Research

Publications

Derek Jenkins, Daniel Grossman, David Slusky, and Shooshan Danagoulian. “Blood Lead Testing in Flint Before and After Water Contamination” (2022) Forthcoming Pediatrics.

Shooshan Danagoulian and Thomas Wilk "Locking Out Prevention: Dental Care in the Midst of a Pandemic" (2022). 31:9 1973-1992 Health Economics. Ungated copy here.

Shooshan Danagoulian, Daniel Grossman, and David Slusky "Healthcare Following Environmental Disasters: Evidence from Flint" (2022) 41:4 1060-1089. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Ungated copy here.

Media Coverage: Healio, May 5, 2020, KU News Service, April 16, 2020, Tradeoffs, Season 1 Episode 49, July 2, 2020.
JPAM Closer Look Podcast June 28, 2022.

Shooshan Danagoulian, Andrew King, Kyle Mangan , John Tarchick, Bram Dolcourt (2021) "Fewer Opioids, More Benzodiazepines? Prescription Trends by Specialty in Response to the Implementation of Michigan’s Opioid Laws ", Pain Medicine. 23.2 (2022): 403-413.

David A. Jaeger, Jaime Arellano-Bover, Krzysztof Karbownik, Marta Martínez-Matute, John M. Nunley, R. Alan Seals, Miguel Almunia, Mackenzie Alston, Sascha O. Becker, Pilar Beneito, René Böheim, José E. Boscá, Jessica H. Brown, Simon Chang, Deborah Cobb-Clark, Shooshan Danagoulian, Sandra Donnally, Marissa Eckrote-Nordland, Lídía Farré, Javier Ferri, Margherita Fort, Jane Cooley Fruewirth, Rebecca Gelding, Allen C. Goodman, Melanie Guldi, Simone Häckl, Janet Hankin, Scott Imberman, Joanna Lahey, Joan Llull, Hani Mansour, Isaac Mcfarlin, Jaakko Meriläinen, Tove Mörtlund, Martin Nybom, Stephen D. Oconnell, Rupert Sausgruber, Amy Ellen Schwarz, Jan Stuhler, Petra Thiemann, Roel Van Veldhuizen, Marianne Wannamaker, Maria Zhu. “The Global COVID-19 Student Survey: First wave results” with Covid Economics Issue 79, 27 May 2021. CEPR Press.

Joseph Miller, Bernard Cook, Gulmohar Singh-Kucukarslan, Amy Tang, Shooshan Danagoulian, Gerard Heath, Ziad Khalifa, Phillip Levy, Simon Mahler, Nicholas Mills, James McCord. (2021) “RACE-IT – Rapid Acute Coronary Syndrome Exclusion using the Beckman Coulter Access High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I: a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial.” Forthcoming at Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications.

Shooshan Danagoulian and Derek Jenkins (2020) "Rolling Back the Gains: Maternal Stress Undermines Pregnancy Health After Flint's Water Switch ." December 2020. Health Economics 2020. 30: 564-584. Ungated copy here.

Media Coverage: Boston Globe, January 7, 2021.

Shooshan Danagoulian, Zhe Zhu, and Phillip D. Levy "Prioritizing Testing and Workplace Re-Opening Under COVID-19" Econofact April 29, 2020.

Media Coverage: Today@Wayne, May 1, 2020; DBusiness Magazine, May 4, 2020; WDET NPR Morning Edition, May 11, 2020.

Korzeniewski SJ, Bezold C, Carbone JT, Danagoulian S, Foster B, Misra D, El-Masri MM, Zhu D, Welch R, Meloche L, Hill AB, Levy, P. "The Population Health OutcomEs aNd Information Exchange (PHOENIX) - A Transformative Approach to Reduce the Burden of Chronic Disease." January 2020. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics. 2020; 12(1): e3.

Alexander Janke, Shooshan Danagoulian, Arjun Venkatesh, and Phillip Levy (2020)"Medicaid Expansion and Resource Utilization in the Emergency Department". American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2020 Dec; 38 (12), 2586-2590.

Shooshan Danagoulian and Kosali Simon “Hospital Financial Characteristics Datasets”. American Society of Health Economists Newsletter 2019:4.

Aaron Chalfin, Shooshan Danagoulian, and Monica Deza (2019) "More Sneezing, Less Crime? Seasonal Allergies and the Transitory Cost of Offending". Journal of Health Economics. 2019 Dec; 68. Article 102230. Ungated copy here.

Media coverage: Journalist's Resource September 27, 2019; The Marshall Project: Opening Statement September 30, 2019; Detroit Free Press October 2, 2019; Channel 4 News WDIV-TV, October 2, 2019; Daily Mail Online, October 4, 2019; Colorado Springs Independent, October 9, 2019; WDTN NBC News, October 16, 2019; IFLScience, October 22, 2019; Newsweek, October 23, 2019.

Andrew M King, Shooshan Danagoulian, Michael Lynch, Nathan Menke, Yijia Mu, Melissa Saul, Michael Abesamis, and Anthony Pizon (2018) "The Effect of a Medical Toxicology Inpatient Service in an Academic Tertiary Care Referral Center." Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2018 Jan;15(1):12-21.

Hannah Fish-Trotter, Sean Collins, Shooshan Danagoulian, Benton Hunter, Xiaochun Li, Phillip D. Levy, Susan Pressler, and Peter S. Pang (2018) “Design and Rationale of a Randomized Trial of a Short Stay Unit in Emergency Department Patients with Acute Heart Failure.” Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2018; 72, 137-145.

Shooshan Danagoulian (2018) “Policy of Prevention: Medical Utilization Under a Wellness Plan” Health Economics, 2018; 27(11) 1843-1858.

Shooshan Danagoulian (2018) “Taking the Hassle Out of Wellness: Do Peers and Health Matter?” International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2018; 18(1), 1-23.

James Guevara, David Mandell, Shooshan Danagoulian, Jacqueline Reyner, and Susmita Pati. (2012) “Parental Depressive Symptoms and Children’s School Attendance and Emergency Department Use: A Nationally Representative Study.” Maternal and Child Health Journal, August 2012; DOI 10.1007/s10995-012-1109-5.

Susmita Pati and Shooshan Danagoulian (2008) “Immigrant Children’s Reliance on Public Health Insurance in the Wake of Immigration Reform.” American Journal of Public Health, November 2008; 98(11): 2004–2010.

Working Papers

Joelle Abramowitz and Shooshan Danagoulian "Seasonal Allergy Blues: Is Mental Health Worse on High Pollen Days? " June 2022. Abstract.

Shooshan Danagoulian, Johnny Tarchick, Steven Korzeniewski, Samantha Bauer, and Phillip Levy "Insecurity in Ownership: Does Delinquency of Property Taxes Relate to Emergency Department Use?" June 2022. Abstract.

Shooshan Danagoulian, Johnny Tarchick, Steven Korzeniewski, Samantha Bauer, and Phillip Levy "Did Eviction Moratoria During COVID-19 Impact Healthcare Utilization? Evidence from Detroit." June 2022. Abstract.

Aaron Chalfin, Shooshan Danagoulian, Monica Deza "The COVID-19 Pandemic, Domestic Violence and the Riskiness of Alcohol Consumption," NBER Working Paper No. 28523, July 2021.

Media Coverage: City Journal, March 21, 2021; Washington Post, April 29, 2021.

Shooshan Danagoulian, Daniel Grossman, and David Slusky "Office Visits Preventing Emergency Room Visits: Evidence from the Flint Water Switch", NBER Working Paper No. 27098, May 2020. IZA Working Paper No. 13098. March 2020.

Media Coverage: Healio, May 5, 2020, KU News Service, April 16, 2020, Tradeoffs, Season 1 Episode 49, July 2, 2020.

Shooshan Danagoulian, Naim Chy, and Phillip Levy "ACA Medicaid Expansion and Treatment Intensity: A Case of Two Neighboring States", February 2019.

Liying Zhang, Shooshan Danagoulian, Dawn Misra, Samiran Ghosh, and Phillip Levy “Family psycho-social environment, internalizing behavior, and childhood obesity: a structural equation model,” August 2019.

Shooshan Danagoulian “Health Uncertainty and Medical Expenditure: A Model of Savings with Endogenous Transitions”, Cornell University, November 2011.

Shooshan Danagoulian "A Health Insurance Plan with Wellness Features: Introduction", Dissertation, Cornell University, August 2014.

Work in Progress

Shooshan Danagoulian, Johnny Tarchick, Steven Korzeniewski, Samantha Bauer, and Phillip Levy "Housing Insecurity and Utilization of the Emergency Department: A Case Study in Detroit" June 2022.

Amanda Cook and Shooshan Danagoulian, "Insuring Change: Intensity of Care in Emergency Department Through Expanding Insurance." April 2021.

Joelle Abramowitz and Shooshan Danagoulian "Seasonal Allergy Blues: Is Mental Health Worse on High Pollen Days? " July 2022.

Shooshan Danagoulian, Allen C. Goodman, Alexander Janke, and Phillip Levy “Medicaid Expansion and Intensity of Treatment: Increased Complexity and Increased Cost in the Emergency Department", August 2019.

Shooshan Danagoulian, Aaron Brody, and Phillip Levy "Treatment of Hypertension in the Emergency Department", November 2019.