Quasi-Experimental Health Policy Research
Subtitle: Evaluation of Universal Health Insurance and Methods for Comparative Effectiveness Research
Contributors: Soumerai, Stephen B.; Zaslavsky, Alan M.; Wagner, Anita K.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Description: This dissertation consists of two empirical papers and one methods paper. The first two papers use quasi-experimental methods to evaluate the impact of universal health insurance reform in Massachusetts (MA) and Thailand and the third paper evaluates the validity of a quasi-experimental method used in comparative effectiveness research (CER).
Notes: Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness Research, Health Insurance, Health Policy, Policy Evaluation, Quasi-experimental Research Design, Statistics.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2013