A5031472593- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Global Health Care Issues
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Algorithms and Data Compression
- Machine Learning and Algorithms
- AI and HR Technologies
- Innovations in Educational Methods
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Higher Education Research Studies
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
University of North Carolina Wilmington
2018-2023
American Society of Health Economists
2021
Cornell University
2021
Weill Cornell Medicine
2021
Indiana University Bloomington
2021
National Bureau of Economic Research
2021
RTI International
2019-2021
Research Triangle Park Foundation
2014
University of California, Santa Barbara
2014
We studied the effect of state punitive and supportive prenatal substance use policies on reports infant maltreatment to child protection agencies. Punitive criminalize or define it as maltreatment, whereas provide pregnant women with priority access disorder treatment programs. Using difference-in-differences methods, we found that total increased by 19.0 percent after policy adoption during years our study (2004–18). This growth was driven a 38.4 increase in substantiated which mother...
Abstract We study the effect of punitive and priority treatment policies relating to illicit substance use during pregnancy on rate neonatal drug withdrawal syndrome, low birth weight, gestational age, prenatal care use. Punitive criminalize use, or define exposure as child maltreatment in welfare statutes grounds for termination parental rights. Priority are supportive grant pregnant women access disorder programs. Our empirical strategy relies administrative data from 2008 2018 a...
The COVID-19 pandemic challenged the financial solvency of hospitals, yet there is limited evidence examining hospital performance through first 15 months pandemic.To assess outcomes associated with in California hospitals.This cross-sectional study tracked 348 hospitals using Hospital Quarterly Financial and Utilization Data from State Office Statewide Health Planning Development. was examined January 2019 to June 2021 for all aggregate by safety-net status.Pre-COVID-19 vs period...
Abstract Background and Aims Between 2002 2014, past‐month marijuana use among pregnant women in the United States increased 62%, nearly twice growth of general population. This coincides with proliferation state medical laws (MMLs) authorizing physicians to recommend for approved conditions. We estimated association between MMLs substance treatment utilization non‐pregnant reproductive age. also examined whether varied across MML provisions, age groups referral sources clarify potential...
Objective To demonstrate rolling entry matching (REM), a new statistical method, for comparison group selection in the context of staggered nonuniform participant nonrandomized interventions. Study Setting Four Health Care Innovation Award (HCIA) interventions between 2012 and 2016. Design Center Medicare Medicaid HCIA participants entering these over time were matched with nonparticipants who exhibited similar pattern health care use expenditures during each participant's baseline period....
The authors survey admissions coordinators about the importance of application components in decisions for economics PhD programs. explores difficult-to-quantify aspects such as a targeted personal statement, strength letters recommendation, extracurricular activities, and related work experience. most important an are GPAs math economics, GRE quantitative score. recommendation carries more weight than prominence letter writer. Top-25 programs place higher value on undergraduate program rank...
To test the effectiveness of financial incentives for smoking cessation in Medicaid population.Secondary data from Incentives Prevention Chronic Disease (MIPCD) program and claims/encounter 2010 to 2015 five states.Beneficiaries were randomized into receipt or no incentives. We ran multivariate regression models testing impact on use counseling services, behavior, expenditures utilization.Participating states provided eligibility, claims encounters, enrollment, incentivized service...
We studied the effect of marijuana liberalization policies on perinatal health with a multiperiod difference-in-differences estimator that exploited variation in effective dates medical laws (MML) and recreational (RML). found proportion maternal hospitalizations use disorder increased by 23% (0.3 percentage points) first three years after RML implementation, larger effects states authorizing commercial sales marijuana. This growth was accompanied 7% (0.4 decline tobacco hospitalizations,...
The gold standard of experimental research is the randomized control trial.However, interventions are often implemented without a group for practical or ethical reasons.Propensity score matching (PSM) popular method minimizing effects experiment from observational data by members treatment to similar candidates that did not receive intervention.Traditional PSM designed studies enroll participants on rolling basis and does provide solution in which baseline intervention period undefined...
We investigate the impact of a large, universal cash transfer on prescription utilization. Our identification strategy leverages Alaksa Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD), which is distributed annually in October and comprises 6% average household’s annual income. study PFD use medications using within-Alaska comparison group difference-in-differences design. Using IBM MarketScan Commercial Claims Encounters Prescription Drug Database, we observe prescriptions for 50,568 commercially-insured...