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Effect of Health Shocks on Statin Adherence: Evidence from Medicaid Claims

Description:: 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 …
Year:: 2024
Contributor:: Johnson, Courtney (creator); Galárraga, Omar (Advisor); Shireman, Theresa (Reader); Trivedi, Amal (Reader); Brown University. Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Medication Adherence; Statins; Econometrics--Research; Medicaid; Myocardial infarction; health services research
Collection:: Health Services, Policy & Practice; Theses and Dissertations

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Equity in Policy and Care Delivery for People with Kidney Disease

Description:: Chronic kidney disease (CKD), which affects 15% of US adults and one third of individuals over the age of 65, is a severe chronic condition …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Thorsness, Rebecca (creator); Trivedi, Amal (Advisor); Mor, Vincent (Reader); Rahman, Momotazur (Reader); Wang, Virginia (Reader); Brown University. Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: chronic kidney disease; health disparities; Dialysis; Health and race; health services research; COVID-19; Chronic renal failure
Collection:: Health Services, Policy & Practice; Theses and Dissertations

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Examining Disparities in Quality 0f Chronic Disease Care among Transgender and Cisgender Medicare Beneficiaries

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Description:: Transgender and gender-diverse (trans) people in the United States experience substantial prejudice, discrimination, violence, and other forms of stigma. One consequence of this stigma may …
Year:: 2026
Contributor:: Babbs, Gray (creator); Meyers, David (Advisor); Hughto, Jaclyn (Advisor); Trivedi, Amal (Advisor); Brown University. Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: quality of care; Transgender people; Medicare; health services research
Collection:: Health Services, Policy & Practice; Theses and Dissertations

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Optimal Pharmacotherapy for the Management of Heart Failure with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction at Hospital Discharge

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Description:: Heart failure (HF) represents a significant and growing public health problem. Potentially beneficial HF therapies are often underused among patients hospitalized for HF and may …
Year:: 2012
Contributor:: Grebla, Regina Catherine (creator); Wellenius, Gregory (Director); Eaton, Charles (Reader); Gatsonis, Constantine (Reader); Trivedi, Amal (Reader); Wu, Wen-Chih (Reader); Brown University. BIOMED: Epidemiology (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: health services research; left ventricular systolic dysfunction; renin-angiotensin system inhibitor; beta-adrenergic receptor blocker; nondihydropyridine calcium channel blocker; Epidemiology; Veterans; Heart failure
Language:: English
Collection:: Public Health; Epidemiology; Theses and Dissertations

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The Association of State Home- and Community-Based Services Spending with Prevalence of Low-Care Residents in Nursing Homes

Description:: Background & Aims: States are increasingly investing in home & community-based services (HCBS) to support older adults “aging in place” and prevent unnecessary nursing home …
Year:: 2025
Contributor:: Chen, Blythe (creator); White, Elizabeth (Advisor); Mills, Whitney (Reader); Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Public health; Aging in Place; Gerontology; health services research; Nursing homes--U.S. states; HCBS
Collection:: Public Health; Theses and Dissertations

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The Effect of Medicare Advantage Enrollment on Post-Acute Care Utilization and Associated Patient Outcomes

Description:: The expansion of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment (from 23% of all enrollees in 2010 to 48% in 2022) presents a fundamental shift in how health …
Year:: 2023
Contributor:: Lake, Derek Thomas (creator); Mor, Vincent (Advisor); Gozalo, Pedro (Reader); Trivedi, Amal (Reader); Grabowski, David (Reader); Brown University. Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Medicare advantage; health economics; Medicare; Health insurance; health services research; post-acute care
Collection:: Health Services, Policy & Practice; Theses and Dissertations

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The Impact of Home Health Agency Profit Orientation and Post-Acute Care Market Competition on Patient Risk for Rehospitalization

Description:: Little recent research exists identifying home health agency (HHA) organizational and market characteristics that influence home health quality. This study, grounded in organizational sociology, had …
Year:: 2008
Contributor:: Smith, Laura M. (creator); Mor, Vincent (director); Lapane, Kate (reader); Fennell, Mary (reader); Miller, Edward (reader); Brown University. Division of Biology and Medicine. Epidemiology (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: health services research; home health; post acute care; rehospitalization; profit status; Epidemiology; Home care services; Competition
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Theses and Dissertations; Public Health; Epidemiology; Theses and Dissertations

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The Impact of the Medicare Shared Savings Program on Fall Prevention Services and Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Description:: Introduction: Falls among older adults are common, costly, and preventable, yet uptake of screening and multifactorial interventions is limited. This dissertation (1) develops and validates …
Year:: 2025
Contributor:: Baird, Courtney Elizabeth (creator); Gozalo, Pedro (Advisor); Ryan, Andrew (Reader); Berry, Sarah (Reader); Goldberg, Elizabeth (Reader); Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Medicare; Aging; Accountable care organizations (Medical care); health services research; older adults; falls; Falls (Accidents)--Prevention; Falls (Accidents) in old age--Prevention
Collection:: Public Health; Theses and Dissertations

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The Validity of Medicare Advantage Five Star Ratings

Description:: In the Medicare Advantage program, which now enrollees over 34% of Medicare beneficiaries, private plans are paid on a capitated basis to address the needs …
Year:: 2020
Contributor:: Meyers, David Joseph (creator); Trivedi, Amal (Advisor); Wilson, Ira (Reader); Rahman, Momotazur (Reader); Mor, Vincent (Reader); Brown University. Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Medicare advantage; Star Rating; health economics; Medicare; Health insurance; Health and race; health equity; health services research
Collection:: Health Services, Policy & Practice; Theses and Dissertations

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Treating pain in autoimmune disease: concurrent use of opioids and biologic disease modifying therapy

Description:: Autoimmune conditions are often associated with pathological pain, leading to high rates of opioid use, particularly among older adults. Current clinical guidelines for the treatment …
Year:: 2025
Contributor:: Buxton, Meghan Cupp (creator); Zullo, Andrew (Advisor); Joyce, Nina (Reader); Beaudoin, Francesca (Reader); Oganisian, Arman (Reader); Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Epidemiology; Pharmacoepidemiology; Opioids; Gerontology; health services research; Rheumatoid arthritis; Autoimmune diseases; Biologicals
Collection:: Public Health; Epidemiology; Theses and Dissertations

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Why Would Untreated Trends Have Been Parallel? Bringing mechanistic understanding into observational causal inference

Description:: Difference-in-differences (DiD) and interrupted time series (ITS) are two popular observational causal inference techniques, widely employed to evaluate the real-world impact of public health policies …
Year:: 2025
Contributor:: Feng, Shuo (creator); Bilinski, Alyssa (Advisor); Hogan, Joseph (Reader); Lee, Youjin (Reader); Brown University. Department of Biostatistics (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: causal inference; health services research; Infectious diseases; Biostatistics; Difference in Differences; Interrupted time series
Collection:: Public Health; Biostatistics; Theses and Dissertations

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