Katy Backes Kozhimannil

PhD in Health Policy
Evaluative Science and Statistics Track



Contact Information
Department of Population Medicine
Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02215
Email: kbackes@fas.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-509-9202
Fax: 617-859-8112

Research Interests
Program and Policy Evaluation
State and Federal Health Policy
Vulnerable Populations
Maternal Health Services
Quality of Care

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Papers and Publications

Job Market Paper
Kozhimannil KB, Huskamp HA, Busch AB, Soumerai SB, Adams AS. Impact of a statewide posptartum depression initiative on mental health care after delivery among low-income women. Manuscript under review.

Kozhimannil KB, Pereira M, Harlow BL. Association between diabetes and perinatal depression among low-income mothers. JAMA 2009;301(8)842-847.
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Kozhimannil KB, Valera MR, Adams AS, Ross-Degnan D. The population-level impacts of a national health insurance program and franchise midwife clinics on achievement of prenatal and delivery care standards in the Philippines. Health Policy 2009;92(1)55-64.
Link to abstract