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Melissa Garrido, PhD

Research Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Health Law, Policy & Management

PhD, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities
BS, University of Wisconsin

Pronouns: she/her/hers

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ORCID : 0000-0002-8986-3536

Melissa Garrido, PhD, is a Research Professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health, and Director of the Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center (PEPReC) at the Boston VA Healthcare System. Dr. Garrido has expertise in econometrics, evidence-based policy, geriatrics, palliative care, and behavioral health care. Her research centers around the theme of developing and applying rigorous analytic methods to inform policy and resource allocation decisions. 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.

BU Research

The State Health Insurance Assistance Program - A National Study of a Decentralized Program
05/01/2022 - 12/31/2024 (PI)
The Commonwealth Fund

The State Health Insurance Assistance Program – A National Study of a Decentralized Program
05/01/2022 - 12/31/2024 (PI)
Laura and John Arnold Foundation

A National Analysis of the Extent and Value of Medicare Advantage Physician Networks
05/01/2021 - 08/04/2024 (Subcontract PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College dba Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health NIH NIA
5R01AG068122-03

Evaluation of state actions targeting unethical substance use disorder treatment practices
01/27/2021 - 12/31/2023 (PI)
Laura and John Arnold Foundation

HETEROGENEITY IN TREATMENT EFFECT TIMING IN GERIATRICS AND PALLIATIVE CARE STUDIES
09/17/2020 - 08/31/2023 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Aging
1R56AG068178-01

Home, but homebound: The impact of caregiving, financial, and community resources on the lives of individuals with dementia
02/01/2019 - 06/30/2022 (Subcontract PI)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai NIH NIA
5R01AG060967-04

Detection of Unethical Substance Use Disorder Treatment Providers
11/02/2018 - 09/30/2021 (PI)
Laura and John Arnold Foundation

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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Li Y, Bourgeois J, Lauver M, Shen YJ, Podlogar M, Schaper E, Sadej I, Garrido MM. Quantitative Evaluation of the Veteran Crisis Line Lethal Means Safety Pilot. Crisis. 2025 Nov; 46(6):319-326. PMID: 40888051

Auty SG, Garrido MM, Legler A, Palani S, Manchester C, Lauver M, Bourgeois JE, Reger MA. Association of the Veterans Crisis Line Caring Letters Project With Health Services Utilization and Health Outcomes Among Veterans With Elevated Psychiatric Risk. Health Serv Res. 2025 Dec; 60(6):e14657.View Related Profiles.

Garrido, Melissa
Auty, Samantha
Palani, Sivagaminathan

PMID: 40534187; PMCID: PMC12636255; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14657;

Latham-Mintus K, Garrido M, Nelson E, Kheirbek RE. Social Vulnerability Postincarceration: Analyzing Social Networks, Social Integration, and Loneliness Among Older Adults. Gerontologist. 2025 Jun 12; 65(7). PMID: 40233148

Mehtsun WT, Ma Y, Latsko E, Zheng J, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Tsai TC, Frakt AB, Pizer SD, Garrido MM, Figueroa JF. Payment Source Shift for Surgical Care Among Veterans Enrolled in Medicare Advantage Plans. JAMA Health Forum. 2025 Jun 07; 6(6):e250827.View Related Profiles.

Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 40489967; PMCID: PMC12150190; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.0827;

Miller KEM, Price M, O'Malley K, Song S, Garrido MM. Home- and Community-Based Service Use Among Veterans: The National Landscape. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Jun; 73(6):1884-1894. PMID: 40344577

Garrido MM, Palani S, Nguyen P, Strombotne K, Frakt AB, Pizer SD. Relationship Between State Policies Targeting Unethical Treatment Practices and Opioid-Related Outcomes: An Event Study Analysis. Subst Use Addctn J. 2025 Oct; 46(4):880-887.View Related Profiles.

Strombotne, Kiersten
Garrido, Melissa
Palani, Sivagaminathan
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 40913376; DOI: 10.1177/29767342251331712;

Dugan K, Peterson I, Dorneo A, Garrido MM. Accuracy of Medicare Information Provided by State Health Insurance Assistance Programs. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 01; 8(4):e252834. PMID: 40168025; PMCID: PMC11962663; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.2834;

Dorneo A, Ma Y, Garrido MM, Pizer SD, Shafer PR, Tsai TC, Frakt AB, Figueroa JF. Characteristics and Benefit Design of Veteran Medicare Advantage Affinity Plans. JAMA Health Forum. 2025 Mar 07; 6(3):e250159.View Related Profiles.

Garrido, Melissa
Shafer, Paul
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 40152874; PMCID: PMC11953753; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.0159;

Li Y, Barr K, Pizer SD, Garrido MM, Thorsness R. Physician Tenure and Clinical Productivity for Internal and External Hires: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Jul; 40(9):2094-2102.View Related Profiles.

Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 39775413; PMCID: PMC12325144; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-09316-2;

Ma Y, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Frakt AB, Pizer SD, Garrido MM, Figueroa JF, Tsai TC. Veterans May Be Seeing Lower-Quality Clinicians In The VHA Community Care Network. Health Aff (Millwood). 2025 Jan; 44(1):117-125.View Related Profiles.

Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 39761460; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00900;

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Davoust M, Nguyen P, Adelberg M, Frakt A, Garrido MM. State-level actions targeting unethical substance use disorder treatment practices: A qualitative study. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Mar; 170:209609. PMID: 39716516

Tenso K, Strombotne K, Garrido MM, Lum J, Pizer S. Virtual Mental Health Care and Suicide-Related Events. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 04; 7(11):e2443054.View Related Profiles.

Strombotne, Kiersten
Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 39499516; PMCID: PMC11539012; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.43054;

Ma Y, Phelan J, Jeong KY, Tsai TC, Frakt AB, Pizer SD, Garrido MM, Dorneo A, Figueroa JF. Medicare Advantage Plans With High Numbers Of Veterans: Enrollment, Utilization, And Potential Wasteful Spending. Health Aff (Millwood). 2024 Nov; 43(11):1508-1517.View Related Profiles.

Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 39496081

Li Y, Legler A, Bourgeois J, Podlogar M, Lauver M, Adams RS, Strombotne K, Garrido MM. Contact resolution among Veterans Crisis Line phone and text contacts regarding Veterans Health Administration enrollees. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2025 Feb; 55(1):e13129.View Related Profiles.

Strombotne, Kiersten
Garrido, Melissa
Adams, Rachel

PMID: 39344791

Garrido MM, Strombotne K, Nguyen P, Pizer SD, Frakt AB. State Policies Targeting Patient Brokering and Deceptive Marketing of Substance Use Disorder Treatment. Subst Use Addctn J. 2025 Apr; 46(2):320-327.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Strombotne, Kiersten
Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 39344057

Garrido MM, Kilbourne AM. Evolution of the Veterans Health Administration Learning Health System: 25?years of QUERI. Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec; 59 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):e14372. PMID: 39168964; PMCID: PMC11540571; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14372;

Kilbourne AM, Borsky AE, O'Brien RW, Braganza MZ, Garrido MM. The foundational science of learning health systems. Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec; 59(6):e14374. PMID: 39165034; PMCID: PMC11622276; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14374;

Tenso K, Li Y, Legler A, Sadej I, Kabdiyeva A, Garrido MM, Pizer SD. Medical training program size and clinical staff productivity and turnover. Health Serv Res. 2025 Feb; 60(1):e14364.View Related Profiles.

Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 39045876; PMCID: PMC11782085; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14364;

Dai D, Feyman Y, Figueroa JF, Frakt AB, Garrido MM. No Association Between Medicare Advantage Providers' Network Restrictiveness and Star Rating Between 2013 and 2017: An Observational Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Feb; 40(2):412-419.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Garrido, Melissa

PMID: 39028405; PMCID: PMC11803060; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-08938-w;

Li Y, Legler A, Kabdiyeva A, Nguyen P, Garrido M, Pizer S. Impact of Nurse Residency Program on Time-to-Fill Nurse Vacancies at the Veterans Health Administration. Med Care. 2024 Sep 01; 62(9):599-604.View Related Profiles.

Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 38986114

Norton EC, Dowd BE, Garrido MM, Maciejewski ML. Requiem for odds ratios. Health Serv Res. 2024 Aug; 59(4):e14337. PMID: 38822737; PMCID: PMC11250151; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14337;

Garrido MM, Biko D, Dorneo A, Shafer PR, Frakt AB. Access to insurance navigation support through the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP). Health Aff Sch. 2024 Jun; 2(6):qxae072.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Garrido, Melissa
Shafer, Paul

PMID: 38911681; PMCID: PMC11192052; DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxae072;

Feyman Y, Figueroa J, Garrido M, Jacobson G, Adelberg M, Frakt A. Restrictiveness of Medicare Advantage provider networks across physician specialties. Health Serv Res. 2024 Aug; 59(4):e14308.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Garrido, Melissa

PMID: 38594081; PMCID: PMC11250170; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14308;

Reger MA, Legler A, Lauver M, Tenso K, Manchester C, Griffin C, Strombotne KL, Landes SJ, Porter S, Bourgeois JE, Garrido MM. Caring Letters Sent by a Clinician or Peer to At-Risk Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Apr 01; 7(4):e248064.View Related Profiles.

Strombotne, Kiersten
Garrido, Melissa

PMID: 38683611; PMCID: PMC11059042; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.8064;

Asfaw DA, Price ME, Carvalho KM, Pizer SD, Garrido MM. The effects of the Veterans Health Administration's Referral Coordination Initiative on referral patterns and waiting times for specialty care. Health Serv Res. 2024 Jun; 59(3):e14303.View Related Profiles.

Asfaw, Daniel
Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 38553984; PMCID: PMC11063088; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14303;

Strombotne KL, Li Y, Adams RS, Sadej ID, Garrido MM. Veterans Crisis Line Contacts After the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Rollout. Am J Prev Med. 2024 Aug; 67(2):282-284.View Related Profiles.

Strombotne, Kiersten
Garrido, Melissa
Adams, Rachel

PMID: 38508424

Garrido MM, Dorneo A, Adelberg M, Biko D, Shafer PR, Frakt AB. Potential inequities in access to in-person SHIP counseling services. Am J Manag Care. 2024 Feb 01; 30(2):e46-e51.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Garrido, Melissa
Shafer, Paul

PMID: 38381548; DOI: 10.37765/ajmc.2024.89500;

Garrido MM, Legler A, Strombotne KL, Frakt AB. Differences in adverse outcomes across race and ethnicity among Veterans with similar predicted risks of an overdose or suicide-related event. Pain Med. 2024 Feb 01; 25(2):125-130.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Strombotne, Kiersten
Garrido, Melissa

PMID: 37738604

Li Y, Legler A, Tenso K, Garrido M, Pizer S. Impact of Medical Training Programs on Time-to-Fill Physician Vacancies at the Veterans Health Administration. Med Care. 2024 Mar 01; 62(3):182-188.View Related Profiles.

Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 38180002

Feyman Y, Pizer SD, Shafer PR, Frakt AB, Garrido MM. Measuring restrictiveness of Medicare Advantage networks: A claims-based approach. Health Serv Res. 2024 Feb; 59(1):e14255.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Garrido, Melissa
Shafer, Paul
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 37953067; PMCID: PMC10771910; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14255;

Li Y, Barr KD, Trafton JA, Oliva EM, Garrido MM, Frakt AB, Strombotne KL. Impact of Mandated Case Review Policy on Opioid Discontinuation and Mortality Among High-Risk Long-Term Opioid Therapy Patients: The STORM Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Subst Abus. 2023 Oct; 44(4):292-300.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Strombotne, Kiersten
Garrido, Melissa

PMID: 37830514

Price ME, Gordon S, Emmitt C, Ndugga N, Kabdiyeva A, Mull H, Pizer S, Garrido MM. Growth of community-based immunotherapy treatment in the Veterans Health Administration. Cancer Med. 2023 Sep; 12(17):18110-18119.View Related Profiles.

Mull, Hillary
Garrido, Melissa
Gordon, Sarah
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 37519258; PMCID: PMC10524003; DOI: 10.1002/cam4.6372;

Figueroa JF, Dai D, Feyman Y, Garrido MM, Tsai TC, Orav EJ, Frakt AB. Use of High-Risk Medications Among Older Adults Enrolled in Medicare Advantage Plans vs Traditional Medicare. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jun 01; 6(6):e2320583.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Garrido, Melissa

PMID: 37368399; PMCID: PMC10300714; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.20583;

Landes SJ, Abraham TH, Woods JA, Curtis ND, Lauver M, Manchester C, Garrido MM, Porter S, Hughes G, Reger MA. Qualitative Evaluation of a Caring Letters Suicide Prevention Intervention for the Veterans Crisis Line. Psychiatr Serv. 2023 Dec 01; 74(12):1234-1239. PMID: 37221888; PMCID: PMC11419934; DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20220632;

Mather H, Kleijwegt H, Bollens-Lund E, Liu B, Garrido MM, Kelley AS, Leff B, Ritchie CS, Ornstein KA. The heterogeneity of the homebound: A latent class analysis of a national sample of homebound older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Jul; 71(7):2163-2171. PMID: 36876755

Palani S, Garrido MM, Tenso K, Pizer SD. Community care emergency room use and specialty care leakage from Veterans Health Administration hospitals. Acad Emerg Med. 2023 Apr; 30(4):379-387.View Related Profiles.

Garrido, Melissa
Palani, Sivagaminathan
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 36660799

Tenso K, Avila CJD, Garrido M, Lauver M, Reger MA, Legler A, Strombotne K. The use of crisis line services during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from the veterans health administration. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2023; 82:101-102.View Related Profiles.

Strombotne, Kiersten
Garrido, Melissa

PMID: 36858847; PMCID: PMC9916126; DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.02.001;

Jiang J, Kim N, Garrido MM, Jacobson M, Mockler D, May P. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of palliative care in natural experiments: a systematic review. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2023 Jan 17. PMID: 36650024; PMCID: PMC10350467; DOI: 10.1136/spcare-2022-003993;

Auty SG, Barr KD, Frakt AB, Garrido MM, Strombotne KL. Effect of a Veterans Health Administration mandate to case review patients with opioid prescriptions on mortality among patients with opioid use disorder: a secondary analysis of the STORM randomized control trial. Addiction. 2023 May; 118(5):870-879.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Strombotne, Kiersten
Garrido, Melissa
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 36495477; DOI: 10.1111/add.16110;

O'Hanlon CE, Giannitrapani KF, Gamboa RC, Walling AM, Lindvall C, Garrido M, Asch SM, Lorenz KA. Integrating Patient and Expert Perspectives to Conceptualize High-Quality Palliative Cancer Care for Symptoms in the US Veterans Health Administration: A Qualitative Study. Inquiry. 2023; 60:469580231160374. PMID: 36891952; PMCID: PMC9998402; DOI: 10.1177/00469580231160374;

Mull HJ, Kabdiyeva A, Ndugga N, Gordon SH, Garrido MM, Pizer SD. What is the role of selection bias in quality comparisons between the Veterans Health Administration and community care? Example of elective hernia surgery. Health Serv Res. 2023 Jun; 58(3):654-662.View Related Profiles.

Mull, Hillary
Garrido, Melissa
Gordon, Sarah
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 36477645; PMCID: PMC10154155; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14113;

Garrido MM, Pearson Sites E, Avila CJ, Pizer SD. Grading Evidence to Support Legislative and Budget Proposals-Veterans Health Administration's Key to Implementing the Evidence Act. Value Health. 2023 Jun; 26(6):902-908.View Related Profiles.

Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 36332893; PMCID: PMC11340122; DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2022.10.007;

Garrido MM, Jones DK, Woodruff A, Strombotne K, Palani S, Zahakos S, Adelberg M, Pizer SD, Frakt AB. Detecting fraud, waste, and abuse in substance use disorder treatment. Health Serv Res. 2022 Oct; 57(5):997-1000.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Strombotne, Kiersten
Garrido, Melissa
Palani, Sivagaminathan
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 35932224; PMCID: PMC9441269; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14046;

Oseroff BH, Ankuda CK, Bollens-Lund E, Garrido MM, Ornstein KA. Patterns of Healthcare Utilization and Spending Among Homebound Older Adults in the USA: an Observational Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Mar; 38(4):1001-1007. PMID: 35945471; PMCID: PMC9362988; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07742-8;

Griffith KN, Schwartzman DA, Pizer SD, Bor J, Kolachalama VB, Jack B, Garrido MM. Local Supply Of Postdischarge Care Options Tied To Hospital Readmission Rates. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 Jul; 41(7):1036-1044.View Related Profiles.

Jack, Brian
Bor, Jacob
Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven
Kolachalama, Vijaya

PMID: 35787076; PMCID: PMC9342702; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01991;

Minegishi T, Garrido MM, Lewis ET, Oliva EM, Pizer SD, Strombotne KL, Trafton JA, Tenso K, Sohoni PS, Frakt AB. Randomized Policy Evaluation of the Veterans Health Administration Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM). J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Nov; 37(14):3746-3750.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Strombotne, Kiersten
Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 35715661; PMCID: PMC9585134; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07622-1;

Reger MA, Lauver MG, Manchester C, Abraham TH, Landes SJ, Garrido MM, Griffin C, Woods JA, Strombotne KL, Hughes G. Development of the Veterans Crisis Line Caring Letters Suicide Prevention Intervention. Health Serv Res. 2022 Jun; 57 Suppl 1:42-52.View Related Profiles.

Strombotne, Kiersten
Garrido, Melissa

PMID: 35403233; PMCID: PMC9108218; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13985;

Strombotne KL, Legler A, Minegishi T, Trafton JA, Oliva EM, Lewis ET, Sohoni P, Garrido MM, Pizer SD, Frakt AB. Effect of a Predictive Analytics-Targeted Program in Patients on Opioids: a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Feb; 38(2):375-381.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Strombotne, Kiersten
Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 35501628; PMCID: PMC9060407; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07617-y;

Kilbourne AM, Garrido MM, Brown AF. Translating research into policy and action. Health Serv Res. 2022 Jun; 57 Suppl 1:5-8. PMID: 35362119; PMCID: PMC9108221; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13980;

Saenger PM, Ornstein KA, Garrido MM, Lubetsky S, Bollens-Lund E, DeCherrie LV, Leff B, Siu AL, Federman AD. Cost of home hospitalization versus inpatient hospitalization inclusive of a 30-day post-acute period. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 May; 70(5):1374-1383. PMID: 35212391; PMCID: PMC9307069; DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17706;

Reckrey JM, Leff B, Kumar RG, Yee C, Garrido MM, Ornstein KA. Home, but Not Homebound: A Prospective Analysis of Persons Living With Dementia. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022 Oct; 23(10):1648-1652.e1. PMID: 35063398; PMCID: PMC9294063; DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.12.029;

Yuan Y, Thomas KS, Van Houtven CH, Price ME, Pizer SD, Frakt AB, Garrido MM. Fewer potentially avoidable health care events in rural veterans with self-directed care versus other personal care services. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 May; 70(5):1418-1428.View Related Profiles.

Frakt, Austin
Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 35026056; PMCID: PMC9106846; DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17656;

Ornstein KA, Liu SH, Husain M, Ankuda CK, Bollens-Lund E, Kelley AS, Garrido MM. Prospective assessment of dementia on transitions in homeboundness using multistate Markov models. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Apr; 70(4):1117-1126. PMID: 34951008; PMCID: PMC8986556; DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17631;

O'Hanlon CE, Giannitrapani KF, Lindvall C, Gamboa RC, Canning M, Asch SM, Garrido MM, Walling AM, Lorenz KA. Correction to: Patient and Caregiver Prioritization of Palliative and End-of-Life Cancer Care Quality Measures. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Nov 03. PMID: 34731438

Gordon SH, Alger CL, Declercq ER, Garrido MM. The Association Between Continuity Of Marketplace Coverage During Pregnancy And Receipt Of Prenatal Care. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 10; 40(10):1618-1626.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Garrido, Melissa
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 34606350

O'Hanlon CE, Giannitrapani KF, Lindvall C, Gamboa RC, Canning M, Asch SM, Garrido MM, Walling AM, Lorenz KA. Patient and Caregiver Prioritization of Palliative and End-of-Life Cancer Care Quality Measures. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 May; 37(6):1429-1435. PMID: 34405352; PMCID: PMC9086093; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-07041-8;

Shafer PR, Garrido MM, Pearson E, Palani S, Woodruff A, Lyn AM, Williams KM, Kirsh SR, Pizer SD. Design and implementation of a cluster randomized trial measuring benefits of medical scribes in the VA. Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 07; 106:106455.View Related Profiles.

Garrido, Melissa
Shafer, Paul
Palani, Sivagaminathan
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 34048944; PMCID: PMC8319919; DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106455;

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 03 01; 4(3):e2037334. PMID: 33646311; PMCID: PMC7921898; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.37334;

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 09; 24(9):1321-1333. 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 02 28; 40(5):1204-1223.View Related Profiles.

Garrido, Melissa
Pizer, Steven

PMID: 33327037; PMCID: PMC8258782; DOI: 10.1002/sim.8836;

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; PMCID: PMC7728867; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06252-9;

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. 2021 05; 61(5):940-947.e3. PMID: 33035651; PMCID: PMC8021616; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.09.040;

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; PMCID: PMC7722026; DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16715;

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 02; 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; PMCID: PMC7251502; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1636;

Garrido M, Frakt AB. Challenges of Aging Population Are Intensified in Prison. JAMA Health Forum. 2020 Feb 03; 1(2):e200170.View Related Profiles.

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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.

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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

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.

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PMID: 31517789; PMCID: PMC6750195; DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001146;

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.

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PMID: 31158026; PMCID: PMC6781229; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00020;

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; PMCID: PMC6489357; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4063-8;

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; PMCID: PMC6465109; DOI: 10.1007/s40273-019-00787-4;

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; PMCID: PMC9451045; DOI: 10.1177/1077558718823919;

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.

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PMID: 30620691; PMCID: PMC8238091; DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2018.1540376;

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.

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PMID: 29950460; PMCID: PMC6020973; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020097;

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.

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PMID: 29862494; PMCID: PMC6232400; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12986;

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.

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PMID: 29674484; PMCID: PMC8218013; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-007916;

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; PMCID: PMC6056590; 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; PMCID: PMC6764445; 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; PMCID: PMC5856587; 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; PMCID: PMC5860672; 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.

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PMID: 28832927; PMCID: PMC6317362; DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15053;

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; PMCID: PMC5706623; 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; PMCID: PMC5510049; 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;

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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; PMCID: PMC5253251; 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; PMCID: PMC5333567; 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; PMCID: PMC6794006; 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; PMCID: PMC6380669; 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; PMCID: PMC5034210; 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; PMCID: PMC4875864; 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; PMCID: PMC4849270; 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; PMCID: PMC4828728; 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; PMCID: PMC4809065; 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; PMCID: PMC4494882; 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; PMCID: PMC4550689; 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; PMCID: PMC4441858; 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; PMCID: PMC3883894; 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; PMCID: PMC4257859; 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; PMCID: PMC4213057; DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12182;

Garrido MM. Propensity scores and palliative care. J Palliat Med. 2014 Mar; 17(3):261. PMID: 24517275; PMCID: PMC4124532; 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; PMCID: PMC3947659; 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; PMCID: PMC3980201; 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; PMCID: PMC3771671; 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.

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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; PMCID: PMC3050003; 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; PMCID: PMC2763014; 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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