The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Institute on Healthcare Systems

Publications

2025

2024

  • Sonik RA, Taira BR, Sorto G. Legal aid is essential to effective social care integration. JAMA Intern Med, (in press).

2023

  • Bowser DM, Agarwal Harding P, Sombrio AG, Shepard DS, Harker Roa A.  Integrating Venezuelan migrants into the Colombian health system during COVID-19.  Health Systems & Reform, 2022; 8(1), available online. https://doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2022.2079448

2022

2021

  • Anarwat, G.S., Assan, J.K., Shepard, D., Canterbury, D., Gaumer, G. (2021). A Cross-Sectional Study Determining the Predictors of Enrollment in Ghana`s National Health  Insurance Scheme, International Journal of Development and Sustainability, Vol 10 (2) pp. 50-68.
  • Bolton, R., Logan, C., and Gittell, J.H. (2021). “Revisiting Relational Coordination: A Systematic Review.” Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. Published online Feb. 15, 2021. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0021886321991597
  • Diana Bowser, Anna Sombrio, Priya Agarwal-Harding, Donald Shepard, Arturo Harker Roa.  (2021). Public Health and Social Distancing and COVID-19, among Colombians and Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia. Report published for Elrha.
  • Brady, O.J., Kharisma, D.D., Wilastonegoro, N.N., O’Reilly, K.M., Hendrickx, E., Bastos, L.S., Yakob, L., and Shepard, D.S. “The Cost-Effectiveness of Controlling Dengue in Indonesia Using wMel Wolbachia Released at Scale: A Modelling Study.” BMC Medicine. 18, article no. 186.  
  • Crown W. Decomposition Analysis as a Framework for Understanding Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects in Non-Randomized Studies. Pharmaceutical Statistics 2021; March 18, doi/10.1002/pst.2111
  • Crown W. The Potential Role of Constrained Optimization Methods in Health Care Decision Making. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 2020. Doi:10.1007/s40258-020-00559-8
  • Crown W and Bierer B. Real-World Evidence: Understanding Sources of Variability Through Empirical Analysis.  Value in Health 2021;24(1):116-117. Doi:10.1016/j/jval2020.11.003.
  • Gaumer, G., Jordan, M., Sherafat-Kazemzadeh, R., Hariharan, D., Bosman, V., and Nandakumar, A.K. (2021). “The Role of Economic Factors and Risky Behavior for Youth and Young Adults in the HIV Epidemic in 29 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” Journal of Global Health Reports. 5, p. e2021026.
  • Gaumer, G., Sherafat-Kazemzadeh, R., Jordan, M., and Nandakumar, A.K. (2021). “Wealth and Wealth Inequality in Adult HIV Prevalence.” Journal of Global Health Reports. 4, p. e2020105. 
  • Gray, J.C., Larson, M.J., Moresco, N., Ritter, G.A., Dufour, S., Milliken, C.S., and Adams, R.S. (2021). “The Association of Engagement in Substance Use Treatment With Negative Separation From the Military Among Soldiers With Post-Deployment Alcohol Use Disorder.” Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 221, article no. 108647. 
  •  Haddadin Z, Rankin DA, Lipworth L, Suh M, McHenry R, Blozinski A, George SS, Fernandez KN, Varjabedian R, Spieker AJ, Shepard DS, Halasa NB.J Pediatr. Respiratory Virus Surveillance in Infants across Different Clinical Settings.2021 Mar 25:S0022-3476(21)00274-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.03.036. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33774057.
  • Higgins, S.T., Slade, E.P., and Shepard, D.S. (2020). “Decreasing Smoking During Pregnancy: Potential Economic Benefit of Reducing Sudden Unexpected Infant Death.” Preventive Medicine. 140, article no. 106238.
  • Hodgkin, D., Adams, R.S., Ritter, G.A., Lee, S., Highland, K.B., and Larson, M.J. (2021). “Do Nonpharmacological Services Offset Opioids in Pain Treatment for Soldiers?” Health Services Research. Epub ahead of print. Published online May 17, 2021.
  • Ma S, Shepard DS, Ritter GA, Martell RE, Thomas CP. Cost sharing for breast cancer hormone therapy: how do dual eligible patients’ copayments impact adherence.  Plos One, 16(5):e0250967. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250967.
  • Mitra, M., McKee, M., Akobirshoev, I., Ritter, G. & Valentine, A. (2021) Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes Among Deaf or Hard of Hearing Women: Results from Nationally Representative Data. Women’s Health Issues.Apr 19;S1049-3867(21)00027-X.doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2021.03.005.
  • Orsini L, Berger M, Crown W, Daniel G, Eichler H, Goettsch W, Graff J, Guerino J, Jonsson P, Mahendraratnam N, Monz B, Mullins D, Schneeweiss S, Van Brunt D, Wang S, Willke R. Improving Transparency to Build Trust in Real-World Secondary Data Studies for Hypothesis Testing—Why, What, and How: Recommendations and a Road Map from the Real-World Evidence Transparency Initiative. Value in Health 23(9):1128-1136. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2020.04.002
  • Reif S, Stewart MT, Dana BM, Torres ME, Davis MT, Ritter GA. Effectiveness of value-based purchasing for substance use treatment engagement and retention. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 2021; 122:108217. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108217.Anarwat, G.S., Assan, J.K., Shepard, D., Canterbury, D., Gaumer, G. (2021). A Cross-Sectional Study Determining the Predictors of Enrollment in Ghana`s National Health  Insurance Scheme, International Journal of Development and Sustainability, Vol 10 (2) pp. 50-68.
  • Bolton, R., Logan, C., and Gittell, J.H. (2021). “Revisiting Relational Coordination: A Systematic Review.” Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. Published online Feb. 15, 2021. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0021886321991597
  • Diana Bowser, Anna Sombrio, Priya Agarwal-Harding, Donald Shepard, Arturo Harker Roa.  (2021). Public Health and Social Distancing and COVID-19, among Colombians and Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia. Report published for Elrha.
  • Brady, O.J., Kharisma, D.D., Wilastonegoro, N.N., O’Reilly, K.M., Hendrickx, E., Bastos, L.S., Yakob, L., and Shepard, D.S. “The Cost-Effectiveness of Controlling Dengue in Indonesia Using wMel Wolbachia Released at Scale: A Modelling Study.” BMC Medicine. 18, article no. 186.  
  • Crown W. Decomposition Analysis as a Framework for Understanding Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects in Non-Randomized Studies. Pharmaceutical Statistics 2021; March 18, doi/10.1002/pst.2111
  • Crown W. The Potential Role of Constrained Optimization Methods in Health Care Decision Making. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 2020. Doi:10.1007/s40258-020-00559-8
  • Crown W and Bierer B. Real-World Evidence: Understanding Sources of Variability Through Empirical Analysis.  Value in Health 2021;24(1):116-117. Doi:10.1016/j/jval2020.11.003.
  • Gaumer, G., Jordan, M., Sherafat-Kazemzadeh, R., Hariharan, D., Bosman, V., and Nandakumar, A.K. (2021). “The Role of Economic Factors and Risky Behavior for Youth and Young Adults in the HIV Epidemic in 29 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” Journal of Global Health Reports. 5, p. e2021026.
  • Gaumer, G., Sherafat-Kazemzadeh, R., Jordan, M., and Nandakumar, A.K. (2021). “Wealth and Wealth Inequality in Adult HIV Prevalence.” Journal of Global Health Reports. 4, p. e2020105. 
  • Gray, J.C., Larson, M.J., Moresco, N., Ritter, G.A., Dufour, S., Milliken, C.S., and Adams, R.S. (2021). “The Association of Engagement in Substance Use Treatment With Negative Separation From the Military Among Soldiers With Post-Deployment Alcohol Use Disorder.” Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 221, article no. 108647. 
  •  Haddadin Z, Rankin DA, Lipworth L, Suh M, McHenry R, Blozinski A, George SS, Fernandez KN, Varjabedian R, Spieker AJ, Shepard DS, Halasa NB.J Pediatr. Respiratory Virus Surveillance in Infants across Different Clinical Settings.2021 Mar 25:S0022-3476(21)00274-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.03.036. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33774057.
  • Higgins, S.T., Slade, E.P., and Shepard, D.S. (2020). “Decreasing Smoking During Pregnancy: Potential Economic Benefit of Reducing Sudden Unexpected Infant Death.” Preventive Medicine. 140, article no. 106238. 
  • Hodgkin, D., Adams, R.S., Ritter, G.A., Lee, S., Highland, K.B., and Larson, M.J. (2021). “Do Nonpharmacological Services Offset Opioids in Pain Treatment for Soldiers?” Health Services Research. Epub ahead of print. Published online May 17, 2021.
  • Ma S, Shepard DS, Ritter GA, Martell RE, Thomas CP. Cost sharing for breast cancer hormone therapy: how do dual eligible patients’ copayments impact adherence.  Plos One, 16(5):e0250967. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250967.
  • Mitra, M., McKee, M., Akobirshoev, I., Ritter, G. & Valentine, A. (2021) Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes Among Deaf or Hard of Hearing Women: Results from Nationally Representative Data. Women’s Health Issues.Apr 19;S1049-3867(21)00027-X.doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2021.03.005.
  • Orsini L, Berger M, Crown W, Daniel G, Eichler H, Goettsch W, Graff J, Guerino J, Jonsson P, Mahendraratnam N, Monz B, Mullins D, Schneeweiss S, Van Brunt D, Wang S, Willke R. Improving Transparency to Build Trust in Real-World Secondary Data Studies for Hypothesis Testing—Why, What, and How: Recommendations and a Road Map from the Real-World Evidence Transparency Initiative. Value in Health 23(9):1128-1136. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2020.04.002
  • Reif S, Stewart MT, Dana BM, Torres ME, Davis MT, Ritter GA. Effectiveness of value-based purchasing for substance use treatment engagement and retention. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 2021; 122:108217. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108217.Anarwat, G.S., Assan, J.K., Shepard, D., Canterbury, D., Gaumer, G. (2021). A Cross-Sectional Study Determining the Predictors of Enrollment in Ghana`s National Health  Insurance Scheme, International Journal of Development and Sustainability, Vol 10 (2) pp. 50-68.
  • Bolton, R., Logan, C., and Gittell, J.H. (2021). “Revisiting Relational Coordination: A Systematic Review.” Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. Published online Feb. 15, 2021. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0021886321991597
  • Diana Bowser, Anna Sombrio, Priya Agarwal-Harding, Donald Shepard, Arturo Harker Roa.  (2021). Public Health and Social Distancing and COVID-19, among Colombians and Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia. Report published for Elrha.
  • Brady, O.J., Kharisma, D.D., Wilastonegoro, N.N., O’Reilly, K.M., Hendrickx, E., Bastos, L.S., Yakob, L., and Shepard, D.S. “The Cost-Effectiveness of Controlling Dengue in Indonesia Using wMel Wolbachia Released at Scale: A Modelling Study.” BMC Medicine. 18, article no. 186.  
  • Crown W. Decomposition Analysis as a Framework for Understanding Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects in Non-Randomized Studies. Pharmaceutical Statistics 2021; March 18, doi/10.1002/pst.2111
  • Crown W. The Potential Role of Constrained Optimization Methods in Health Care Decision Making. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 2020. Doi:10.1007/s40258-020-00559-8
  • Crown W and Bierer B. Real-World Evidence: Understanding Sources of Variability Through Empirical Analysis.  Value in Health 2021;24(1):116-117. Doi:10.1016/j/jval2020.11.003.
  • Gaumer, G., Jordan, M., Sherafat-Kazemzadeh, R., Hariharan, D., Bosman, V., and Nandakumar, A.K. (2021). “The Role of Economic Factors and Risky Behavior for Youth and Young Adults in the HIV Epidemic in 29 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” Journal of Global Health Reports. 5, p. e2021026.
  • Gaumer, G., Sherafat-Kazemzadeh, R., Jordan, M., and Nandakumar, A.K. (2021). “Wealth and Wealth Inequality in Adult HIV Prevalence.” Journal of Global Health Reports. 4, p. e2020105. 
  • Gray, J.C., Larson, M.J., Moresco, N., Ritter, G.A., Dufour, S., Milliken, C.S., and Adams, R.S. (2021). “The Association of Engagement in Substance Use Treatment With Negative Separation From the Military Among Soldiers With Post-Deployment Alcohol Use Disorder.” Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 221, article no. 108647. 
  •  Haddadin Z, Rankin DA, Lipworth L, Suh M, McHenry R, Blozinski A, George SS, Fernandez KN, Varjabedian R, Spieker AJ, Shepard DS, Halasa NB.J Pediatr. Respiratory Virus Surveillance in Infants across Different Clinical Settings.2021 Mar 25:S0022-3476(21)00274-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.03.036. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33774057.
  • Higgins, S.T., Slade, E.P., and Shepard, D.S. (2020). “Decreasing Smoking During Pregnancy: Potential Economic Benefit of Reducing Sudden Unexpected Infant Death.” Preventive Medicine. 140, article no. 106238. 
  • Hodgkin, D., Adams, R.S., Ritter, G.A., Lee, S., Highland, K.B., and Larson, M.J. (2021). “Do Nonpharmacological Services Offset Opioids in Pain Treatment for Soldiers?” Health Services Research. Epub ahead of print. Published online May 17, 2021.
  • Ma S, Shepard DS, Ritter GA, Martell RE, Thomas CP. Cost sharing for breast cancer hormone therapy: how do dual eligible patients’ copayments impact adherence.  Plos One, 16(5):e0250967. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250967.
  • Mitra, M., McKee, M., Akobirshoev, I., Ritter, G. & Valentine, A. (2021) Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes Among Deaf or Hard of Hearing Women: Results from Nationally Representative Data. Women’s Health Issues.Apr 19;S1049-3867(21)00027-X.doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2021.03.005.
  • Orsini L, Berger M, Crown W, Daniel G, Eichler H, Goettsch W, Graff J, Guerino J, Jonsson P, Mahendraratnam N, Monz B, Mullins D, Schneeweiss S, Van Brunt D, Wang S, Willke R. Improving Transparency to Build Trust in Real-World Secondary Data Studies for Hypothesis Testing—Why, What, and How: Recommendations and a Road Map from the Real-World Evidence Transparency Initiative. Value in Health 23(9):1128-1136. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2020.04.002
  • Reif S, Stewart MT, Dana BM, Torres ME, Davis MT, Ritter GA. Effectiveness of value-based purchasing for substance use treatment engagement and retention. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 2021; 122:108217. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108217.

2020

  • Razavi, Moaven PhD; O’Reilly-Jacob, Monica RN, PhD, FNP-BC; Perloff, Jennifer PhD; Buerhaus, Peter RN, PhD, FAAN, FAANP(h): Drivers of Cost Differences Between Nurse Practitioner and Physician Attributed Medicare Beneficiaries, Medical Care: December 02, 2020 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue -doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001477
  • Berridge, C., Lima, J., Schwartz, M., Bishop, C. & Miller, S.C. "Leadership, Staff Empowerment, and the Retention of Nursing Assistants: Findings From a Survey of U.S. Nursing Homes." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association in press. (2020).
  • BM Pockros, A Balamurugan, JA Radparvar, JA Chilingerian, MC Cohen. "System-Wide Echocardiography Accreditation: Physician Perceptions and Concerns." Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (2020).
  • Wynn-Jones W, Koehlmoos TP, Tompkins C, Navathe A, Lipsitz S, Kwon NK, Learn PA, Madsen C, Schoenfeld A, Weissman JS. "Variation in expenditure for common, high cost surgical procedures in a working age population: implications for reimbursement reform." BMC Health Services Research 19. (2020).
  • Santos, P., and Faughnan, K. "Increasing Hospice Enrollment: OCM Sites with the Greatest Improvement:." Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. (2020):OCM Learning System Case Study. (2020).
  • Santos, P., Joglekar, G., Faughnan, K., Darden, J., & Hendrich, A. (2020). "Disproportionate preterm delivery among black women: a state-level analysis." Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 7(2): https://doi.org/10.1007 (2020): 290-297.
  • Siyu M, Shepard D, Ritter G, Martell R, Thomas CP. "The Impact of the Introduction of Generic Aromatase Inhibitors on Hormonal Therapy Adherence over the Full Course of Five-year Treatment for Breast Cancer." Cancer (2020).
  • Flieger SP, Thomas CP, Prottas J. "Improving Inter-Organizational Coordination between Primary Care and Oncology: Adapting a Chronic Care Management Model for Patients with Cancer." Medical Care Research and Review (2020).

2019

  • Gaalema, D.E., Elliott, R.J., Savage, P.D., Rengo, J.L., Cutler, A.Y., Pericot-Valverde, I., Priest, J.S., Shepard, D.S., Higgins, S.T., and Ades, P.A. (2019). Financial Incentives to Increase Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation Among Low-Socioeconomic Status Patients. Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure. 7(7), pp. 537-546.
  • Kim, H., Keating, N.L., Perloff, J.N., Hodgkin, D., Liu, X., and Bishop, C.E. (2019). Aggressive Care Near the End of Life for Cancer Patients in Medicare Accountable Care Organizations. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 67(5), pp. 961-968.
  • Muench, U., Guo, C., Thomas, C.P., and Perloff, J.N. (2019). Medication Adherence, Costs, and ER Visits of Nurse Practitioner and Primary Care Physician Patients: Evidence From Three Cohorts of Medicare Beneficiaries. Health Services Research. 54(1), pp. 187-197.
  • Santos, P., Joglekar, A., Faughnan, K., Darden, J., Masters, L., Hendrich, A., and McCoy, C.K. (2019). Sustaining and Spreading Quality Improvement: Decreasing Intrapartum Malpractice Risk. Journal of Healthcare Risk Management. 38(3), pp. 42-50.
  • Thomas, C.P. (2019). Commentary: Addressing Workforce Needs for Medication Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 13(1), pp. 1-2.
  • A. Kushman, M. Rambukwella, C. Price, J. Ellis, K. Sethi, J. Chilingerian, M.Cohen. "Exploring the Benefits of System-Wide Echocardiography Accreditation." The American Medical Student Research Journal. (2019).
  • Lee, S. J., Venkataraman, S., Heim, G., Roth, A., Chilingerian, Jon. "Examining Consequences of Value-Based Purchasing: Impacts on Hospital Operations Outcomes." Journal of Operations Management (2019).
  • Roth, A., Venkataraman, S., Tucker, A., and Chilingerian, Jon. "“Being on the Frontier: Identifying High Triple Performance Hospitals”." Production and Operations Management (2019).
  • Doonan, Michael, Evans, B.. Will Federalism Improve the U.S. Health Care System? The 26th, Princeton Conference Report. Princeton, NJ Council on Health Care Economics and Policy: 2019.
  • Lorenz, L., Doonan, Michael. A Policy Analysis of Access to Post-Acute Rehabilitation Services for People with Acquired Brain Injury in Massachusetts and Beyond. Waltham Massachusetts Health Policy Forum: 2019.
  • Kim H, Bishop CE, Keating NL, Hodgkin D, Perloff JN. Reply to Including Palliative Care in the Assessment of Accountable Care Organizations for End-of-Life Care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2019 PMID 31190417 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16025
  • Santos, Palmira. Kristen Faughnan. "Assessing and Addressing Health-Related Social Needs: OCM Learning System, Case Study." Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. 11. (2019).
  • Santos, Palmira. Kristen Faughnan. "Building and Sustaining High-Value Patient and Family Advisory Councils: Oncology Care Model Learning System, Resource Guide." Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. 2. (2019).
  • Santos, Palmira. Kristen Faughnan. "Decreasing ED Utilization: OCM-2 High Performers: OCM Learning System Case Study.." Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. (2019).
  • Santos, Palmira. Kristen Faughnan. "End-of-Life Care Planning: Barriers and Approaches: Oncology Care Model Learning System, Case Study." Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation 8 (2019).

2018

2017