Sunita Desai

SELECT PUBLICATIONS (Updated: February 2024)

Association of Medicaid Value-Based Payments with Health Care Use for Behavioral Health Patients. Ashley Lewis, Renata Howland, Leora Horwitz, and Sunita M. Desai (2023). JAMA Health Forum

The Impacts of the 340B Program on Health Care Quality for Low-Income Patients. Kyle Smith, Prianca Padmanabhan, Alan Chen, Sherry Glied, and Sunita Desai. (2023). Health Services Research

Hospital Concentration on Low-Income Populations: Evidence from New York State Medicaid. Sunita Desai, Prianca Padmanabhan, Ashley Lewis, and Sherry A. Glied. (2023) Journal of Health Economics

The role of financial incentives in biosimilar uptake in Medicare: Evidence from the 340B Program. 

Amelia M. Bond, Emma B. Dean, Sunita M. Desai (2023) Health Affairs

Effects of Real-Time Prescription Benefit Recommendations on Patient Out-of-Pocket Costs: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. Sunita M. Desai, Alan Z. Chen, Jiejie Wang, Wei-Yi Chung, Jay Stadelman, Chris Mahoney, Adam Szerencsy, Lisa Anzisi, Ateev Mehrotra, Leora I. Horwitz. (2022). JAMA Internal Medicine

Association of Insurance Mix and Diagnostic Coding Practices in New York State Hospitals. Kacie L. Dragan, Sunita M. Desai, John Billings, Sherry A. Glied. (2022). JAMA Health Forum

Assessment of US Pharmacies Contracted With Health Care Institutions Under the 340B Drug Pricing Program by Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics. John K. Lin, Pengxiang Li, Jalpa Doshi, Sunita M. Desai. (2022). JAMA Health Forum

Adherence to a federal hospital price transparency rule and associated financial and marketplace factors. Waqas Haque; Muzzammil Ahmadzada, Sanjana Janumpally, Eman Haque, Hassan Allahrakha, Sunita M. Desai, David Hsiehchen. (2022). JAMA

Estimation of Potential Savings Associated With Switching Medication Formulation. Sunita M Desai, Jiejie Wang, Uttara M Ananthakrishnan, Ishita Ghai, Ateev Mehrotra, Hemant K Bhargava. (2022). JAMA Health Forum

Does Medicaid coverage of Medicare cost sharing affect physician care for dual-eligible Medicare beneficiaries? Roberts E and Desai S. (2021). Health Services Research

Online Advertising Increased New Hampshire Residents’ Use of Provider Price Tool But Not Use of Lower-Price Provider. Desai S, Shambu S, Mehrotra A (2021). Health Affairs

Association between participation in the 340B Drug Pricing Program and changes in hospital-reported uncompensated care. Desai S and McWilliams JM. (2020). American Journal of Managed Care

Leveraging natural experiments to evaluate interventions in learning health systems. Desai S and Roberts E. (2020). BMJ Quality & Safety

Referrals to skilled nursing facilities under the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program. Kim KL, Li L, Kuang M, Horwitz L, Desai S (2019), Medicare Care

What are the potential savings from steering patients to lower-priced providers? A static analysis. Desai S, Hatfield LA, Hicks AL, Chernew ME, Mehrotra A, Sinaiko A. (2019). American Journal of Managed Care

Consequences of the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Desai, S. & McWilliams, J.M. (2018). New England Journal of Medicine\

Post-publication responses to reviews and comments:

Authors' Response to American Hospital Association's review. Desai, S. & McWilliams, J.M. (2018). "Point and counterpoint on the recent NEJM 340B study," The Incidental Economist 

Reply to Letters to the Editor. Desai, S. & McWilliams, J.M. (May 2018). New England Journal of Medicine

Impact of Medicaid prescription copayments on use of antipsychotics and other medications in patients with schizophrenia. Doshi, J.A., Li, P., Desai, S., & Marcus, S.C. (2017).  Journal of Medical Economics

Offering a price transparency tool did not reduce overall spending among California public employees and retirees. Desai, S., Hatfield, L. A., Hicks, A. L., Sinaiko, A. D., Chernew, M. E., Cowling, D., Gautam, S., Wu, S., & Mehrotra, A. (2017). Health Affairs

Who Uses a Price Transparency Tool? Implications for Increasing Consumer Engagement. Gourevitch, R. A., Desai, S., Hicks, A. L., Hatfield, L. A., Chernew, M. E., & Mehrotra, A. (2017).  INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing

Do celebrity endorsements matter? Observational study of BRCA gene testing and mastectomy rates after Angelina Jolie’s New York Times editorial. Desai, S., & Jena, A. B. (2016). British Medical Journal

Association Between Availability of a Price Transparency Tool and Outpatient Spending. Desai, S., Hatfield, L. A., Hicks, A. L., Chernew, M. E., & Mehrotra, A. (2016).  JAMA

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