Research

PUBLISHED PAPERS

Reducing hypertension with adults experiencing food insecurity in low-income communities: Identifying intervention strategies and facilitators/barriers (Devyn Mullis et al.), Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (2025)
A point-of-care pilot randomized intervention to connect patients with cancer-induced financial toxicity to telehealth financial counseling (C. Alacevich, A.M. Abi Nehme, ... , R. Salloum) - Cancer Causes and Control (2024)

The association between COVID-19 status and economic costs in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a UK symptom surveillance digital survey (S. Kim, C. Alacevich, C. Nicodemo, R. Wittenberg, S. de Lusignan, S. Petrou), PharmacoEconomics-open (2024)
The effect of immigration on occupational injuries: evidence from administrative data (C. Alacevich and C. Nicodemo), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2023)

Depression and anxiety during and after episodes of COVID-19 in the community (C. Alacevich, I. Thalmann, C. Nicodemo, S. de Lusignan, S. Petrou), Scientific Reports (2023)
Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 episodes and Health-Related Quality of Life (C. Alacevich, I. Thalmann, C. Nicodemo, S. de Lusignan, S. Petrou), Applied Health Economics and Health Policy (2023)
Pro-environmental interventions and behavioral spillovers: evidence from organic waste sorting in Sweden (C. Alacevich, P. Bonev, and M. Söderberg), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2021)
Response strategies for promoting gender equality in natural disasters and public health emergencies: a rapid scoping review (J. Steinert, C. Alacevich, B. Steele, J. Hennegan, A. Yakubovich), BMJ Open (2021)
The presence of care homes and excess deaths in the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Italy (C. Alacevich, N. Cavalli, O. Giuntella, R. Lagravinese, F. Moscone, and C. Nicodemo), Health Economics (2021)
Does violence against civilians depress voter turnout? Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina (C. Alacevich and D. Zejcirovic), Journal of Comparative Economics (2020)
Child Height and Intergenerational Transmission of Health: Evidence from Ethnic Indians in England (C. Alacevich and A. Tarozzi), Economics and Human Biology (2017)

WORKING PAPERS & WORK IN PROGRESS

Aligning Incentives: Performance-Based Payment and Quality of Care in Nursing Homes
Evaluation of an Emergency Department-based over-the-counter analgesic medication starter pack initiative and subsequent 30-day revisits (S. Sheikh, C. Alacevich et al), Supplement to Annals of Emergency Medicine 2023;82(4S): S120 - Submitted (2025)
The Costs of Tailored Support Strategies for a Pain Management Digital Tool in Primary Care Settings
Food as Medicine. A Randomized Feasibility Study of Community Health Worker-Assisted Healthy Consumption Strategies for Adults Experiencing Hypertension and Food Insecurity

Implementation of an Opioid-Based Medication Prescribing Decision Aid in the Emergency Department (S. Sheikh et al.)
Text-messaging nudges to improve adherence to child nutritional interventions (with O. Shoemaker, J. Ostrowski, J. Gars)
Default Assignment in Medicaid Dental Plans and Quality of Care

GRANTS AND EXTRAMURAL FUNDING

HHSC Texas Medicaid External Quality Review Organization (2025 - 2029). Role: Key Personnel (Director of Quantitative Research and Evaluation)
NIH-NHGRI R01: Clinical Expansion of Precision Medicine in the Emergency Department (MPIs: J. Duarte; S. Sheikh) (2024 - 2029). Role: co-investigator
UF CTSI Precision Public Health pilot grant (2023). Bringing Precision Medicine to the Emergency Department: Implementation of an Enhanced CYP2D6-guided Opioid Prescribing Decision Aid (PI: S. Sheikh) . Role: co-investigator.
UF CTSI Precision Public Health pilot grant (2023). Leveraging community healthcare workers to improve blood pressure control among food insecure hypertensive adults (PIs: S. Staras and C. Fisher). Role: co-investigator

Medicaid External Quality Review Organization (2022-2025). Evaluation of a Quality Improvement Performance Payment program for nursing facilities in Medicaid Role: Principal Researcher.
VisitINPS (2019). Immigration and work-related injuries - Employer-employee social security data access grant (with C. Nicodemo, C. Pavese, and G. Peri).
Marie Curie Initial Training Network - Early Career Fellowship (2014-2015). Policy Design and Evaluation Research in Developing Countries PODER, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Department of Economics.

POLICY REPORTS

ADHD Initiation Follow-Up Among Children in Medicaid, 2025
Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement - Reporting and Evaluation (with V. James and G.T. Eubanks), 2025
Financial Statistical Reports & Quality Improvement Costs Reporting in Medicaid, 2025
Medicaid Provider Directories - Data Quality and Content (with M. Patel), 2025
Telehealth and Telemedicine Behavioral Health Services in Medicaid - Policy Report (C. Alacevich, M. Al-Rahamneh, and H.H. Xu), 2024
Migrant workers, labor market adjustments, and occupational injuries (VisitINPS project), "Dinamiche Migratorie, Adesione di Romania e Bulgaria all’Unione Europea e Infortuni sul Lavoro" (C. Alacevich, C. Nicodemo, C. Pavese, and G. Peri), XXII Rapporto Annuale – Allegato, Valutare con i dati amministrativi: progetti Visitinps Scholar, 2023
Physical and mental health multi-morbidity, mental health screening, and healthcare utilization: evidence from Medicaid claims data, 2023
Evaluation of a state-directed Medicaid performance-based quality incentive payment program for nursing facilities
- - Interim Evaluation Report, Year 6 (2024)
  - Final Evaluation Report, Year 5 (2024)
  - Interim Evaluation Report, Year 5 (2023)
Non-Medical Drivers of Health and Quality of Care in Medicaid, 2022

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