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Standards for Delivering High-Quality Care to Veterans with Invisible Wounds

May 9, 2022

Depression, PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and substance use disorders interfere with veterans' employment, family life, community engagement, and well-being. There are effective treatments but also barriers to accessing them. A set of standards can help identify providers who serve veterans and deliver high-quality care.
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Childhood Trauma Is More Common Than You Think. This School-Based Intervention Can Help

Apr 23, 2019

A program developed at RAND helps children exposed to trauma confront and subdue their stress and anxiety. The program grew out of the 1990s street violence of South Los Angeles and has since helped kids from Newtown to Fukushima. Researchers are tailoring this intervention for children in Puerto Rico whose lives were upended by hurricanes.

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Recommended Standards for Delivering High-Quality Care to Veterans with Invisible Wounds

The authors identified ten standards for the delivery of high-quality care for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, substance use disorders, and mild traumatic brain injury.

May 9, 2022
Blog

A Peacekeeping Operation in Ukraine, Synthetic Opioids, Geoengineering: RAND Weekly Recap

This weekly recap focuses on why it may be time to consider a peacekeeping operation in northern Ukraine, supporting veterans with traumatic brain injury, a new response to synthetic opioids, and more.

Apr 29, 2022
Research Brief

How to Improve Long-Term Outcomes for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury

Treatment for veterans with TBI has improved since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq began. But today's veteran population is more diverse than ever, and improving outcomes requires a better understanding of how TBI affects veterans' lives over the long term, what they may need as they age, and effective treatments.

Apr 28, 2022
Report

Improving Care for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury Across the Lifespan

This report presents findings from a study designed to identify the long-term outcomes of traumatic brain injury for veterans, the future needs of this population, effective treatments, and the availability of community-based resources.

Apr 28, 2022
Blog

Supporting America's Veterans: RAND Weekly Recap

This weekly recap focuses on helping veterans experiencing homelessness, better care for veterans with brain injuries and PTSD, and easing transitions to the civilian workforce.

Nov 12, 2021
Essay

Advances in Care for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injuries or PTSD

A new standard of care proposed by RAND researchers aims to redefine high-quality care for veterans with a traumatic brain injury or posttraumatic stress disorder. But it also could serve as a template for making health care more effective, more consistent, and more responsive for more patients.

Nov 8, 2021
Periodical

RAND Review: November-December 2021

The cover story highlights how RAND is helping to redefine high-quality care for service members with a TBI or PTSD. The Q&A with two Marines who work at RAND sheds light on how their military service informs their research and analysis.

Nov 1, 2021
Report

Toward a Unified Multiscale Computational Model of the Human Body's Immediate Responses to Blast-Related Trauma: A Review of the Scientific Literature

This report describes what is known about the human body's immediate responses to blast trauma from the results of computational modeling and identifies opportunities for further research in an effort to fill knowledge gaps.

Oct 4, 2021
Research Brief

Post 9/11 Trends in Medical Separation and Separation for Service Members with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury

Trends in military medical discharges and disability ratings can help the U.S. Department of Defense set goals for diagnosing, treating, and evaluating service members with posttraumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury.

May 10, 2021
Report

Evolution of Department of Defense Disability Evaluation and Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury: Overview of Policy Changes, 2001–2018

The authors review major policy changes to the military's disability evaluation system between 2001 and 2018 with a particular focus on changes to policies related to posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.

May 10, 2021
Report

Trends in Department of Defense Disability Evaluation System Ratings and Awards for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury, 2002–2017

The authors conduct an empirical analysis of trends in diagnosis, treatment, and disability evaluation for posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury among military service members between 2002 and 2017.

May 10, 2021
Research Brief

2018 Health Related Behaviors Survey: Physical Health and Functional Limitations Among the Active Component

The 2018 Health Related Behaviors Survey sought information on the health and health behaviors of service members. This brief reviews results for physical health and functional limitations among active component members.

Apr 28, 2021
Research Brief

2018 Health Related Behaviors Survey: Physical Health and Functional Limitations Among the Reserve Component

The 2018 Health Related Behaviors Survey sought information on the health and health behaviors of service members. This brief reviews results for physical health and functional limitations among reserve component members.

Apr 28, 2021
Journal Article

A Trauma Mortality Prediction Model Based on the ICD-10-CM Lexicon: TMPM-ICD10

The authors constructed an outcome prediction model using only ICD-10-CM acute injury codes and compared its performance with that of the injury severity score.

Jan 28, 2021
Journal Article

Survival Rates in Trauma Patients Following Health Care Reform in Massachusetts

This article examines the effect of Massachusetts health care reform on survival rates of injured patients.

Jan 28, 2021
Journal Article

Ranking Trauma Center Quality: Can Past Performance Predict Future Performance?

This article explores whether trauma center quality metrics based on historical data can reliably predict future trauma center performance.

Jan 28, 2021
Journal Article

Trauma Care Does Not Discriminate: The Association of Race and Health Insurance with Mortality Following Traumatic Injury

Using data from a sample of patients admitted to hospitals for traumatic injury, this article examines the effects of race and insurance coverage on mortality using two logistic regression models, for patients younger and older than 65 years.

Jan 28, 2021
Journal Article

A Comparison of the Injury Severity Score and the Trauma Mortality Prediction Model

We compared the performance of the Trauma Mortality Prediction Model with the Injury Severity Score and other measures of injury severity in a single cohort of patients.

Jan 28, 2021
Journal Article

Impact of Obesity on Mortality and Complications in Trauma Patients

This article examines the association between obesity and outcomes in injured patients.

Jan 27, 2021

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