Dissertation Title： "New Frameworks for Hospital Quality and Value Profiling"
The rapid expansion of payment models that incorporate information on individual providers' quality and efficiency of care has brought increasing scrutiny to performance...
Dissertation Title: "Investigating Policies to Reduce Tobacco Use and Harm: Findings and Methods"
This dissertation consists of three chapters, each a separate paper, that taken together examine policies aimed at reducing the prevalence of tobacco use in...
Dissertation Title: "Cost and Outcomes Analysis of Emergency Transport, Inter-Hospital Transfer and Hospital Expansion Policies in Cardiac Care"
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) yields better clinical outcomes than thrombolytic therapy (TT...
Dissertation Title: "The Impact of Physician Factors on Health Care Quality"
Health care of suboptimal quality has been reported for many medical conditions. Physician factors, such as practice style and expertise, may explain variations in quality. This...
Dissertation Title: "Improving Comparisons in Health Services Research"
Comparisons of service use and outcomes data across providers, across regions and over time are made to assess performance and to guide resource allocation in health care systems...