Greater Philadelphia
Dissertation title: "Competition, Ownership Type, and Provider Behavior in the Hospice Industry" Publications: “The Effect of Shift Structure on Performance” (with Tanguy Brachet and Guy David), American Economic Journal – Applied Economics, April 2012, Vol. 4(2), pp. 219-246.
Publications: “Impact of Congenital Anomalies and Treatment Location on Clinical Outcomes and Health Resource Use in Infants Hospitalized With Herpes Simplex Virus” (with Scott Lorch and Samir Shah), Journal of Hospital Medicine, March 2010, Vol. 5(3), pp. 154-159. “Time to Send the Preemie Home? Additional Maturity at Discharge and Subsequent Healthcare Costs and Outcomes” (with Jeffrey Silber, Scott Lorch, Paul Rosenbaum, Barbara Medoff-Cooper, Susan Bakewell-Sachs, Lanyu Mi, Orit Even-Shoshan, and Gabriel Escobar), Health Services Research, April 2009, Vol. 44(2p1), pp. 444-463. “Use of Prolonged Travel to Improve Pediatric Risk-Adjustment Models” (with Scott Lorch, Jeffrey Silber, and Orit Even-Shoshan), Health Services Research, April 2009, Vol. 44(2p1), pp. 519-541. “The Impact of Admission Day Crowding on the Length of Stay of Pediatric Hospitalizations” (with Scott Lorch, Xuemei Zhang, Orit Even-Shoshan, and Jeffrey Silber), Pediatrics, April 2008, Vol. 121, pp. e718-e730. “Estimating the Costs of Chemotherapy-Associated Adverse Event Clusters” (with Mark Weiner, Sara Ross, Justin Mathew, Orit Even-Shoshan, Kevin Fox, and Jeffrey Silber), Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, June 2007, Vol. 7(1-2), pp. 1-21.