Deepon Bhaumik
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2025
Long-Term Services and Supports in Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage Plans
Bhaumik D, Grabowski D. Long-Term Services and Supports in Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage Plans. JAMA Network Open 2025, 8: e2526406. PMID: 40788644, PMCID: PMC12340655, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.26406.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMA beneficiariesMA plansHome-based palliative careSupplemental benefitsSupport servicesCohort studyIn-home supportive servicesMedicare AdvantageCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services dataCaregiver support servicesAdult day servicesLongitudinal cohort studyHealth maintenance organizationMedicaid Services dataLong-term serviceMedicare Advantage plansNonopioid pain managementCounty levelPalliative careProvider organization plansMain OutcomesMaintenance organizationDay servicesPain managementLTSSThe Shadow Price of Uncertainty: Consequences of Unpredictable Insurance Coverage for Access, Care, and Financial Security
SCHLESINGER M, BHAUMIK D. The Shadow Price of Uncertainty: Consequences of Unpredictable Insurance Coverage for Access, Care, and Financial Security. Milbank Quarterly 2025, 103: 440-479. PMID: 40292705, PMCID: PMC12185371, DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.70006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth insurance reformInsurance reformAmerican householdsInsurance coverageHealth care reform strategiesMedical expensesPrice of uncertaintyHealth insurance coverageReducing financial insecurityPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActAffordable Care ActReform strategiesAnd Affordable Care ActShadow pricesInsurance provisionEstimate regressionsStructural reformsCoverage shortfallsHealth insuranceHousehold characteristicsCare ActFinancial securityInsurancePolicy purchaseHouseholdsThe Impact of Introducing Managed Care Intermediaries for Long‐Term Services and Supports
Bhaumik D, Wallace J, Grabowski D, Schlesinger M. The Impact of Introducing Managed Care Intermediaries for Long‐Term Services and Supports. Health Services Research 2025, 60: e14462. PMID: 40016090, PMCID: PMC12277115, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14462.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCare useCare usersHealth and Retirement Study dataNurse home visitsNursing home statusNursing home occupancyCommunity-based servicesHome care useRetirement Study dataHome care usersLong-term careInformal care useLong-term serviceAcute careHome visitsHealth outcomesFormal careFunctional limitationsHome statusCare individualsEvidence of reductionStatistically significant changesCareNursesStudy dataImplementation challenges of the new federal nursing home staffing rules will vary across states
Bhaumik D, Grabowski D. Implementation challenges of the new federal nursing home staffing rules will vary across states. Health Affairs Scholar 2025, 3: qxaf009. PMID: 39916973, PMCID: PMC11797380, DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxaf009.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
How exposure to patient narratives affects stereotyped choices of primary care clinicians
Bhaumik D, Schlesinger M. How exposure to patient narratives affects stereotyped choices of primary care clinicians. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0295243. PMID: 38060553, PMCID: PMC10703228, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociation between Medicare eligibility at age 65 years and in-hospital treatment patterns and health outcomes for patients with trauma: regression discontinuity approach
Bhaumik D, Ndumele C, Scott J, Wallace J. Association between Medicare eligibility at age 65 years and in-hospital treatment patterns and health outcomes for patients with trauma: regression discontinuity approach. The BMJ 2023, 382: e074289. PMID: 37433620, PMCID: PMC10334336, DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2022-074289.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAge 65 yearsHealth insurance coverageHospital admissionTreatment patternsInsurance coverageSimilar patientsTrauma encountersAge 65Health systemLevel II trauma centerPatient's hospital admissionShare of patientsMain outcome measuresProcess of careDischarge planning processHospital mortalityHospital stayTrauma centerTrauma bayTreatment decisionsOutcome measuresAmerican CollegeInpatient facilitiesLevel INursing homes
2022
Decreasing rates of cost-related medication non-adherence by age advancement among American generational cohorts 2004–2014: a longitudinal study
Zhang J, Bhaumik D, Meltzer D. Decreasing rates of cost-related medication non-adherence by age advancement among American generational cohorts 2004–2014: a longitudinal study. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e051480. PMID: 35523499, PMCID: PMC9083426, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCost-related medicationInsurance statusComorbid conditionsDaily livingCRN ratesMedicare-Medicaid dual eligibilityLongitudinal studyNon-adherence behaviorUS healthcare systemCohort of AmericansDual eligibilityFunctional statusAge advancementDisease burdenHigh prevalenceInstrumental activitiesGeneral populationPopulation-averaged effectsCRN behaviorsCohortPrivate insuranceMedications
2018
Change in Insurance Status and Cost-related Medication Non-adherence among Older U.S. Adults with Diabetes from 2010 to 2014.
Zhang J, Bhaumik D, Huang E, Meltzer D. Change in Insurance Status and Cost-related Medication Non-adherence among Older U.S. Adults with Diabetes from 2010 to 2014. Journal Of Health & Medical Economics 2018, 4 PMID: 30627691, PMCID: PMC6322665, DOI: 10.21767/2471-9927.100040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCRN ratesDiabetes patientsInsurance statusMultivariable logistic regression analysisMedication Non-AdherenceCost-related medicationLogistic regression analysisOlder U.S. adultsDiabetes adultsLess medicationNon-adherenceAffordable Care ActMedical careAdult populationU.S. adultsDiabetesOlder adultsInsurance coverageHealth careCare ActMedicationsPatientsEncouraging reductionRegression analysisAdults