health services research

Making Evidence Actionable: Interactive Dashboards, Bayes, and Health Care Innovation

The results of many large-scale federal or multi-site evaluations are typically compiled into long reports which end up sitting on policymaker’s shelves. Moreover, the information policymakers need from these reports is often buried in the report, …

rollmatch: An R Package for Rolling Entry Matching

The gold standard of experimental research is the randomized control trial. However, interventions are often implemented without a randomized control group for practical or ethical reasons. Propensity score matching (PSM) is a popular method for …

Anesthesia Staffing Models and Geographic Prevalence Post-Medicare CRNA/Physician Exemption Policy

Three common staffing models for delivering anesthesia exist in the United States: services delivered by anesthesiologists only, services delivered by certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) only, and services delivered by anesthesiologist …

Underutilization and disparities in access to EGFR testing among Medicare patients with lung cancer from 2010 – 2013

Tumor testing for mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene is indicated for all newly diagnosed, metastatic lung cancer patients, who may be candidates for first-line treatment with an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Few studies …