A new paper by @gujralkritee and team from VA and Stanford (@JonathanShawMD @Dr_DPanelli @rachelkimer) examines severe maternal morbidity and potential disparities among VA-covered births. Watch the 2-minute summary video:

Join us for the 2025 econometrics cyberseminar series. Seminars focus on select methods used to analyze data in health services research. Topics include propensity scores, empirical Bayes, regression discontinuity, and more. View the schedule and register:

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New paper by @lagrahamepi & team (@smudumbai @sherrywren) finds wide variation in the use of multimodal analgesia, an innovative pain management practice that reduces the need for opioids, across patients, procedures, hospitals, and anesthesiologists:

Come work with us! HERC is #hiring an experienced research data analyst. This position is in collaboration with Stanford and open to candidates anywhere in the U.S. Learn more and apply: #research #jobs #career #careeropportunity #joinourteam #nowhiring.

In tomorrow’s cyberseminar, Adriana Nunez and Paul Brown (UC Merced) will present “Integrating Revealed and Stated Preference Analysis to Improve Maternal Healthcare Access in Rural Areas.” 10/16 at 2pm ET. Open to all. Learn more & register:

In next week’s cyberseminar, Drs. Nunez & Brown (UC Merced) present their work developing a predictive model to improve maternal healthcare access by integrating findings from revealed preference analysis and a discrete choice experiment. 10/16 at 2pm ET:.

On 10/16 Drs. Adriana Nunez & Paul Brown (UC Merced) join the HERC cyberseminar series to present “Integrating Revealed and Stated Preference Analysis to Improve Maternal Healthcare Access in Rural Areas.” 2pm ET. Free & open to all. Learn more & register:

RT @JournalGIM: How did @VeteransHealth stack up against community #PrimaryCare for #diabetes?. Community care was associated with lower pr….

Join us 9/18 for the cyber seminar, “Outcomes and Spending from VA vs. Community Care: Evidence from Ambulance Rides.” Dave Chan will present his “HSR best paper of the year award” winning work, with a discussion on the innovative methods he used. 2pm ET:

Join us 9/18 for Dave Chan’s cyberseminar, “Outcomes and Spending from VA vs. Community Care: Evidence from Ambulance Rides.” Dr. Chan will discuss study findings and the instrumental variable methods used to evaluate outcomes. 2pm ET. Register:

How has health insurance coverage among Veterans changed since 2010? Todd Wagner and a HERC team explore this question using multiple sources of national survey data. Read about their findings in JAMA Network Open:

Congrats to HSR Special Recognition Award winner Carla Garcia along with @ci2iva’s Cindie Slightam for their work creating a health services research internship program for community college students from historically excluded groups

New paper by Jo Jacobs w/ @donnazulman @chvanhoutven & team (@ci2iva @durhamadapt) finds social risks (partner status, employment, transportation barriers, medical literacy) are associated with 2.5-6 fewer days at home per year for high-risk older Veterans

New work by @TomRadomskiMD @maizenblueheels& team (@vaequity, HERC) evaluates low value care in VA & Medicare using HERC average costs. In FY18 they find 2x more low value services in Medicare w/ a total cost of $226.3 million ($62.6M VA; $163.7M Medicare)

HERC is now on LinkedIn! Follow us for all the latest HERC news including updates on upcoming seminars, new research, and other resources for determining costs and efficiency of care.

To support VA primary care improvement efforts, Diem Tran & team developed a prototype measure of primary care productivity focused on high-value care. Using admin data, the measure integrates 4 outputs: quality, access, patient experience, & panel size

Our seminar series may be on break until September, but that doesn’t mean learning has to pause. Recordings of past seminars are available online. Learn about Instrumental Variables, Regression Discontinuity, Markov Models, and much more. Browse seminars:

Congrats HSR Best Paper award winner Dave Chan. Using innovative methods, the study evaluated whether VA delivers better outcomes for Veterans—and at what cost—vs private sector. Results suggest VA saves lives and money for the study sample @Ci2iVA @vahsrd

In this Wednesday’s cyberseminar, Todd Wagner will present “The Changing Face of Veterans and Implications for Policy: Insurance Coverage for US Veterans from 2010-2021.” 5/15 at 11am PT. Register:

How has insurance coverage and enrollment in VA changed between 2010 and 2021? What are the implications for policy? Todd Wagner will discuss these questions in next week’s cyberseminar. 5/15 at 11am PT. Register: