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Neurological Disorders

Journal Article
Typologies of Dementia Caregiver Support Networks: A Pilot Study
This study suggests that there are different types of care and support networks available to caregivers to people with Alzheimer's Disease and Dementias, and that the size and structure of networks vary considerably among demographic groups.
Jun 13, 2023
Commentary
An Autistic Soldier Wants You to Read This
Despite the recruitment challenges it is currently facing, the Army continues to make personnel decisions based on last century's understanding of neurodivergent diagnoses. The loosening of stigma associated with these diagnoses could improve recruitment, and the Army might reap the benefits of neurodiversity.
Jun 1, 2023
Journal Article
Estimated Annual Spending on Lecanemab and Its Ancillary Costs in the US Medicare Program
To estimate annual Medicare spending on lecanemab, we performed a cost analysis using nationally representative survey data from the 2018 Health and Retirement Study (HRS).
May 17, 2023
Periodical
RAND Review: May-June 2023
The cover story commemorates RAND's 75th anniversary. One feature article explores what it would take to eliminate racial wealth disparities in the United States; another highlights a promising mental health first aid initiative in New York City.
May 12, 2023
Journal Article
Barriers and Facilitators to Home- and Community-Based Services Access for Persons With Dementia and Their Caregivers
Barriers to HCBS access for persons with dementia range from community and infrastructure barriers (e.g., clinicians and cultural differences), to interpersonal and individual-level barriers (e.g., caregivers, awareness, and attitudes).
May 4, 2023
Journal Article
A Pragmatic Parallel Arm Randomized-Controlled Trial of a Multi-Pronged Electronic Health Record-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool Protocol to Reduce Low-Value Antipsychotic Prescriptions Among Older Adults with Alzheimer's and Related Dementias
We designed a pragmatic randomized-controlled trial to measure the impact of a behavioral economic electronic health record (EHR) clinical decision support (CDS) intervention to reduce physician prescriptions of new antipsychotic medications among patients with ADRD.
May 4, 2023
Commentary
New Clinical Outcome Assessments Could Improve Treatment for Parkinson's
The prevalence of Parkinson's disease has doubled over the last 25 years, and over 8.5 million people are living with the disease worldwide, but treatment options are limited. The development of new clinical outcome assessments could lead to new treatments for the disease.
Apr 25, 2023
Report
Clinical Outcome Assessments and Digital Health Technologies Supporting Clinical Trial Endpoints in Early Parkinson's Disease: Roundtable Proceedings and Roadmap for Research
This document summarizes the proceedings of an event held to discuss challenges in clinical outcome assessment development for treatments in early Parkinson's disease and to identify priorities for the field and opportunities for collaboration.
Apr 24, 2023
Journal Article
Does Integration of Palliative Care and Infection Management Reduce Hospital Transfers Among Nursing Home Residents?
We evaluated integration of palliative care and infection management (i.e. merging the goals of palliative care and infection management at end of life) in nursing homes and its association with hospital transfers for residents with advanced illness.
Apr 11, 2023
Commentary
Advancing Women's Health Requires Better Evidence
For decades, advances in health and health care have had a bias toward the male body. By shifting the focus of research to women's bodies and building out this base of evidence on women's health, scientists and doctors can improve health outcomes and overall quality of life for women, all while also saving money.
Apr 10, 2023
Blog
Dementia and National Security, Finland Joins NATO, the Four-Day School Week: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the risk that dementia could pose to national security, Finland's NATO membership, the downside of a four-day school week, and more.
Apr 7, 2023
Report
Dementia in the National Security Workforce Could Create a Security Threat
Challenges associated with cognitive impairment in the workplace will increase as people continue to live longer and retire later. Individuals who work in national security and intelligence could become a security threat if they develop dementia and unwittingly share government secrets.
Apr 4, 2023
Report
Neurodiversity and National Security: How to Tackle National Security Challenges with a Wider Range of Cognitive Talents
This report provides research and analysis for national security managers and employees who seek to better understand neurodivergence and neurodiversity and desire simple steps to achieve neurodiverse inclusivity for national security workplaces.
Mar 27, 2023
Research Brief
Why National Security Needs Neurodiversity
Neurodiversity, like other forms of diversity, can strengthen an organization. Members of the neurodivergent population have skills that can be beneficial in many fields of interest to national security. These include pattern recognition, problem-solving, visualization, and memory.
Mar 27, 2023
Journal Article
Annual Health Care Costs Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Essential Tremor
We estimate the average direct medical expenditures for essential tremor using Medicare claims data. Beneficiaries have $1068 more annual expenditures relative to comparisons. This aggregates to $1.5–$5.4 billion in additional annual costs.
Jan 25, 2023
Journal Article
Assessing the State of Care for Huntington Disease in the United States: Results from a Survey of Practices Treating Huntington Disease Patients
The objective of this article is to obtain a clearer understanding of current care structure and delivery of care through a survey of representative US physicians treating HD patients.
Jan 25, 2023
Blog
Dementia Rates, Deepfakes, Migrant Students: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the decline of dementia rates among Americans, the dangers of deepfakes, data privacy after the reversal of Roe v. Wade, and more.
Nov 18, 2022
News Release
Prevalence of Dementia Is Declining Among Older Americans; Inequalities Reduced but Still Persist
The prevalence of dementia in the United States is declining among people over age 65, dropping 3.7 percentage points from 2000 to 2016.
Nov 7, 2022
Journal Article
Topic Brief: Infantile Epilepsy
The goal of the topic brief is to identify key management strategies for infantile epilepsy; provide an overview of clinical practice guidelines, systematic reviews, and randomized controlled trials that assess infantile epilepsy; and highlight evidence gaps.
Oct 24, 2022
Journal Article
An Evidence Map of Treatments for Infantile Epilepsy
We conducted a scoping review of interventions for management of epilepsy among infants and display our results in an evidence map.
Oct 24, 2022

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Michael D. Hurd

Director, RAND Center for the Study of Aging

Michael Hurd is a senior principal researcher at the RAND Corporation, where he directs the RAND Center for the Study of Aging. His research interests cover a wide range of topics in the economics of aging including: the structure of private pensions and Social Security and their effects on…
Jodi L. Liu

Policy Researcher

Jodi Liu (she/her) is a policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Her research broadly focuses on health care reform and health care costs. She has experience using simulation modeling to analyze the effects of health care policy changes on…

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