Lauren Hersch Nicholas

Publications

• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Halpern, Scott D, David R Weir, Baum, Micah Y, Nolan, Marie, Gallo, Joseph, Kenneth M Langa. 2023. Decision-making for patients with severe dementia versus normal cognition near the end-of-life. Innovation in Aging 7(7):igad081.  
• Sasmira Matta, Joanne W Hsu, Theodore Iwashyna, Micah Y. Baum, Kenneth M Langa, Lauren Hersch Nicholas. 2021. Identifying cohabiting couples in administrative data: evidence from Medicare address data. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 21:238-247.  
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Kenneth M Langa, Julie P. W. Bynum, Joanne W Hsu. 2021. Financial Presentation of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias. JAMA Internal Medicine 181(2):220-227.  
• Kenneth M Langa, Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Kelley, A S, Smith, A K, Cagle, J , Ornstein, K , Silveira, M J, Covinsky, K E, Ritchie, C S. 2014. Leveraging the health and retirement study to advance palliative care research. Journal of palliative medicine 17(5):506-511.  
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Theodore Iwashyna, David R Weir, Kenneth M Langa. 2014. Advance Directives And Nursing Home Stays Associated With Less Aggressive End-Of-Life Care For Patients With Severe Dementia. Health affairs 33(4):667-674.  
• Joseph Walter Sakshaug, David R Weir, Lauren Hersch Nicholas. 2014. Identifying diabetics in Medicare claims and survey data: implications for health services research. BMC Health Services Research 14:150.  
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Norton, Edward, Huang, Sean . 2014. Informal Care and Inter-vivos Transfers:Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women. B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 14(2):377-400.   PMCID: PMC4180599.
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Dimick, Justin . 2013. Bariatric Surgery in Minority Patients Before and After Implementation of a Centers of Excellence Program. JAMA 310(13):1399-1400.   PMCID: PMC3832290.
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, McInerney, Melissa , Mellor, Jennifer . 2013. Recession Depression: Mental Health Effects of the 2008 Stock Market Crash. Journal of Health Economics 32(6):1090-1104.   PMCID: PMC3874451.
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas. 2013. Better quality of care or healthier patients? Hospital utilization by Medicare advantage and fee-for-service enrollees. Forum for Health Economics and Policy 16(1):137-161.   PMCID: PMC3923607.
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Dimick, J , Ryan, A , Thumma, J , Birkmeyer, J . 2013. Bariatric surgery complications before vs after implementation of a national policy restricting coverage to centers of excellence. JAMA 309(8):792-9.   PMCID: PMC3785293.
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Dimick, Justin B, Staiger, Douglas O, Osborne, Nicholas H, Birkmeyer, John D. 2012. Composite Measures for Rating Hospital Quality with Major Surgery. Health services research 47(5):1861.  
• Theodore Iwashyna, Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Dimick, Justin B. 2011. Do hospitals alter patient care effort allocations under pay-for-performance?. Health Services Research 46(1)
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas. 2011. Can Food Stamps help to reduce Medicare spending on diabetes?. Economics & Human Biology 9(1):1-13.  
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas. 2011. Modeling the Impact of Medicare Advantage Payment Cuts on Ambulatory Care Sensitive and Elective Hospitalizations. Health services research 46(5):1417-1435.  
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Dimick, Justin B. 2011. Too Much of a Good Thing? Multi-tasking and Distraction in Quality Improvement: Comment on: "Evaluating an Evidence-Based Bundle for Preventing Surgical Site Infection". Archives of Surgery 146(3):270.  
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Kenneth M Langa, Theodore Iwashyna, David R Weir. 2011. Regional Variation in the Association Between Advance Directives and End-of-Life Medicare Expenditures. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 306(13):1447-1453.  
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Osborne, Nicholas H, Ghaferi, Amir A, Dimick, Justin B. 2011. Evaluating Popular Media and Internet-Based Hospital Quality Ratings for Cancer Surgery. Archives of Surgery 146(5):600-604.  
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Dimick, J . 2011. Too Much of a Good Thing? Multi-tasking and Distraction in Quality Improvement INVITED CRITIQUE. Archives of Surgery 146(3):270-270.  
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Osborne, Nicholas H, Birkmeyer, John D, Dimick, Justin B. 2010. Hospital Process Compliance and Surgical Outcomes in Medicare Beneficiaries. Archives of Surgery 145(10):999-1004.  
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Osborne, Nicholas H, Ghaferi, Amir A, Upchurch Jr, Gilbert R, Dimick, Justin B. 2010. Do Popular Media and Internet-Based Hospital Quality Ratings Identify Hospitals with Better Cardiovascular Surgery Outcomes?. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 210(1):87-92.  
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Dimick, Justin B, Osborne, Nicholas H, Birkmeyer, John D. 2009. Identifying High-Quality Bariatric Surgery Centers: Hospital Volume or Risk-Adjusted Outcomes?. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 209(6):702-706.  
• Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Biles, Brian , Dallek, Geraldine . 2004. Medicare Advantage: Déjà Vu All Over Again?. Health affairs 23:W4.