David Stevenson

David Stevenson, SM, PhD

Associate Professor of Health Policy, Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University
Department of Health PolicyVillage at Vanderbilt, Suite 21001500 21st Avenue SouthNashville, TN 37212

David Stevenson is currently an associate professor of health policy in the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr. Stevenson’s primary research interests are end-of-life care and long-term care. His previous work has focused on a range of topics in these areas, including the evolution of Medicare’s hospice benefit, end-of-life care for Medicare Advantage enrollees, and long-term-care financing options for the future. 

Dr. Stevenson received a BA in religion from Oberlin College, an MS in health policy and management from the Harvard School of Public Health, and a PhD in health policy from Harvard University. His previous faculty appointment was in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School.

Low-Quality Nursing Homes Were More Likely Than Other Nursing Homes To Be Bought Or Sold By Chains In 1993-2010
Authors: Grabowski DC, Hirth RA, Intrator O, Li Y, Richardson J, Stevenson DG
Health Affairs
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Is a public reporting approach appropriate for nursing home care?
Authors: Stevenson DG
Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law
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Does litigation increase or decrease health care quality? A national study of negligence claims against nursing homes.
Authors: Stevenson DG, Spittal MJ, and Studdert DM
Medical Care
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Nursing Home Ownership Trends and Their Impacts on Quality of Care: A Study Using Detailed Ownership Data from Texas.
Authors: Stevenson DG, Bramson J, Grabowski DC
Journal of Aging and Social Policy.
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Assisted Living Expansion and the Market for Nursing Home Care.
Authors: Grabowski DC, Stevenson DG, and Cornell PY
Health Services Research
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Growing Pains for the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

New England Journal of Medicine.
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Medicare Part D Claims Rejections for Nursing Home Residents, 2006-2010
Authors: D.G. Stevenson, L. Keohane, S.L. Mitchell, et al.
American Journal of Managed Care
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The Intersection of Long-term Care and End-of-Life Care
Authors: Huskamp HA, Kaufman C and Stevenson DG
Medical Care Research and Review
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Medicare Expenditures Among Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia
Authors: Goldfeld KS, Stevenson DG, Hamel MB, et al.
Archives of Internal Medicine
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Relationship between Quality of Care and Negligence Litigation in Nursing Homes
Authors: Studdert DM, Spittal MJ, Mello MM, et al.
New England Journal of Medicine
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