Samantha Illarmo

Biographic Data

ID5534344
NAMESamantha Illarmo
GIVEN NAMESSamantha
FAMILY NAMEIllarmo
SIGNATUREILLARMO S
AFFILIATIONSVA Health Economics Resource Center
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Impact of VA’s Clinical Resource Hub Primary Care Telehealth Program on Health Care Use and Costs

    Kritee Gujral, Jennifer Y Scott et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2025References: 36

    BACKGROUND: Telehealth can improve health care access in underserved areas. Hub-and-spoke-models, wherein providers in regional hubs deliver care through telehealth to patients visiting local "spoke" clinics, can improve access. However, cost impacts of this model are unknown. OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the utilization and cost impacts of VA's Clinical Resource Hub program for primary care (CRH-PC), a hub-and-spoke-model. DESIGN: Adjusted difference-in-…

  • Comorbidity Assessment Is Uneven Across Veterans Health Administration and Medicare for the Same Patient

    Risha Gidwani, Risha Gidwani-Marszowski et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2020References: 13

    OBJECTIVE: Compare comorbidity identification in Medicare and Veterans Health Administration (VA) data for the purposes of risk adjustment. DATA SOURCES: Analysis of Medicare and VA datasets for dually-enrolled Veterans receiving care in both settings, fiscal years 2010-2014. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of administrative data for a national sample of cancer decedents. DATA EXTRACTION METHODS: Comorbidities were evaluated using Elixhaus…