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AHRQ Grant #24

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imccart commented 2 months ago

Special Emphasis Notice: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-24-013.html

Due date: October 5

Aim 1: Descriptive Aim 2: What characteristics dictate initial network formation between PCPs and specialists? Aim 3: How do PCP/specialist referral networks evolve in response to specialist performance and patient outcomes?

Ensure and clarify fit with SEN

sethrs-jhu commented 2 months ago

Seth to review methods for Aim 3, after reading through paper draft. Ideas (also in email in Grants folder):

Describe final empirical spec of myopic model, note a preliminary estimate in the text (e.g., an average marginal effect). Say the forward-looking model will be finalized under the grant.

Identification: want to show we have thought about the data. “these parameters are technically identified from…but in practice” so we set eta at different values.