Study of Unhoused People in Three Key Los Angeles Communities Finds Numbers Did Not Grow; Population's Needs Remain High
The RAND Corporation > NewsOnly One-Third of Outpatient Mental Health Facilities Offer Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
The RAND Corporation > NewsRAND Study Highlights Importance of Securing AI Model Weights; Provides Playbook for Frontier AI Labs to Benchmark Security Measures
The RAND Corporation > NewsAfter 20 Years of Same-Sex Marriage, Research Finds No Harms to Different-Sex Couples; Growth for Overall Support of Marriage
Over the 20 years that same-sex couples have been able to marry in the United States, there have been no negative effects on marriage, divorce or cohabitation among different-sex couples.
The RAND Corporation > NewsPrivate Health Plans During 2022 Paid Hospitals 254 Percent of What Medicare Would Pay
Prices paid to hospitals during 2022 by employers and private insurers for both inpatient and outpatient services averaged 254 percent of what Medicare would have paid, with wide variation in prices among states.
The RAND Corporation > NewsMichelle Woods Named Vice President of RAND Homeland Security Research Division
Homeland security policy expert Michelle Woods has been named vice president and director of the RAND Homeland Security Research Division (HSRD). For the past two years, Woods has served as the associate director of HSRD, which operates the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC), a federally funded research and development center.
The RAND Corporation > NewsMeghan L. O'Sullivan Elected to RAND Board of Trustees
Meghan L. O'Sullivan, an influential national security expert and Harvard Kennedy School professor, was elected to the RAND Board of Trustees.
The RAND Corporation > NewsJennifer Gould Named Vice President of Communications and External Affairs at RAND
Longtime executive Jennifer Gould has been named RAND's new vice president of communications and external affairs. In her new role, Gould will assume leadership of the newly created communications and external affairs function, helping to align and strengthen RAND's broad suite of communications activities.
The RAND Corporation > NewsMiyeon Oh Named RAND's New Korea Policy Chair
Miyeon Oh, a defense researcher with deep expertise in Indo-Pacific geopolitical, economic, and security issues, has joined nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND as its Korea Policy Chair.
The RAND Corporation > NewsSamuel Charap Named Inaugural Distinguished Chair in Russia and Eurasia Policy at RAND
Samuel Charap, a senior political scientist at RAND, will serve as the inaugural Distinguished Chair in Russia and Eurasia Policy at the nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization. The Distinguished Chair in Russia and Eurasia Policy will further enhance RAND's analysis of the region and of the impact of Moscow's actions on the larger geopolitical landscape.
The RAND Corporation > NewsSome Veterans Who Express Extremist Ideologies Had Negative Experience During Service
Interviews with military veterans who expressed support for extremist groups or related beliefs on a prior survey show that many experienced a significant negative event during their military service.
The RAND Corporation > NewsOnline Tool Allows State-by-State Analysis of Firearm Death Rates over 40-Year Period
Firearm homicides have risen faster relative to the overall national trend in states such as Wisconsin, Delaware, and Minnesota, while firearm suicides have risen faster in Alaska, North Dakota, and Montana. A new tool allows users to examine state-level firearm death rates over the past four decades.
The RAND Corporation > NewsAndrew Morral Named RAND's Inaugural Greenwald Family Chair in Gun Policy
Andrew Morral, codirector of the RAND Gun Policy in America initiative, has been selected to serve as the inaugural Greenwald Family Chair in Gun Policy.
The RAND Corporation > NewsSpecial Efforts Needed to Allow 988 and 911 Systems to Work Together and Optimize Emergency Response
Getting the 988 and 911 emergency telephone systems to work in concert requires detailed planning and close cooperation, and such efforts may benefit from having one or two people at the local level who act as champions for interoperability.
The RAND Corporation > NewsRAND Launches National Youth Survey Panel to Elevate Student Voices in Education Research
RAND has created a new, nationally representative youth survey panel as well as a school parent panel to gather perceptions of school, college, entry into the workforce, and respondents' take on timely topics. The RAND American Youth Panel will include 4,000 youth ages 12–21, with oversamples in the states of California, Florida, New York and Texas. The American Parent Panel will include parents of youth ages 12–17.
The RAND Corporation > NewsStatement About Theodore 'Ted' Gordon
RAND notes with regret the death of Theodore “Ted” Gordon, a noted futurist who helped pioneer the early development of the Delphi method at RAND. The now-famous technique is used to reach consensus among experts.
The RAND Corporation > NewsMore Than 40 Percent of Americans Know Someone Who Died of Drug Overdose; 13 Percent Say Deaths Have Disrupted Their Lives
More than 40 percent of Americans know someone who has died of a drug overdose and about one-third of those individuals say their lives were disrupted by the death.
The RAND Corporation > NewsProper Care for Life-Threatening Child Diarrhea Is Limited by Health Providers' Perceptions of Caregivers' Wishes
Young children in India who suffer from life-threatening diarrhea frequently are given ineffective treatments because health providers misperceive the wishes of a child's caregiver.
The RAND Corporation > NewsTelehealth Is Common at Mental Health Clinics, but Differences Occur Based on Geography and Services Offered
Telehealth availability for mental health care varies significantly across states—from less than half of treatment facilities contacted in states like Mississippi and South Carolina to every facility contacted in states like Maine and Oregon.
The RAND Corporation > NewsNew Prescription Drugs Typically Sold First in U.S., Reach Other Wealthy Nations Within a Year
Most new prescription drugs are sold first in the United States before they reach other nations, but ultimately important medications are sold across most wealthy nations within about a year of first sale.
The RAND Corporation > NewsPrescription Drug Prices in the U.S. Are 2.78 Times Those in Other Countries
Prescription drug prices in the United States are significantly higher than in other nations, with prices in the United States averaging 2.78 times those seen in 33 other nations.
The RAND Corporation > NewsPrimary Care Providers May Be Key to Avoiding Bottlenecks in Alzheimer's Disease Treatment
There is substantial geographic variation across the U.S. health care system to diagnose and treat early-stage Alzheimer's disease with disease-modifying therapies, and engaging primary care providers in the effort may be a key to accelerating delivery of emerging new treatments.
The RAND Corporation > NewsCurrent Artificial Intelligence Does Not Meaningfully Increase Risk of a Biological Weapons Attack
The current generation of large language models (LLMs)—a form of artificial intelligence (AI)—do not increase the risk of a biological weapons attack by a non-state actor.
The RAND Corporation > NewsAverage Cost of Providing Hospital Care to COVID-19 Patients Increased Over First Two Years of Pandemic
The average cost of providing care to hospitalized COVID-19 patients increased five times faster than the rate of medical inflation during the first two years of the pandemic, at least partly because of the application of additional medical technologies over the period.
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