

Tools Can Help Policymakers Increase Coastal Resilience to Rising Seas and Storm Surge

Two key analytic tools can be used to evaluate how coastal protection and restoration decisions made now will play out over time, even given an uncertain future. For example, a community weighing whether to implement a marsh-building project can see how the project fares against different rates of rising sea levels over time.

Feb 19, 2014
Research Brief

Will the Affordable Care Act Make Health Care More Affordable?

For most lower-income people who obtain coverage as a result of the Affordable Care Act, health care spending will fall. But spending by some newly insured higher-income people will increase because they will be now paying insurance premiums.

Dec 11, 2013
Project

Increasing Community Resilience in the Gulf States Region

Community resilience requires participation from the whole community to improve response and recovery, and to plan for disaster recovery over the long term. This is a lesson that the U.S. Gulf States have learned in the last decade, and their experiences are helping teach other communities across the nation how to become more resilient.

Nov 8, 2013
Journal Article

A Prescription Is Not Enough: Improving Public Health with Health Literacy

This article focuses on the use—and the lack of use—of health literacy within efforts to address public health in the United States.

Nov 1, 2013

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