A 2024 awarded grant under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Data for Action program, managed by AcademyHealth.
This project is funded under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s research program, “Health Data for Action (HD4A),” which makes valuable data from unique data owners available to researchers to answer important research questions. Venator and team will utilize the HCCI patient claims data to analyze the impacts of legislative restrictions to abortion care on four outcomes: 1) contraceptive use, 2) fertility outcomes, 3) maternal morbidity and 4) patient contact with doctors pre-birth. They will use quasi-experimental methods, in which they regress reproductive healthcare outcomes on state by year variation in legislation and geographic proximity to abortion clinics. In addition, they will use pharmacy claim data to explore how these policies impact outcomes even for women who do not experience pregnancies, such as choice of contraceptives. Deliverables will include a project work plan. final narrative, and financial reports. The researchers will also produce papers suitable for publication and present findings at national research meetings and to other stakeholder audiences as appropriate, including policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels and other key stakeholders, as part of the deliverables for this grant.
Grant #81874
Grantee Organization: Trustees of Boston College
Grantee period: 06/15/24 – 12/15/25
Budget: $98,820
Dr. Joanna Venator is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston College and a faculty affiliate of Boston ... Read Bio