University of Vermont

A Place for Collaboration and Connection 

The Center for Health Services Research (CHSR) is a resource for researchers within the Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont and across the UVM health network. CHSR focuses on using secondary data analysis to answer questions, engage in policy discussions, and assist care-delivery professionals in evidence-based decision making. CHSR helps researchers access data and provides guidance in the development of observational study design. The center holds expert knowledge in working with insurance claims, EHRs, and survey development and analysis. 

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Mission 

The mission of the center is to facilitate and conduct rigorous quantitative health services research using secondary data. Our research is clinically and policy relevant and focused on the discovery of new knowledge to enhance quality, value, and satisfaction in the healthcare system. Our research draws lessons from healthcare reform in Vermont to healthcare reform efforts in other states at the national level and internationally

Vision

To use secondary data to make causal inferences about how to change the healthcare system to improve the health of the population

CHSR Spotlight

Andrew Wilcock continues work on evaluating Medicare's mandatory bundled-payment model for joint replacements

Dr.Wilcock and team have looked at six years of Medicare claims data for hospitals participating in Medicare's Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model (CJR). They have most recently published an article in JAMA Internal Medicine estimating savings from the CJR program over time and assessing how responses by hospitals to changing incentives were associated with those savings. 

Center member receives first place prize for PhRMA Foundation Valuing Diversity: Addressing Health Disparities Challenge Award

Eline van den Broek-Altenburg and team conducted an analysis of COVID-19 vaccine preferences among underrepresented populations and explored methodological approaches to incorporate differences in unobserved individual preferences in value assessment.

CHSR core member is invested as inaugural Huber Early Career Green and Gold Professor 

Sarah Nowak, Assistant Professor in Pathology, is acknowledged for showing extraordinary potential early in her academic career at the Larner College of Medicine.  

Contact Us

Larner College of Medicine
89 Beaumont Avenue
Given Building, C415
Burlington, VT  05405

Phone: (802) 656-3555

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