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Lauren Nicholas
Funded Research:
Geographic Variation in the Health and Economic Determinants and Outcomes of Elective Surgery (NIA)
Long-Term Impacts of Medicare and Medicaid on Household Wealth (PSC Initiatives Fund)
Health and Retirement Study Yrs 23-28 (NIA)
Comparative Effectiveness of Policies for Improving Surgical Care (NIA)
Inside the Health and Education Gradient: High School Grades and Health Care Utilization (Mueller)
The Effect of Family Size on Health and Well-Being at Retirement: Evidence from the Great Depression (Mueller)
Food Stamps, Blood Sugar Control and Medicare Costs of Older Diabetics (Department of Agriculture)
Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center.
Faculty Research Fellow, Survey Research Center.
Ph.D., Columbia University
Dr. Nicholas is a health economist whose research focuses on the role of public policy in improving health care quality, and health and retirement for the elderly. Her current research combines survey, administrative, and clinical data to gauge the effects of individual characteristics, health systems factors, and public policy on health outcomes.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Nicholas, Lauren. Forthcoming. "Better quality of care or healthier patients? Hospital utilization by Medicare advantage and fee-for-service enrollees." Forum for Health Economics & Policy. NIHMSID: NIHMS464282.
Norton, Edward, Lauren Nicholas, and Sean Huang. Forthcoming. "Informal Care and Inter-vivos Transfers:Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women." The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. NIHMSID: NIHMS464289.
Dimick, J., Lauren Nicholas, A. Ryan, J. Thumma, and J. Birkmeyer. 2013. "Bariatric surgery complications before vs after implementation of a national policy restricting coverage to centers of excellence." Journal of the American Medical Association, 309(8): 792-9. DOI. Abstract.
Dimick, J., D. Staiger, Nicholas Osborne, Lauren Nicholas, and J. Birkmeyer. 2012. "Composite measures for rating hospital quality with major surgery." Health Services Research, 47(5): 1861-79. PMCID: PMC3448279. DOI. Abstract.
Nicholas, Lauren, Kenneth M. Langa, Theodore J. Iwashyna, and David Weir. 2011. "Regional Variation in the Association Between Advance Directives and End-of-Life Medicare Expenditures." Journal of the American Medical Association, 306(13): 1447-1453. PMCID: PMC3332047. DOI. Abstract.
Nicholas, Lauren. 2011. "Modeling the Impact of Medicare Advantage Payment Cuts on Ambulatory Care Sensitive and Elective Hospitalizations." Health Services Research, 46(5): 1417-1435. DOI. Abstract.
Osborne, Nicholas H., Amir A. A. Ghaferi, Lauren Nicholas, and Justin B. Dimick. 2011. "Evaluating Popular Media and Internet-Based Hospital Quality Ratings for Cancer Surgery." Archives of Surgery, 146(5): 600-604. Abstract.
Nicholas, Lauren. 2011. "Can Food Stamps Help to Reduce Medicare Spending on Diabetes?" Economics & Human Biology, 9(1): 1-13. PMCID: PMC3032985. DOI. Abstract.
Nicholas, Lauren, Justin B. Dimick, and Theodore J. Iwashyna. 2011. "Do Hospitals Alter Patient Care Effort Allocations Under Pay-for-Performance?" Health Services Research, 46(1 part I): 61–81. PMCID: PMC3034262. DOI. Abstract.
Nicholas, Lauren, John Birkmeyer, Justin Dimick, and Nick Osborne. 2010. "Hospital process compliance and surgical outcomes in Medicare beneficiaries." Archives of Surgery, 145(10): 999-104. PMCID: PMC2959198. DOI. Abstract.