Quantifying Potential Cost Avoidance Implications of Outcomes Reported in Behavioral and Social Science Research
This report summarizes and develops utility functions for a series of behavioral and social science studies to help senior leaders translate the research results into estimates of cost avoidance or other desired benefits. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - February 22, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Bruce R. Orvis; Heather Krull; Michael G. Shanley Source Type: research

International Humanitarian Narratives of Disasters, Crises and Indigeneity
Narratives are a means of making sense of disasters and crises. We identify and characterise narratives in humanitarian communications involving Indigenous Peoples by conducting a narrative analysis of humanitarian communications. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - February 22, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Anuszka Maton-Mosurska; Aaron Clark-Ginsberg; James D. Ford; Susannah M. Sallu; Katy Davis Source Type: research

Many Clinicians Implement Digital Equity Strategies To Treat Opioid Use Disorder
Clinicians who treated patients with opioid use disorder reported less use of telemedicine in 2022 than in 2020. More than three-quarters of survey respondents used digital equity strategies to help patients overcome barriers to video visits. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - February 22, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Lori Uscher-Pines; Lauren E. Riedel; Ateev Mehrotra; Sherri Rose; Alisa B. Busch; Haiden A. Huskamp Source Type: research

The Opioid Use Disorder Core Outcomes Set (OUD – COS) for Treatment Research
The aim of this study was to develop the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) opioid use disorder core outcomes set (OUD–COS). (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - February 21, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Niranjan S. Karnik; John Marsden; Connor McCluskey; Randy A. Boley; Katharine A. Bradley; Cynthia I. Campbell; Megan E. Curtis; David Fiellin; Udi Ghitza; Kathryn Hefner; Yih-Ing Hser; R. Kathryn McHugh; Sterling M. McPherson; Larissa J. Mooney; L Source Type: research

Social Vulnerability Shapes the Experiences of Climate Migrants Displaced by Hurricane Maria
The purpose of this study is to understand the experiences of climate change related migrants. To do so we draw on focus group discussions with Puerto Ricans in South and Central Florida displaced by 2017 Hurricane Maria. (Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care)
Source: RAND Research Health and Health Care - February 21, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Aaron Clark-Ginsberg; Linda Sprague Martinez; Carolina Scaramutti; Jos é Rodr í guez; Christopher P. Salas-Wright; Seth J. Schwartz Source Type: research