Past Student Research Projects

Below is a list of some of the student research projects that the Schroeder Center has previously supported:

Effects of peers in physicians’ treatment of cardiovascular disease
Risk adjustment methodologies used in measuring hospital performance
The costs of opioid overdose-related hospitalizations
The association between alcohol-related hospitalizations and ABC licenses
Hospital readmissions among Virginia Medicare beneficiaries after the Affordable Care Act
Access to inpatient care by Virginia’s young adults
Role of maternal capabilities with child feeding and nutritional status
Standards of care for pregnant incarcerated women
Access to healthcare and racial disparities in health
Impact of the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) on individuals’ insurance take-up and health outcomes
Informal care provision for elderly parents
Role of environmental stress on early development
Effect of Medicare OPPS on hospital volume
Healthcare utilization patterns during economic recession
Physician-hospital integration and quality of care
Effects of economic recessions on Medicare beneficiaries