Liam
@liamrose.bsky.social
Health economics, VA Palo Alto and Stanford Medicine. liamrose.me
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The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
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We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
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Academia rewards originality, as long as it looks exactly like what came before.
October 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Academia rewards originality, as long as it looks exactly like what came before.
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I hate do-operators in DAG (sim city for epidemiologists mercs and clinician investigators) as much as I hate waterfall diagrams and trial emulations(*) and only slightly less than I hate kale.
(*) be honest it is just an observational study, which can be quite valuable without the emulation hype
(*) be honest it is just an observational study, which can be quite valuable without the emulation hype
July 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I hate do-operators in DAG (sim city for epidemiologists mercs and clinician investigators) as much as I hate waterfall diagrams and trial emulations(*) and only slightly less than I hate kale.
(*) be honest it is just an observational study, which can be quite valuable without the emulation hype
(*) be honest it is just an observational study, which can be quite valuable without the emulation hype
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Currently debating whether my contribution is “novel” or just so dumb no one’s done it before.
June 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Currently debating whether my contribution is “novel” or just so dumb no one’s done it before.
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Our study in JAMA Network Open found review & publication times across health policy journals often missing or murky, with wide variability. Need more transparency, standardization, & analysis of how to achieve fast dissemination but also high quality. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Review and Publication Times and Reporting Across Journals on Health Policy
This cross-sectional study compares how a broad range of journals vs a narrow set of specialty journals report and measure review and publication times and assesses these patterns across journals.
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May 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Our study in JAMA Network Open found review & publication times across health policy journals often missing or murky, with wide variability. Need more transparency, standardization, & analysis of how to achieve fast dissemination but also high quality. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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New paper alert! Are you in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP)? Chances are you or someone you know are. We studied whether ppl with chronic illness can get the care they need in these plans. Read on for more! 1/n
High-Deductible Health Plans and Receipt of Guideline-Concordant Care
This cohort study examines receipt of guideline-concordant health care among individuals with chronic illness enrolled in high-deductible health plans compared with those enrolled in non–high-deductib...
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April 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
New paper alert! Are you in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP)? Chances are you or someone you know are. We studied whether ppl with chronic illness can get the care they need in these plans. Read on for more! 1/n
The number of people Ive known for a while suddenly asking to connect on LinkedIn is…unsettling
March 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The number of people Ive known for a while suddenly asking to connect on LinkedIn is…unsettling
Did everyone else know that journals use offshore staffing companies for editorial staff or is this news to just me
February 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Did everyone else know that journals use offshore staffing companies for editorial staff or is this news to just me
My understanding is that unless/until something changes, all VA researchers will be terminated this way within the next 3 years
First colleague & friend notified their contract would not be extended at VA. Terminated. Not provisional, 5 yrs. Was managing a study to learn how to improve home care for Veterans, caregivers. Managers helpless to remedy now but will keep trying. Harms to them & x1000 will hurt quality of care!
To all affected, I'm terribly sorry. There is no way, we, as a society, can make it up to you.
We are in a sudden & long-term disaster. Disaster responders have experience slowing down time, looking at options, & limiting bad outcomes. We all need to start thinking like a responder right now. 1/
We are in a sudden & long-term disaster. Disaster responders have experience slowing down time, looking at options, & limiting bad outcomes. We all need to start thinking like a responder right now. 1/
February 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
My understanding is that unless/until something changes, all VA researchers will be terminated this way within the next 3 years
About 10-11% of VA primary care appointments are either missed or cancelled the day of the appointment. About one-third of that is VA cancelling on the patient.
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February 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
About 10-11% of VA primary care appointments are either missed or cancelled the day of the appointment. About one-third of that is VA cancelling on the patient.
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It definitely feels like overleaf is out of growth mode
December 19, 2024 at 1:25 AM
It definitely feels like overleaf is out of growth mode
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Can you guess what happens when a Walmart Supercenter enters a community?
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◾EITC receipts in the community increase
◾ workers' incomes go down
as a direct result.
"Walmart Supercenters gradually accumulate and exercise monopsony power, with negative consequences for workers."
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◾EITC receipts in the community increase
◾ workers' incomes go down
as a direct result.
"Walmart Supercenters gradually accumulate and exercise monopsony power, with negative consequences for workers."
December 1, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Can you guess what happens when a Walmart Supercenter enters a community?
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◾EITC receipts in the community increase
◾ workers' incomes go down
as a direct result.
"Walmart Supercenters gradually accumulate and exercise monopsony power, with negative consequences for workers."
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◾EITC receipts in the community increase
◾ workers' incomes go down
as a direct result.
"Walmart Supercenters gradually accumulate and exercise monopsony power, with negative consequences for workers."
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We still have a relatively poor understanding of the relationship between evidence and policy. Program evaluation in particular is often motivated by a desire to make policy better. But how effective is program evaluation itself?Michelle Rao's JMP tackles this question. www.michellerao.com/research
November 27, 2024 at 5:42 AM
We still have a relatively poor understanding of the relationship between evidence and policy. Program evaluation in particular is often motivated by a desire to make policy better. But how effective is program evaluation itself?Michelle Rao's JMP tackles this question. www.michellerao.com/research
Whatever journals pay for using Editorial Manager it’s too much
November 19, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Whatever journals pay for using Editorial Manager it’s too much
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Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
November 15, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
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Assimilation and land allotment under the Dawes Act of 1887 increased various measures of American Indian child and adult mortality from nearly 20 percent to as much as one-third, from Grant Miller, Jack Shane, and C. Matthew Snipp https://www.nber.org/papers/w33057
October 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Assimilation and land allotment under the Dawes Act of 1887 increased various measures of American Indian child and adult mortality from nearly 20 percent to as much as one-third, from Grant Miller, Jack Shane, and C. Matthew Snipp https://www.nber.org/papers/w33057
This seems simple but does anyone know of a way to get ToT estimates from a staggered DiD? As in, if there is only partial take up of a policy for the treated group and it can be measured, is there a way to get the LATE in the style of 2SLS? #Econsky
September 4, 2024 at 9:15 PM
This seems simple but does anyone know of a way to get ToT estimates from a staggered DiD? As in, if there is only partial take up of a policy for the treated group and it can be measured, is there a way to get the LATE in the style of 2SLS? #Econsky
Can someone tell me which language the phrase “Greetings for the day!” is translated from
February 16, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Can someone tell me which language the phrase “Greetings for the day!” is translated from
I looked up the address for this spam journal that’s inviting me to their editorial board and it’s just someone’s house in Michigan
February 9, 2024 at 12:42 PM
I looked up the address for this spam journal that’s inviting me to their editorial board and it’s just someone’s house in Michigan
We find that adding clinician availability to nurse triage lines reduces emergency department visits by 5.5%, but not admissions from the ED. Small estimated cost savings.
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January 3, 2024 at 6:53 PM
We find that adding clinician availability to nurse triage lines reduces emergency department visits by 5.5%, but not admissions from the ED. Small estimated cost savings.
academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
academic.oup.com/healthaffair...