Prospective Matching to Guide Enrollment: Evaluation of a Geriatrics Primary Care Model

Dr. Valerie Smith will introduce a prospective matching study design that evaluates non-randomized programs or policies to obtain patient-reported outcomes that can be combined with standard administrative data. During her talk she will: • Discuss how to use matching to guide patient enrollment in a prospective study • Cover how her team applied this matching study design to evaluate the impact of the VA's geriatrics primary care model compared to traditional primary care • Include decision points, tips, and lessons learned to help tailor this approach to other contexts Dr. Courtney Van Houtven, Professor in Population Health Sciences will be the discussant. Zoom Info: https://duke.zoom.us/j/2570407216 Meeting ID:257 040 7216 ABOUT OUR SPEAKER Valerie A. Smith, DrPH, is an Associate Professor in the Duke University Department of Population Health Sciences (DPHS) and Senior Research Director of the Biostatistics Core with the Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (also known as ADAPT) at the Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System. As a biostatistician, Dr. Smith's methodological interests include observational study design, methods for semicontinuous and zero-inflated data, modeling complex cost and utilization data, and longitudinal data analysis. She collaborates with a multidisciplinary team of researchers focusing on health policy interventions, health care utilization and expenditure patterns, program and policy evaluation, obesity and weight loss, bariatric surgery evaluation, and family caregiver supportive services. She co-teaches the second analytic methods course for the DPHS Master's Program.