Working Papers

Note: Some Working Papers have been revised and can be found on the Data Brief Page

• Prentice JC, Davies ML, Pizer SD. Expanding the Definition of Outpatient Wait Times to Predict Patient Satisfaction: Harnessing the Power of Administrative Data in a Cross-Sectional Study. HCFE Working Paper No. 2012-01.
• Frakt AB, Pizer SD, Feldman R. Should Medicare adopt the Veterans Health Administration Formulary? HCFE Working Paper No. 2011-04. 
• Pizer SD, Frakt AB, Iezzoni LI. The effect of health reform on public and private insurance in the long run. HCFE Working Paper No. 2011-03.
• Frakt A. Estimating hospital cost shift rates: A practitioners' guide. HCFE Working Paper No. 2011-02. 
• Frakt A. How much do hospitals cost shift? A review of the evidence. HCFE Working Paper No. 2011-01.
• Wolfsfeld L, Hendricks A, Gardner J, Shreve ST. Setting a Standard for a Hospice or Palliative Care Referral for Acute Cancer Inpatients. HCFE Working Paper No. 2010-01.    
• Prentice J. Drug Coverage Transitions and Non-adherence to Medication for Hypertension. HCFE Working Paper No. 2008-01.
• Pizer S, Gardner J, Wolfsfeld L. An Empirical Method For Measuring The Restrictiveness Of State Medicaid Programs. HCFE Working Paper No. 2007-03.*
• Pizer SD, Wang M, Comstock C. You get what you pay for: Using input prices to validate quality of care measures. HCFE Working Paper No. 2004-01. 
• Pizer SD, Wang M, Comstock C. Preventable hospitalization as a measure of quality of care in nursing homes. HCFE Working Paper No. 2003-01.
• Frakt A, Pizer SD, Wrobel M. Insuring the Uninsurable: The Growth of High-Risk Pools. HCFE Working Paper No. 2002-01.
• Pizer SD, White C, White A. Comparing the Accuracy of Two Resident Classification Systems for the Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System. HCFE Working Paper No. 2000-01.

*Available by request.  Please contact Yumiko Stenstrum at 857-364-6058 or email yumiko.stenstrum@va.gov.