Lauren Hersch Nicholas, PhD

Selected Recent Publications

• Peer-Reviewed Narang AK, Nicholas LH. Out-of-pocket spending and financial burden among Medicare beneficiaries with cancer. JAMA oncology. 2017 Jun 1;3(6):757-65. http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2587048 Narang AK, Wright AA, Nicholas LH. 2015. Trends in Advance Care Planning in Patients With Cancer: Results From a National Longitudinal Survey. JAMA Oncology, 1(5):601-608. http://oncology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2383145 Osborne NH, Nicholas LH, Thumma, J, Ryan AR, Dimick JB. 2015.  Association of Hospital        Participation in a Quality Reporting Program with Surgical Outcomes and Expenditures for Medicare Beneficiaries.  JAMA, 313(5) 496-504.  http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2107790 Schwartz DA, Shah AA, Zogg CK, Nicholas LH, Velopulos CG, Efron DT, Schneider EB, Haider AH (2015). Operative Delay to Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Racking Up the Cost of Healthcare. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: 79(1):15-21. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26091309 Nicholas LH, Bynum JPW, Weir DR, Iwashyna TJ, Langa KM (2014).  Advance Directives And Nursing Home Stays Associated With Less Aggressive End-Of-Life Care For Severe Dementia Patients.  Health Affairs, 33(4):667-74.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4159465/ Nicholas LH (2014) Will Medicare Advantage Benchmark Reforms Impact Plan Rebates and      Enrollment? American Journal of Managed Care, 20(11):917-924. http://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2014/2014-vol20-n11/will-medicare-advantage-payment-reforms-impact-plan-rebates-and-enrollment/P-3 Nicholas LH, Dimick JB (2013).  Bariatric Surgery in Minority Patients Before and After    Implementation of a Centers of Excellence Program. JAMA, 310(13):1399-1400. http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1737520 McInerney M, Mellor J, Nicholas LH.  (2013). Recession Depression? Mental Health Effects of the     2008 Stock Market Crash.  Journal of Health Economics, 32(6): 1090–1104. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629613001094 Nicholas LH (2013).  Better Quality of Care or Healthier Patients? Hospital Utilization by Medicare Advantage and Fee-for-Service Enrollees.  Forum for Health Economics and Policy, 16(1): 1 –25. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3923607/  Norton EC, Nicholas LH, Huang SH (2013).  Informal Care and Inter-vivos Transfers: Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy,14 (2), 377-400. http://www.nber.org/papers/w18948.pdf Shih T, Nicholas LH, Thumma JR, Birkmeyer JD, Dimick JB (2014).  Does Pay-for-Performance  Improve Surgical Outcomes? An Evaluation of Phase 2 of the Premier Hospital Quality Incentive  Demonstration.  Annals of Surgery, 259(4):677-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3949123/ Dimick JB, Nicholas LH, Thumma, J, Ryan AR, Birkmeyer JD (2013).  Complications Following  Bariatric Procedures Before vs. After Implementation of National Policy Restricting Coverage to Centers of Excellence, JAMA, 309(8): 792 - 799.   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3785293/ Dimick JB, Staiger DO, Osborne NH, Nicholas LH, Birkmeyer JD (2012). Composite Measures for Rating Hospital Quality with Major Surgery.  Health Services Research, 47(5): 1861 - 1879. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3448279/ Nicholas LH, Langa KM, Iwashyna TJ, Weir DR (2011).  Regional Variation in the Association Between Advance Directives and End-of-Life Medicare Expenditures, JAMA, 306(13): 1447 - 1453.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3332047/ Nicholas LH (2011).  Modeling the Impact of Medicare Advantage Payment Cuts on Ambulatory Care Sensitive and Elective Hospitalizations, Health Services Research, 46(5): 1417 1435. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3207185/ Nicholas LH (2011).  Can Food Stamps Help to Reduce Medicare Spending on Diabetes? Economics & Human Biology, 9(1), 1-13. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3032985/ Nicholas LH, Dimick JB, Iwashyna TJ (2011).  Do Hospitals Alter Patient Care Effort Allocations Under Pay-for-Performance?  Health Services Research.  46(1 part I): 61–81. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3034262/ Nicholas LH, Osborne NH, Birkmeyer JD, Dimick JB (2010). Hospital Process Compliance and Surgical Outcomes in Medicare Beneficiaries, Archives of Surgery, 145(10): 999 – 1004. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2959198/    
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