This dissertation addresses causal inference problems when information is available from diverse sources of data. In Chapter 1 we propose methods for estimating subgroup effects …
Loss of health insurance and disruptions in coverage are associated with poor access to care and negative health outcomes. Insurance Affordability Programs enacted under the …
Inefficiency and fragmentation in the delivery of services are issues that plague health care in the United States. The Institute of Medicine estimates that as …
Pharmaceutical policy interventions are often promulgated with the implicit assumption that responsiveness is uniform across all patient groups in the population. The purpose of the …
The Medicaid program is the nation’s largest source of health insurance, providing coverage for more than 70 million Americans. There is wide variation in policies …
The treatment approach for advanced cancer has been evolving rapidly with the introduction of novel targeted therapies and immunotherapies. Despite the rapid expansion of therapeutic …
Approximately 10 million US adults have a Serious Mental Illness (SMI). These individuals have higher rates of morbidity and shorter life-expectancies than the general population. …
Medicaid provides subsidized insurance coverage to nearly one in five Americans and serves as a safety-net for many low-income families. Rapidly rising health care costs …
Background Health systems in sub-Saharan Africa are facing an ongoing HIV epidemic and increasing burden of non-communicable disease (NCD). They are transforming to provide more …
Annually over 3.4 million elderly and chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries attempt to select the home health agency (HHA) that will best meet their medical and …
In the U.S., most End-stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients are served by Traditional Medicare. However, there are still a significant number of patients enrolled in …
Although Medicare home health is a growing industry that costs the federal government over $18 billion annually, little is known about inequities in home health …
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States. Among survivors, TBI remains a leading contributor to long-term …
Abstract of “Patterns of Care and Outcomes for Transitional Populations with HIV”, by Cara J. Sammartino, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2016. My dissertation evaluated the …
Unnecessary antibiotic treatment of suspected urinary tract infection (UTI) is common in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Less is known about the extent of suboptimal treatment, …
The objectives of this dissertation were (1) to identify individual, community, and insurance plan characteristics that are predictors of high-risk prescribing in elderly Medicare Advantage …
