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Melissa Garrido, PhD

Research Associate Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Dept of Health Law, Policy & Management

PhD, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Websites

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	U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center
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	ResearchGate

ORCID : 0000-0002-8986-3536

Melissa Garrido, PhD, is a health economist, Research Associate Professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health, and Associate Director of the Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center (PEPReC) at the Boston VA Healthcare System. Dr. Garrido has expertise in causal inference, econometric methods for analyses of large observational datasets, and geriatrics and palliative care. Additional research interests include access to and quality of substance use disorder treatment and mental health care for individuals with serious physical illnesses. She is a Senior Associate Editor at Health Services Research and is a member of the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) and the Federal Interagency Council on Evaluation Policy. Dr. Garrido received her PhD in Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and completed an NIMH postdoctoral traineeship in mental health services research at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University.

2012-2017 Veterans Affairs HSR&D Career Development Awardee

2005-2007 AHRQ/National Research Service Award (NRSA) Traineeship

2003-2005 School of Public Health Merit Fellowship

BU Research

HETEROGENEITY IN TREATMENT EFFECT TIMING IN GERIATRICS AND PALLIATIVE CARE STUDIES
09/17/2020 - 08/31/2021 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Aging
1R56AG068178-01

Detection of Unethical Substance Use Disorder Treatment Providers
11/02/2018 - 03/31/2021 (PI)
Laura and John Arnold Foundation

Home, but homebound: The impact of caregiving, financial, and community resources on the lives of individuals with dementia
02/01/2019 - 11/30/2020 (Subcontract PI)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai NIH NIA
5R01AG060967-02

Building the Geriatric Emergency care Applied Research (GEAR) network
08/15/2018 - 07/31/2020 (Subcontract PI)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai NIH NIA
5R21AG058926-02

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Hwang U, Dresden SM, Vargas-Torres C, Kang R, Garrido MM, Loo G, Sze J, Cruz D, Richardson LD, Adams J, Aldeen A, Baumlin KM, Courtney DM, Gravenor S, Grudzen CR, Nimo G, Zhu CW. Association of a Geriatric Emergency Department Innovation Program With Cost Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Mar 01; 4(3):e2037334. PMID: 33646311

O'Hanlon CE, Lindvall C, Giannitrapani KF, Garrido M, Ritchie C, Asch S, Gamboa RC, Canning M, Lorenz KA, Walling AM. Expert Stakeholder Prioritization of Process Quality Measures to Achieve Patient- and Family-Centered Palliative and End-of-Life Cancer Care. J Palliat Med. 2021 Feb 19. PMID: 33605800

Garrido MM, Lum J, Pizer SD. Vector-based kernel weighting: A simple estimator for improving precision and bias of average treatment effects in multiple treatment settings. Stat Med. 2021 Feb 28; 40(5):1204-1223.View Related Profiles.

Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 33327037

Minegishi T, Garrido MM, Stein M, Oliva EM, Frakt AB. Opioid Discontinuation Among Patients Receiving High-Dose Long-Term Opioid Therapy in the Veterans Health Administration. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 12; 35(Suppl 3):903-909.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Garrido, Melissa
Stein, Michael

PMID: 33145683

Woodrell CD, Goldstein NE, Moreno JR, Schiano TD, Schwartz ME, Garrido MM. Inpatient Specialty-Level Palliative Care Is Delivered Late in the Course of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Associated With Lower Hazard of Hospital Readmission. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Oct 06. PMID: 33035651

Ornstein KA, Garrido MM, Bollens-Lund E, Reckrey JM, Husain M, Ferreira KB, Liu SH, Ankuda CK, Kelley AS, Siu AL. The Association Between Income and Incident Homebound Status Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 11; 68(11):2594-2601. PMID: 32776512

O'Hanlon CE, Lindvall C, Lorenz KA, Giannitrapani KF, Garrido M, Asch SM, Wenger N, Malin J, Dy SM, Canning M, Gamboa RC, Walling AM. Measure Scan and Synthesis of Palliative and End-of-Life Process Quality Measures for Advanced Cancer. JCO Oncol Pract. 2021 Feb; 17(2):e140-e148. PMID: 32758085

Ornstein KA, Garrido MM, Bollens-Lund E, Husain M, Ferreira K, Kelley AS, Siu AL. Estimation of the Incident Homebound Population in the US Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries, 2012 to 2018. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 07 01; 180(7):1022-1025. PMID: 32453343

Carpenter JG, Ersek M, Nelson F, Kinder D, Wachterman M, Smith D, Murray A, Garrido MM. A National Study of End-of-Life Care among Older Veterans with Hearing and Vision Loss. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 04; 68(4):817-825.View Related Profiles.

Garrido, Melissa
Wachterman, Melissa

PMID: 31886557

Dresden SM, Hwang U, Garrido MM, Sze J, Kang R, Vargas-Torres C, Courtney DM, Loo G, Rosenberg M, Richardson L. Geriatric Emergency Department Innovations: The Impact of Transitional Care Nurses on 30-day Readmissions for Older Adults. Acad Emerg Med. 2020 01; 27(1):43-53. PMID: 31663245

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Kilbourne AM, Braganza MZ, Bowersox NW, Goodrich DE, Miake-Lye I, Floyd N, Garrido MM, Frakt AB, Bever CT, Vega R, Ramoni R. Research Lifecycle to Increase the Substantial Real-world Impact of Research: Accelerating Innovations to Application. Med Care. 2019 10; 57 Suppl 10 Suppl 3:S206-S212.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Garrido, Melissa

PMID: 31517789

Yuan Y, Thomas KS, Frakt AB, Pizer SD, Garrido MM. Users Of Veteran-Directed Care And Other Purchased Care Have Similar Hospital Use And Costs Over Time. Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 06; 38(6):1037-1045.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 31158026

Siu AL, Zimbroff RM, Federman AD, DeCherrie LV, Garrido M, Morano B, Lubetsky S, Catalan E, Leff B. The effect of adapting Hospital at Home to facilitate implementation and sustainment on program drift or voltage drop. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Apr 29; 19(1):264. PMID: 31035973

Ornstein KA, Garrido MM, Siu AL, Bollens-Lund E, Rahman OK, Kelley AS. An Examination of Downstream Effects of Bereavement on Healthcare Utilization for Surviving Spouses in a National Sample of Older Adults. Pharmacoeconomics. 2019 04; 37(4):585-596. PMID: 30864065

May P, Garrido MM, Del Fabbro E, Noreika D, Normand C, Skoro N, Cassel JB. Evaluating Hospital Readmissions for Persons With Serious and Complex Illness: A Competing Risks Approach. Med Care Res Rev. 2020 12; 77(6):574-583. PMID: 30658539

Minegishi T, Frakt AB, Garrido MM, Gellad WF, Hausmann LRM, Lewis ET, Pizer SD, Trafton JA, Oliva EM. Randomized program evaluation of the Veterans Health Administration Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM): A research and clinical operations partnership to examine effectiveness. Subst Abus. 2019; 40(1):14-19.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 30620691

Minegishi T, Garrido MM, Pizer SD, Frakt AB. Effectiveness of policy and risk targeting for opioid-related risk mitigation: a randomised programme evaluation with stepped-wedge design. BMJ Open. 2018 06 27; 8(6):e020097.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 29950460

Frakt AB, Prentice JC, Pizer SD, Elwy AR, Garrido MM, Kilbourne AM, Atkins D. Overcoming Challenges to Evidence-Based Policy Development in a Large, Integrated Delivery System. Health Serv Res. 2018 12; 53(6):4789-4807.View Related Profiles.

Elwy, A. Rani
Frakt, Austin
Prentice, Julia
Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 29862494

Garrido MM, Frakt AB. Improving adherence to high-value medications through prescription cost-sharing policies. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 11; 27(11):868-870.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Garrido, Melissa

PMID: 29674484

Ornstein KA, Garrido MM, Siu AL, Bollens-Lund E, Langa KM, Kelley AS. Impact of In-Hospital Death on Spending for Bereaved Spouses. Health Serv Res. 2018 08; 53 Suppl 1:2696-2717. PMID: 29488621; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12841;

Hwang U, Dresden SM, Rosenberg MS, Garrido MM, Loo G, Sze J, Gravenor S, Courtney DM, Kang R, Zhu CW, Vargas-Torres C, Grudzen CR, Richardson LD. Geriatric Emergency Department Innovations: Transitional Care Nurses and Hospital Use. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 03; 66(3):459-466. PMID: 29318583; DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15235;

Bao Y, Maciejewski RC, Garrido MM, Shah MA, Maciejewski PK, Prigerson HG. Chemotherapy Use, End-of-Life Care, and Costs of Care Among Patients Diagnosed With Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 04; 55(4):1113-1121.e3. PMID: 29241809; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.12.335;

Garrido MM. Robust Evaluations of Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay Using Observational Data. J Palliat Med. 2018 03; 21(3):280. PMID: 29131684; DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2017.0574;

May P, Garrido MM, Del Fabbro E, Noreika D, Normand C, Skoro N, Cassel JB. Does Modality Matter? Palliative Care Unit Associated With More Cost-Avoidance Than Consultations. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 03; 55(3):766-774.e4. PMID: 28842218; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.08.011;

Garrido MM, Allman RM, Pizer SD, Rudolph JL, Thomas KS, Sperber NR, Van Houtven CH, Frakt AB. Innovation in a Learning Health Care System: Veteran-Directed Home- and Community-Based Services. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Nov; 65(11):2446-2451.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 28832927

Penrod JD, Garrido MM, McKendrick K, May P, Aldridge MD, Meier DE, Ornstein KA, Morrison RS. Characteristics of Hospitalized Cancer Patients Referred for Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation. J Palliat Med. 2017 Dec; 20(12):1321-1326. PMID: 28628352; DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2017.0111;

May P, Garrido MM, Aldridge MD, Cassel JB, Kelley AS, Meier DE, Normand C, Penrod JD, Smith TJ, Morrison RS. Prospective Cohort Study of Hospitalized Adults With Advanced Cancer: Associations Between Complications, Comorbidity, and Utilization. J Hosp Med. 2017 Jun; 12(6):407-413. PMID: 28574529; DOI: 10.12788/jhm.2745;

Ornstein KA, Penrod J, Schnur JB, Smith CB, Teresi JA, Garrido MM, McKendrick K, Siu AL, Meier DE, Morrison RS. The Use of a Brief 5-Item Measure of Family Satisfaction as a Critical Quality Indicator in Advanced Cancer Care: A Multisite Comparison. J Palliat Med. 2017 Jul; 20(7):716-721. PMID: 28186833; DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0442;

May P, Garrido MM, Cassel JB, Kelley AS, Meier DE, Normand C, Smith TJ, Morrison RS. Cost analysis of a prospective multi-site cohort study of palliative care consultation teams for adults with advanced cancer: Where do cost-savings come from? Palliat Med. 2017 Apr; 31(4):378-386. PMID: 28156192; DOI: 10.1177/0269216317690098;

Garrido MM. Voice of VA Research: Mental Health Care for Veterans with Life-Limiting Illnesses. 2017. View Publication
Garrido MM. VA’s Learning Health Care System Initiative. 2017. View Publication

Ornstein KA, Aldridge MD, Garrido MM, Gorges R, Bollens-Lund E, Siu AL, Langa KM, Kelley AS. The Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures in the Last Month of Life Is Associated With More Depressive Symptoms in Surviving Spouses. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 02; 53(2):178-187.e1. PMID: 27864126; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.08.023;

Garrido MM, Prigerson HG, Neupane S, Penrod JD, Johnson CE, Boockvar KS. Mental Illness and Mental Healthcare Receipt among Hospitalized Veterans with Serious Physical Illnesses. J Palliat Med. 2017 Mar; 20(3):247-252. PMID: 27835066; DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0261;

Garrido MM, Dowd B, Hebert PL, Maciejewski ML. Understanding Treatment Effect Terminology in Pain and Symptom Management Research. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2016 09; 52(3):446-52. PMID: 27220944; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.01.016;

Garrido MM. Covariate Adjustment and Propensity Score. JAMA. 2016 Apr 12; 315(14):1521-2. PMID: 27115275; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.19081;

May P, Garrido MM, Cassel JB, Morrison RS, Normand C. Using Length of Stay to Control for Unobserved Heterogeneity When Estimating Treatment Effect on Hospital Costs with Observational Data: Issues of Reliability, Robustness, and Usefulness. Health Serv Res. 2016 Oct; 51(5):2020-43. PMID: 26898638; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12460;

Garrido MM, Prigerson HG, Bao Y, Maciejewski PK. Chemotherapy Use in the Months Before Death and Estimated Costs of Care in the Last Week of Life. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2016 05; 51(5):875-881.e2. PMID: 26899821; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.12.323;

May P, Garrido MM, Cassel JB, Kelley AS, Meier DE, Normand C, Stefanis L, Smith TJ, Morrison RS. Palliative Care Teams' Cost-Saving Effect Is Larger For Cancer Patients With Higher Numbers Of Comorbidities. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Jan; 35(1):44-53. PMID: 26733700; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0752;

Garrido MM. Research Enhances and Informs Gerontology and Geriatrics Education and Practice. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2016; 37(1):1-3. PMID: 26928082; DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2015.1137911;

Prigerson HG, Bao Y, Shah MA, Paulk ME, LeBlanc TW, Schneider BJ, Garrido MM, Reid MC, Berlin DA, Adelson KB, Neugut AI, Maciejewski PK. Chemotherapy Use, Performance Status, and Quality of Life at the End of Life. JAMA Oncol. 2015 Sep; 1(6):778-84. PMID: 26203912; DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.2378;

Higgins PC, Garrido MM, Prigerson HG. Factors Predicting Bereaved Caregiver Perception of Quality of Care in the Final Week of Life: Implications for Health Care Providers. J Palliat Med. 2015 Oct; 18(10):849-57. PMID: 26186021; DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2015.29001.hp;

Ornstein KA, Aldridge MD, Garrido MM, Gorges R, Meier DE, Kelley AS. Association Between Hospice Use and Depressive Symptoms in Surviving Spouses. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Jul; 175(7):1138-46. PMID: 26009859; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.1722;

May P, Garrido MM, Cassel JB, Kelley AS, Meier DE, Normand C, Smith TJ, Stefanis L, Morrison RS. Prospective Cohort Study of Hospital Palliative Care Teams for Inpatients With Advanced Cancer: Earlier Consultation Is Associated With Larger Cost-Saving Effect. J Clin Oncol. 2015 Sep 01; 33(25):2745-52. PMID: 26056178; DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2014.60.2334;

Nathaniel JD, Garrido MM, Chai EJ, Goldberg G, Goldstein NE. Cost Savings Associated With an Inpatient Palliative Care Unit: Results From the First Two Years. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Aug; 50(2):147-54. PMID: 25847851; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.02.023;

Garrido MM, Balboni TA, Maciejewski PK, Bao Y, Prigerson HG. Quality of Life and Cost of Care at the End of Life: The Role of Advance Directives. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 May; 49(5):828-35. PMID: 25498855; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.09.015;

Garrido MM, Prigerson HG, Penrod JD, Jones SC, Boockvar KS. Benzodiazepine and sedative-hypnotic use among older seriously Ill veterans: choosing wisely? Clin Ther. 2014 Nov 01; 36(11):1547-54. PMID: 25453732; DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2014.10.007;

Garrido MM, Boockvar KS. Perceived symptom targets of antidepressants, anxiolytics, and sedatives: the search for modifiable factors that improve adherence. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2014 Oct; 41(4):529-38. PMID: 23702612; DOI: 10.1007/s11414-013-9342-2;

Garrido MM, Harrington ST, Prigerson HG. End-of-life treatment preferences: a key to reducing ethnic/racial disparities in advance care planning? Cancer. 2014 Dec 15; 120(24):3981-6. PMID: 25145489; DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28970;

Garrido MM. Propensity scores: a practical method for assessing treatment effects in pain and symptom management research. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Oct; 48(4):711-8. PMID: 24937162; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.05.014;

Garrido MM, Kelley AS, Paris J, Roza K, Meier DE, Morrison RS, Aldridge MD. Methods for constructing and assessing propensity scores. Health Serv Res. 2014 Oct; 49(5):1701-20. PMID: 24779867; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12182;

Garrido MM. Propensity scores and palliative care. J Palliat Med. 2014 Mar; 17(3):261. PMID: 24517275; DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0587;

Garrido MM, Prigerson HG. The end-of-life experience: modifiable predictors of caregivers' bereavement adjustment. Cancer. 2014 Mar 15; 120(6):918-25. PMID: 24301644; DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28495;

Ant Ozok A, Wu H, Garrido M, Pronovost PJ, Gurses AP. Usability and perceived usefulness of Personal Health Records for preventive health care: a case study focusing on patients' and primary care providers' perspectives. Appl Ergon. 2014 May; 45(3):613-28. PMID: 24119975; DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.09.005;

Garrido MM, Penrod JD, Prigerson HG. Unmet need for mental health care among veterans receiving palliative care: assessment is not enough. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014 Jun; 22(6):540-4. PMID: 24119857; DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.08.008;

Garrido MM, Idler EL, Leventhal H, Carr D. Pathways from religion to advance care planning: beliefs about control over length of life and end-of-life values. Gerontologist. 2013 Oct; 53(5):801-16. PMID: 23161430; DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns128;

Garrido MM, Deb P, Burgess JF, Penrod JD. Choosing models for health care cost analyses: issues of nonlinearity and endogeneity. Health Serv Res. 2012 Dec; 47(6):2377-97.View Related Profiles.

Burgess, James
Garrido, Melissa

PMID: 22524165; PMCID: PMC3523380; DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01414.x;

Garrido MM. Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine (Rippe J, ed.). Health beliefs and behaviors in older adults. Sage Publications. Thousand Oaks. 2012.

Garrido MM, Allison KC, Bergeron MJ, Dowd B. Hospital religious affiliation and outcomes for high-risk infants. Med Care Res Rev. 2012 Jun; 69(3):316-38. PMID: 22203647; DOI: 10.1177/1077558711432156;

Garrido MM, Kane RL, Kaas M, Kane RA. Use of mental health care by community-dwelling older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Jan; 59(1):50-6. PMID: 21198461; DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03220.x;

Garrido MM, Hash-Converse JM, Leventhal H, Leventhal EA. The Handbook of Stress Science: Psychology, Biology, and Health (Contrada RJ, Baum AS, eds.). Stress and chronic disease management. Springer. New York. 2010.

Garrido MM, Kane RL, Kaas M, Kane RA. Perceived need for mental health care among community-dwelling older adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2009 Nov; 64(6):704-12. PMID: 19820231; DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp073;

Nelson MM, Smith M, Martinson B, Kind A, Luepker R. Declining patient functioning and caregiver burden/health: The Minnesota Stroke Survey – Quality of Life After Stroke Study. The Gerontologist. 2008; 48(5):573-583.

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