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Carrie H. Colla, PhD

Title(s)
Professor of The Dartmouth Institute
Susan J. and Richard M. Levy Distinguished Professor

Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Vice Chair, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Susan J. and Richard M. Levy Distinguished Chair in Health Care Delivery Science

Department(s)
The Dartmouth Institute

Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
M.A., University of California, Berkeley
A.B., Dartmouth College

Programs
Dartmouth Cancer Center
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Curriculum Vitae
Colla_C_CV_2024-08-12.pdf

Websites
https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/tdi/profile/carrie-h-colla/

Contact Information

Level 5, WTRB
1 Medical Center Drive
Lebanon NH 03756

Email: Carrie.H.Colla@Dartmouth.edu


Professional Interests

Carrie Colla is a health economist specializing in health insurance markets, insurance benefit design, provider payment, and the care and needs of the elderly. Her previous research examines: 1) costs, use, and outcomes of post-acute care, 2) effects of changes in Medicare reimbursement, 3) labor market effects of health insurance expansions, and 4) employer health benefit choices under a pay-or-play mandate.

Courses Taught

Health Policy
Intermediate Microeconomics
Health Economics & Policy


Selected Publications

 

Medicare Accountable Care Organization Treatment of Serious Mental Illness: Associations Between Behavioral Health Integration Activities and Outcomes.
Newton H, Colla CH, Busch SH, Tomaino M, Hardy B, Brunette MF, Agravat D, Meara E
Med Care. 2025 Feb 1;63(2):123-132. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000002102. Epub 2024 Nov 29.
PMID: 39616411

Addressing Health Care Cost Growth - Why and How States Should Lead.
Fisher ES, Colla C, Koller CF, Berube A
N Engl J Med. 2024 Oct 10;391(14):1271-1273. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2409365. Epub 2024 Oct 5.
PMID: 39373386

Low-Value Care: A Multilayer Problem Requiring Multilayer Solutions.
Colla CH, Ganguli I
Ann Intern Med. 2024 May;177(5):676-677. doi: 10.7326/M24-0862. Epub 2024 Apr 23.
PMID: 38648645

The Association of Rural Residence With Surgery and Adjuvant Radiation in Medicare Beneficiaries With Rectal Cancer.
Sha ST, Usadi B, Wang Q, Tomaino M, Brooks GA, Loehrer AP, Wong SL, Tosteson ANA, Colla CH, Kapadia NS
Adv Radiat Oncol. 2023 Nov-Dec;8(6):101286. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2023.101286. Epub 2023 Jun 8.
PMID: 38047230

Internal and Environmental Predictors of Physician Practice Use of Screening and Medications for Opioid Use Disorders.
Miller-Rosales C, Busch SH, Meara ER, King A, D'Aunno TA, Colla CH
Med Care Res Rev. 2023 Aug;80(4):410-422. doi: 10.1177/10775587231162681. Epub 2023 Apr 10.
PMID: 37036056

Rural Disparities in Lung Cancer-directed Surgery: A Medicare Cohort Study.
Loehrer AP, Chen L, Wang Q, Colla CH, Wong SL
Ann Surg. 2023 Mar 1;277(3):e657-e663. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005091. Epub 2021 Jul 22.
PMID: 36745766

Changes in spending and quality after ACO contract participation for dually eligible beneficiaries with mental illness.
Colla CH, Lewis VA, Chang CH, Crawford M, Peck KA, Meara E
Healthc (Amst). 2023 Mar;11(1):100664. doi: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2022.100664. Epub 2022 Dec 19.
PMID: 36543011

Rethinking rurality: using hospital referral regions to investigate rural-urban health outcomes.
Skinner L, Wong S, Colla C
BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Nov 3;22(1):1312. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08649-0. Epub 2022 Nov 3.
PMID: 36329451

Association of Rurality, Race and Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status With the Surgical Management of Colon Cancer and Postoperative Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries.
Ramkumar N, Colla CH, Wang Q, O'Malley AJ, Wong SL, Brooks GA
JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Aug 1;5(8):e2229247. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.29247. Epub 2022 Aug 1.
PMID: 36040737

Coverage with evidence development: where are we now?
Zeitler EP, Gilstrap LG, Coylewright M, Slotwiner DJ, Colla CH, Al-Khatib SM
Am J Manag Care. 2022 Aug;28(8):382-389. doi: 10.37765/ajmc.2022.88870.
PMID: 35981123

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