Carrie Levin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5547167 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carrie Levin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carrie |
| FAMILY NAME | Levin |
| SIGNATURE | LEVIN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | April M. Falconi, Leah Ramirez, Rebecca Cobb, Carrie Levin, and Michelle Nguyen are with the Public Policy Institute, Elevance Health, Washington, DC. Tiffany Inglis is with Carelon Health, Indianapolis, IN. |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-1893-0167 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Role of Doulas in Improving Maternal Health and Health Equity Among Medicaid Enrollees, 2014‒2023
Objectives. To assess the relationship between doula utilization and health outcomes of females enrolled in Medicaid-affiliated plans in the United States. Methods. In this retrospective, observational cohort study, we used Medicaid claims data from a national health insurer to compare health outcomes between females who used and who did not use a doula (2014–2023). We conducted propensity score matching using a 1:1 case‒control match, without re…
The role of perceived benefits and costs in patients’ medical decisions
Background Many decisions can be understood in terms of actors’ valuations of benefits and costs. The article investigates whether this is also true of patient medical decision making. It aims to investigate (i) the importance patients attach to various reasons for and against nine medical decisions; (ii) how well the importance attached to benefits and costs predicts action or inaction; and (iii) how such valuations are related to decision confi…
Shared Decision Making
See also The importance and complexity of regret in the measurement of good decisions: a systematic review and a content analysis of existing assessment instruments, by Joseph‐Williams et al
Development of instruments to measure the quality of breast cancer treatment decisions
Background Women with early‐stage breast cancer face a multitude of decisions. The quality of a decision can be measured by the extent to which the treatment reflects what is most important to an informed patient. Reliable and valid measures of patients’ knowledge and their goals and concerns related to breast cancer treatments are needed to assess the decision quality. Objective To identify a set of key facts and goals relevant to each of three …
Adherence to Antidepressant Treatment Among Privately Insured Patients Diagnosed With Depression
BACKGROUND: Antidepressants are effective in treatment of depression, but poor adherence to medication is a major obstacle to effective care. OBJECTIVE: We sought to describe patient and provider level factors associated with treatment adherence. METHODS: This was a retrospective, observational study using medical and pharmacy claims from a large health plan, for services provided between January 2003 and January 2005. We studied a total of 4312 …
Role of Doulas in Improving Maternal Health and Health Equity Among Medicaid Enrollees, 2014‒2023
Objectives. To assess the relationship between doula utilization and health outcomes of females enrolled in Medicaid-affiliated plans in the United States. Methods. In this retrospective, observational cohort study, we used Medicaid claims data from a national health insurer to compare health outcomes between females who used and who did not use a doula (2014–2023). We conducted propensity score matching using a 1:1 case‒control match, without re…
Adherence to Antidepressant Treatment Among Privately Insured Patients Diagnosed With Depression
BACKGROUND: Antidepressants are effective in treatment of depression, but poor adherence to medication is a major obstacle to effective care. OBJECTIVE: We sought to describe patient and provider level factors associated with treatment adherence. METHODS: This was a retrospective, observational study using medical and pharmacy claims from a large health plan, for services provided between January 2003 and January 2005. We studied a total of 4312 …
Development of instruments to measure the quality of breast cancer treatment decisions
Background Women with early‐stage breast cancer face a multitude of decisions. The quality of a decision can be measured by the extent to which the treatment reflects what is most important to an informed patient. Reliable and valid measures of patients’ knowledge and their goals and concerns related to breast cancer treatments are needed to assess the decision quality. Objective To identify a set of key facts and goals relevant to each of three …
Shared Decision Making
See also The importance and complexity of regret in the measurement of good decisions: a systematic review and a content analysis of existing assessment instruments, by Joseph‐Williams et al
The role of perceived benefits and costs in patients’ medical decisions
Background Many decisions can be understood in terms of actors’ valuations of benefits and costs. The article investigates whether this is also true of patient medical decision making. It aims to investigate (i) the importance patients attach to various reasons for and against nine medical decisions; (ii) how well the importance attached to benefits and costs predicts action or inaction; and (iii) how such valuations are related to decision confi…
Role of Doulas in Improving Maternal Health and Health Equity Among Medicaid Enrollees, 2014‒2023
Objectives. To assess the relationship between doula utilization and health outcomes of females enrolled in Medicaid-affiliated plans in the United States. Methods. In this retrospective, observational cohort study, we used Medicaid claims data from a national health insurer to compare health outcomes between females who used and who did not use a doula (2014–2023). We conducted propensity score matching using a 1:1 case‒control match, without re…
Medicine (4 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (3 works) · Health care (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Logistic regression (2 works) · MEDLINE (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Actuarial science (1 work)