Melissa M. Garrido, PhD

Recent Work

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  Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage: The Choices Can Be Overwhelming 

  Nearly 70 million Medicare-eligible Americans have complicated coverage decisions during open enrollment, and they often face biased sales pitches or may lack access to impartial help.

  By Grace McCormack, PhD and Melissa M. Garrido, PhD

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  • Articles
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  Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Palliative Care in Natural Experiments: a Systematic Review

  Schaeffer researchers reviewed studies that employed ‘natural experiments’ to evaluate palliative care and considered implications for expanding use of these methods.

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  • Research
  • Journal Articles
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  Improving Care of People with Serious Medical Illness: An Economic Research Agenda for Palliative Care

  In 2020, Schaeffer Center established an Advisory Panel on Palliative Care. In this post, the panel outlines next steps to increase the quality of care of frail people with multiple chronic conditions.

  By Mireille Jacobson, PhD, Peter May, PhD, R. Sean Morrison, MD, Bryan Tysinger, PhD, Jennifer Moore Ballentine, MA, Romilla Batra, MD, Susan Enguidanos, PhD, MPH, Torrie Fields, MPH, Melissa M. Garrido, PhD, David Grabowski, PhD, Haiden Huskamp, PhD, Alexis Coulourides Kogan, PhD, Margaret Maguire, JD, Matthew Modes, MD, Peter J. Neumann, ScD, Holly Prigerson, PhD, Sunita Puri, MD, Bradley Rosen, MD, Thomas J. Smith, MD, Sally Stearns, PhD, Jennifer Temel, MD and Joan Teno, MD

  Categorized in

  • Evidence Base