Soumerai, Stephen BertramGarabedian, Laura2013-10-082013-10-082013Garabedian, Laura Faden. 2013. Quasi-Experimental Health Policy Research: Evaluation of Universal Health Insurance and Methods for Comparative Effectiveness Research. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10764http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11156786This dissertation consists of two empirical papers and one methods paper. The first two papers use quasi-experimental methods to evaluate the impact of universal health insurance reform in Massachusetts (MA) and Thailand and the third paper evaluates the validity of a quasi-experimental method used in comparative effectiveness research (CER).en-USHealth care managementStatisticsPublic policyComparative Effectiveness ResearchHealth InsuranceHealth PolicyPolicy EvaluationQuasi-experimental Research DesignStatisticsThesis or Dissertation2013-10-08