Research

Health Care Markets, Health Systems, and Quality

Liu, J. L., Levinson, Z. M., Zhou, R. A., Zhao, X., Nguyen, P., & Qureshi, N. (2023). Environmental scan on consolidation trends and impacts in health care markets. RAND Health Quarterly, 10(3), Article 2.

Zhou, R. A., McIntosh, N., Rajan, R., Courtemanche, J., & Cutler, D. (2023). Association between use of clinician performance information and patient experience. The American Journal of Managed Care, 29(2), e51-e57.

*Horn, D., Sacarny, A., & Zhou, R. A. (2022). Technology adoption and market allocation: The case of robotic surgery. Journal of Health Economics, 86, 102672.

Smith, A. J. B., Zhou, R. A., Sites, E., Hallvik, S. E., Cutler, D. M., & Chien, A. T. (2022). Childbirths at home and in birthing centers rose during COVID-19: Oregon 2020 vs prior years. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 227(1), 108-111.

Prescription Drugs

Mulcahy, A. W., Rao, P., Patterson, L., Zhou, R. A., Levin, J. S., Reid, R. O., Kang, S. J., Wang, Z., & Lovejoy, S. L. (2024). Prescription drug prices, rebates, and insurance premiums (Report No. RR-A1820-3). RAND Corporation.

*Ericson, K. M., Sacarny, A., & Zhou, R. A. (2023). Dangerous prescribing and healthcare fragmentation: Evidence from opioids. Journal of Public Economics, 225, 104980.

Access to Care and Coverage

Zhou, R. A., De Mello, N., & Maestas, N. (2026). Geographic access to mental health facilities for people with disabilities. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 29(2), 65-73.

Zhou, R. A., Baicker, K., Taubman, S., & Finkelstein, A. N. (2017). The uninsured do not use the emergency department more—They use other care less. Health Affairs, 36(12), 2115-2122.

Evaluation of Innovative Care Delivery Models: Care Management for High-Need Patients

Finkelstein, A., Cantor, J. C., Gubb, J., Koller, M., Truchil, A., Zhou, R. A., & Doyle, J. (2024). The Camden Coalition care management program improved intermediate care coordination: A randomized controlled trial. Health Affairs, 43(1), 131-139.

Finkelstein, A., Zhou, R. A., Taubman, S., & Doyle, J. (2020). Health care hotspotting—A randomized, controlled trial. New England Journal of Medicine, 382(2), 152-162.

Evaluation of Innovative Care Delivery Models: Maternal and Child Health

Swanson, K., Ayers, S., Oviedo, D., Zhou, R. A., Bates, M. A., Baicker, K., Chien, A. T., & McConnell, M. A. (2025). Intensive nurse home visiting and early childhood outcomes: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatrics, 179(8), 857-866.

Rokicki, S., Oviedo, D., Perreault, N., Bates, M. A., Zhou, R. A., Baicker, K., & McConnell, M. A. (2025). Impact of nurse home visiting on take-up of social safety net programs in a Medicaid population. Health Affairs Scholar, 3(4).

Steenland, M. W., Oviedo, D., Bates, M. A., Zhou, R. A., Zera, C., Baicker, K., & McConnell, M. A. (2025). Effect of an intensive nurse home visiting program on postpartum contraceptive use and birth spacing: A randomized controlled trial. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 145(1), 3-12.

Rokicki, S., Oviedo, D., Perreault, N., Zera, C., McGregor, A. J., Bates, M. A., Zhou, R. A., Baicker, K., & McConnell, M. A. (2024). Home visits and the use of routine and emergency postpartum care among low-income people: A secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Network Open, 7(12).

Gourevitch, R. A., Zera, C., Martin, M. W., Zhou, R. A., Bates, M. A., Baicker, K., & McConnell, M. A. (2023). Home visits with a registered nurse did not affect prenatal care in a low-income pregnant population. Health Affairs, 42(8), 1152-1161.

McConnell, M. A., Rokicki, S., Ayers, S., Allouch, F., Perreault, N., Gourevitch, R. A., Martin, M. W., Zhou, R. A., Zera, C., Hacker, M. R., & Chien, A. T. (2022). Effect of an intensive nurse home visiting program on adverse birth outcomes in a Medicaid-eligible population: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA, 328(1), 27-37.