Purpose: Despite the increasing prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) among older adults, there is limited knowledge regarding both the availability of addiction treatment facilities …
Evidence synthesis products (e.g., systematic reviews, rapid reviews) form the basis of evidence-based healthcare. Literature identification—searching for studies and screening the resulting citations to identify …
Close to three million unique individuals per year in the United States receive care in about 15,000 nursing homes. Compared with other health care providers, …
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 …
Background: Previous research suggests that Medicare Advantage (MA) may be successful in improving patient outcomes3 but patients with greater healthcare needs tend to leave plans …
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 …
Experiencing a health shock, a significant medical event that does not result in mortality but requires hospitalization or significant medical intervention, could prompt adoption of …
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 …
While virtual care had been growing in capability and use in preceding years, the onset of COVID-19 greatly accelerated these trends. Telemedicine and patient portals …
Background: Pharmaceutical medication consumption has grown by almost 40% internationally over the past decade. Unfortunately, over half of all medications are prescribed, dispensed, administered, or …
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. …
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and other respiratory viruses including influenza continue to pose one of the …
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 …
