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All Work and No Pay: Teachers' Perceptions of Their Pay and Hours Worked
Since the pandemic, there have been some positive improvements in teacher well-being. However, teachers in some states are still leaving their jobs at rates higher than before COVID-19 hit. How might salary and work hours affect their decisions to leave? (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - September 12, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Elizabeth D. Steiner; Ashley Woo; Sy Doan Source Type: research

RAND Review
Features explore the impact of four-day school weeks; the risk of people in the intelligence community experiencing trauma; and how insomnia affects societal health, well-being, and productivity. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - September 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: research

How Are State Telehealth Policies Associated with Services Offered by Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities?
An examination of the effect of state policies on the offering of telehealth at substance use disorder treatment facilities. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - September 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Denis Agniel; Jonathan H. Cantor; Olivia Golan; Hao Yu; Barbara Andraka-Christou; Kosali Ilayperuma Simon; Bradley D. Stein; Erin Audrey Taylor Source Type: research

Feasibility Study for a What Works Centre for Safety
This study explores the potential impact of establishing a What Works Centre for Safety and concludes that it would add value to existing work in this area, but its feasibility will depend on the balance struck across different strategic dimensions. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - September 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Giulia Maistrello; Robert Donoghue; William Phillips; Avery Adams; Jessica Dawney; Eliane Dufresne; Fifi Olumogba; Richard Heron; Christian Van Stolk; Nick Fahy Source Type: research

The Thin Blue Line in Schools
We find that school resource officers reduce some forms of violence, but do not prevent gun-related incidents. We also find that SROs intensify the use of suspension, expulsion, police referral, and arrest of students. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - September 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Lucy C. Sorensen; Montserrat Avila-Acosta; John Engberg; Shawn D. Bushway Source Type: research

Choosing Or Losing In Behavioral Health
A study of 2,071 adults found that approximately one-third of patients receiving therapy or medication visits reported that their clinicians did not offer both telehealth and in-person modalities. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - September 8, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Jessica L. Sousa; Andrew Smith; Jessica Richard; Maya Rabinowitz; Pushpa Raja; Ateev Mehrotra; Alisa B. Busch; Haiden A. Huskamp; Lori Uscher-Pines Source Type: research

Access Challenges for Patients with Limited English Proficiency
The recent growth of telehealth may be impacting access to care for patients, including those with limited English proficiency. Using a secret-shopper design, simulated patients contacted 386 safety-net clinics in California from February-March 2023. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - September 8, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Lori Uscher-Pines; Kandice A. Kapinos; Claudia Elizabeth Rodriguez-Solorio; Samantha Perez Davila; Pushpa Raja; Jorge A. Rodriguez; Maya Rabinowitz; Mara Youdelman; Jessica L. Sousa Source Type: research

Does Removing Menthol Cigarettes in Convenience Stores Reduce Susceptibility to Cigarette Smoking?
This experiment evaluated whether the absence of menthol products from a convenience store influenced young people ’ s susceptibility to cigarette smoking after they shopped in the store. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - September 5, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: William G. Shadel; Claude Messan Setodji; Steven C. Martino; Michael Stephen Dunbar; Desmond Jenson; Armenda Bialas; Rosemary Li Source Type: research

Changes in Patient Experiences of Hospital Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Did patient hospital experiences change during the COVID-19 pandemic and, if so, did the changes differ across hospitals with different patient-staff ratios and prepandemic quality (hospital overall star rating)? (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - September 5, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Marc N. Elliott; Megan K. Beckett; Christopher W. Cohea; William Lehrman; Paul Cleary; Laura Giordano; Chelsea Russ; Elizabeth Goldstein; Lee A. Fleisher Source Type: research

" It Haunts Me "
This article examines clinicians ’ experiences around end-of-life situations that arose during the provision of care to dying patients with COVID-19 in acute care settings and the impact of these experiences on the clinicians ’ lives as health care professionals over time. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - September 5, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Julia Bandini; Sangeeta C. Ahluwalia; George Timmins; Armenda Bialas; Lisa S. Meredith; Courtney A. Gidengil Source Type: research

Potential Changes to Veterans ’ Benefits Under the Major Richard Star Act
The Major Richard Star Act would drop the “ offset ” that reduces retirement pay for some disabled veterans. If it is signed into law, what could change for veterans ’ benefits, and how many veterans would see an increase in their compensation? (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - August 31, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Stephanie Rennane Source Type: research

2023 Summer Reading List for Congress
To help members and staff prepare for the fall session, we ’ ve curated a list of the latest RAND research on topics likely to be at the top of Congress ’ agenda in the coming months, including artificial intelligence, health care consolidation, opioids, teacher well-being, and veterans ’ mental health. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - August 30, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: research

Strategies to Prevent Clinically Unnecessary Opioid Use
Guidance on how to direct opioid-related settlement funds has focused on reducing deaths and improving treatment for substance use disorders. What ' s also needed are strategies to reduce opioid initiation, particularly through effective pain management with nonopioid alternatives. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - August 29, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Patricia M. Herman; Michele J. Maiers; Ryan R. Burdick; Bradley D. Stein Source Type: research

Telehealth and In-Person Mental Health Service Utilization and Spending, 2019 to 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth for mental health boomed. Post-pandemic, little is known about mental health service trends. We studied 2019-2022 data on telehealth vs. in-person mental health utilization and spending in US adults pre-2023 PHE expiry. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - August 28, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Jonathan H. Cantor; Ryan K. McBain; Pen-Che Ho; Dena M. Bravata; Christopher M. Whaley Source Type: research

Relationship of POLST to Hospitalization and ICU Care Among Nursing Home Residents in California
This paper links Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) document status with actual intensity of care for nursing home residents in California. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - August 28, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: David Zingmond; David Powell; Lee A. Jennings; Jose J. Escarce; Li-Jung Liang; Punam Parikh; Neil S. Wenger Source Type: research