United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Center for Health Care Evaluation

CHCE Investigators

Ciaran S. Phibbs, Ph.D.

Ciaran S. Phibbs, Ph.D.

Brief Bio

  • Health Economist, Center for Health Care Evaluation and Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center
  • Consulting Assistant Professor, Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • BA, St. Lawrence University
  • MA, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

Research Interests

  • How distance, insurance status, and provider alternatives effect the demand for health care. Recent focus on how these issues effect the demand for VA care
  • How hospital markets and competition interact and effect hospital costs and outcomes
  • Methods for case mix and severity adjustment
  • Linking large data bases
  • Cost-effectiveness analysis
  • Obstetric and newborn care

 

Publications

Phibbs CS, Holty JEC, Goldstein MK, et al. The effects of geriatric evaluation and management on nursing home use and health care costs: Results from a randomized trial. Medical Care. 2006;44(1):91-95.
Phibbs CS, Schmitt SK. Estimates of the cost and length of stay changes that can be attributed to one-week increases in gestational age for premature infants. Early Hum Dev. Feb 2006;82(2):85-95.
Schmitt SK, Sneed L, Phibbs CS. Costs of newborn care in California: a population-based study. Pediatrics. Jan 2006;117(1):154-160.
Matchar DB, Jacobson AK, Edson RG, et al. The impact of patient self-testing of prothrombin time for managing anticoagulation: rationale and design of VA Cooperative Study #481--the Home INR Study (THINRS). J Thromb Thrombolysis. Jun 2005;19(3):163-172.
Baker LC, Phibbs CS, Guarino C, Supina D, Reynolds JL. Within-year variation in hospital utilization and its implications for hospital costs. Journal of Health Economics. 2004;23(1):191-211.
Masson CL, Sorensen JL, Phibbs CS, Okin RL. Predictors of medical service utilization among individuals with co-occurring HIV infection and substance abuse disorders. AIDS Care. Aug 2004;16(6):744-755.
Bhutani VK, Johnson LH, Jeffrey Maisels M, et al. Kernicterus: epidemiological strategies for its prevention through systems-based approaches. J Perinatol. Oct 2004; 24(10):650-662.
Sorensen JL, Dilley J, London J, Okin RL, Delucchi KL, Phibbs CS. Case management for substance abusers with HIV/AIDS: a randomized clinical trial. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2003;29(1):133-150.
Schmitt SK, Phibbs CS, Piette JD. The influence of distance on utilization of outpatient mental health aftercare following inpatient substance abuse treatment. Addict Behav. Aug 2003;28(6):1183-1192.
Phibbs CS, Bhandari A, Yu W, Barnett PG. Estimating the costs of VA ambulatory care. Med Care Res Rev. Sep 2003;60(3 Suppl):54S-73S.
Baker LC, Phibbs CS. Managed care, technology adoption, and health care: the adoption of neonatal intensive care. Rand J Econ. Autumn 2002;33(3):524-548.
Cifuentes J, Bronstein J, Phibbs CS, Phibbs RH, Schmitt SK, Carlo WA. Mortality in low birth weight infants according to level of neonatal care at hospital of birth. Pediatrics. May 2002;109(5):745-751.
Cohen HJ, Feussner JR, Weinberger M, et al. A controlled trial of inpatient and outpatient geriatric evaluation and management. N Engl J Med. Mar 21 2002;346(12):905-912.
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Contact Information


Email: Ciaran.Phibbs@va.gov