The Department of Health Policy and Management prides itself on the research conducted by our faculty, staff and students. Their hard work is reflected in the number of publications credited to the department across a spectrum of research areas that have influenced decisions and policy at the local, state and federal levels of government. Below is a selection.
- Kim, Ellison, Steinberg, & Boudreaux (2025). Abortion rate increased and birth rate decreased after introduction of Medicaid abortion coverage in Illinois. Health Affairs
- Donahoe, Brown-Podgorski, Gaire, Krans, & Jarlenski (2025). Advanced child tax credit monthly payments and substance use among US parents. JAMA Health Forum
- Kreider, Layton, Shepard, & Wallace (2024). Adverse selection and network design under regulated plan prices: Evidence from Medicaid. Journal of Health Economics
- Bourne, Sun, Jacobs, Drake, Kahn, Roberts, E., & Sabik (2025). Association of a state‐wide alternative payment model for rural hospitals with bypass for elective surgeries. Health Services Research
- Drake, Anderson, Biener, & Zewde (2025). Basic health plans: A promising alternative amidst marketplace subsidy decreases. Health Affairs Forefront
- Bourne, Xue, Hollander, Cole, & Donohue (2024). Changes in medication utilization and adherence associated with homeless adults’ entry into permanent supportive housing. Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Bellerose, Ellison, Steenland, Meyers, Mitra, & Shireman (2025). Coverage gaps and contraceptive use among Medicare enrollees with disabilities. JAMA Network Open
- Drake, Nagy, Avina, Ludwinski, & Anderson (2025). Coverage retention and plan switching following switches from a zero-to a positive-premium plan. JAMA Health Forum
- Smith, Levy, Falbe, Purtle, & Chriqui (2024). Design considerations for developing measures of policy implementation in quantitative evaluations of public health policy. Frontiers in Health Services
- Smith, Park, & Levy (2025). Development and usability testing of a tool to estimate the budget impact of implementing a smoking cessation intervention for cancer patients. Cancer Causes & Control
- Tadrous, Kim, Hernandez, Rothenberger, Devine, Hershey, & Suda (2024). Differences in drug shortages in the US and Canada. JAMA
- Donahoe, Donohue, & Saloner (2024). Disparities in medication use for criminal justice system–referred opioid use disorder treatment. JAMA Health Forum
- Bradley, Liang, Lindrooth, Sabik, & Perraillon (2025). High-cost cancer drug use in Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare. JAMA Health Forum
- Miller, Coe, Kreider, Hoffman, Rhode, & Gonalons‐Pons (2025). Increasing expenditures on home‐and community‐based services: Do home care workers benefit? Health Services Research
- Wilson, Donahoe, Herzig, & Anderson (2025). Industry payments to physicians during medical specialty society conferences. Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Myaskovsky, Leyva, Puttarajappa, Kalaria, Ng, Vélez-Bermúdez, & Bryce (2025). Kidney transplant fast track and likelihood of waitlisting and transplant: a nonrandomized clinical trial. JAMA Internal Medicine
- McClure, Salter, Méndez, Cole, Sanders, Sharp, & Jarlenski (2024). MCO perspectives on Medicaid policy: racial equity in pregnancy and child health. Health Equity
- Drake, Nagy, Eisenberg, & Slusky (2025). Medical cannabis dispensary availability improved self-reported mental health among older adults in New York. Economics Letters
- Frankeberger, Coulter, Jarlenski, Krans, & Mair (2025). Multilevel factors associated with hospitalizations in the first-year postpartum among persons with opioid use disorder. Substance Use & Addiction Journal
- Offiaeli, Meyers, Macneal, Johnston, Brown-Podgorski, & Roberts, E. (2025). Patient-reported characteristics across dual-eligible Medicare Advantage plan types. JAMA Network Open
- Ellison, (2025). Permanent contraception post-Dobbs: Implications for research and practice. Fertility and Sterility.
- McMahan, Sabik, & Schenker (2025). Private equity’s growing presence in hospice care: Clinical, research, and policy considerations. Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Yaver (2024). Rationing by inconvenience: how insurance denials induce administrative burdens. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
- Van Cleve, Cole, Drake, Martsolf, & Degenholtz (2025). Risk of hospitalization associated with use of consumer-directed attendant care. Journal of Aging & Social Policy
- Jarlenski, Kennedy, Johnson, Hale, D’Angelo, Nedhari, & Writing Committee for Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network. (2024). Study protocol: a mixed-methods study of the implementation of doula care to address racial health equity in six state Medicaid programs. Health Research Policy and Systems
- Drake & Anderson (2024). The unintended consequences of individual market reinsurance. JAMA Health Forum
- Hochheiser & Kumar (2025). Using surveillance data to estimate infectious disease burden: opportunities and challenges. American Journal of Public Health
- Drake, Nagy, Avina, Ludwinski, & Anderson (2025). Coverage retention and plan switching following switches from a zero-to a positive-premium plan. JAMA Health Forum