Biography

    Jim Burgess is a health economist with more than 20 years of extensive health care management, research, and educational experience putting health services research into practice in diverse settings. He also serves the field as a founding co-editor of the electronic Health Economics Letters, the first fully electronic peer-reviewed journal in health economics, and as an associate editor of its parent journal, Health Economics. He also serves on the editorial board of Health Services Research, one of the journals of AcademyHealth, where he is on the steering committee for the Quality Interest Group.  Currently, he also is the secretary/treasurer for the International Health Economics Association. And he has an appointment as a Senior Investigator in the Center for Organization, Leadership, and Management Research of the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). His wide-ranging intellectual pursuits include special interests in considering effects of local context in efficiency analysis, audience differences in provider quality profiling, physician productivity and pay for performance, organizational learning and change, and patient heterogeneity in risk adjustment. At Boston University, he currently directs the master's and doctoral programs in Health Services Research and is the director of the Health Economics Program.

Courses Taught in Other Semesters
In the Media

Stories
Publications
    1. Sullivan JL, Shwartz M, Burgess JF, Peköz EA, Christiansen CL, Gerena-Melia M, Berlowitz D. Person-centered Care Practices and Quality in Department of Veterans Affairs Nursing Homes: Is There a Relationship? Med Care. 2013 Feb; 51(2):165-71.
      View in: PubMed
     
    2. Hockenberry JM, Burgess JF, Kaboli PJ. Should hospital readmissions be reduced through payment penalties: a response to Dr Pizer. Med Care. 2013 Jan; 51(1):23-4.
      View in: PubMed
     
    3. Hockenberry JM, Burgess JF, Glasgow J, Vaughan-Sarrazin M, Kaboli PJ. Cost of readmission: can the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) experience inform national payment policy? Med Care. 2013 Jan; 51(1):13-9.
      View in: PubMed
     
    4. Benzer JK, Beehler S, Miller C, Burgess JF, Sullivan JL, Mohr DC, Meterko M, Cramer IE. Grounded theory of barriers and facilitators to mandated implementation of mental health care in the primary care setting. Depress Res Treat. 2012; 2012:597157.
      View in: PubMed
     
    5. Partin MR, Powell AA, Bangerter A, Halek K, Burgess JF, Fisher DA, Nelson DB. Levels and variation in overuse of fecal occult blood testing in the veterans health administration. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Dec; 27(12):1618-25.
      View in: PubMed
     
    6. Benzer JK, Sullivan JL, Williams S, Burgess JF. One-year cost implications of using mental health care after discharge from a general medical hospitalization. Psychiatr Serv. 2012 Jul; 63(7):672-8.
      View in: PubMed
     
    7. Stefos T, Burgess JF, Cohen JP, Lehner L, Moran E. Dynamics of the mental health workforce: investigating the composition of physicians and other health providers. Health Care Manag Sci. 2012 Dec; 15(4):373-84.
      View in: PubMed
     
    8. Shwartz M, Peköz EA, Christiansen CL, Burgess JF, Berlowitz D. Shrinkage estimators for a composite measure of quality conceptualized as a formative construct. Health Serv Res. 2013 Feb; 48(1):271-89.
      View in: PubMed
     
    9. Garrido MM, Deb P, Burgess JF, Penrod JD. Choosing models for health care cost analyses: issues of nonlinearity and endogeneity. Health Serv Res. 2012 Dec; 47(6):2377-97.
      View in: PubMed
     
    10. Liu CF, Bryson CL, Burgess JF, Sharp N, Perkins M, Maciejewski ML. Use of outpatient care in VA and Medicare among disability-eligible and age-eligible veteran patients. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012; 12:51.
      View in: PubMed
     
    11. Spetz J, Burgess JF, Phibbs CS. What determines successful implementation of inpatient information technology systems? Am J Manag Care. 2012 Mar; 18(3):157-62.
      View in: PubMed
     
    12. Ryan A, Burgess J, Strawderman R, Dimick J. What is the best way to estimate hospital quality outcomes? A simulation approach. Health Serv Res. 2012 Aug; 47(4):1699-718.
      View in: PubMed
     
    13. Charns MP, Foster MK, Alligood EC, Benzer JK, Burgess JF, Li D, McIntosh NM, Burness A, Partin MR, Clauser SB. Multilevel interventions: measurement and measures. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2012; 2012(44):67-77.
      View in: PubMed
     
    14. Fortney JC, Burgess JF, Bosworth HB, Booth BM, Kaboli PJ. A Re-conceptualization of Access for 21st Century Healthcare. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Nov; 26 Suppl 2:639-47.
      View in: PubMed
     
    15. Liu CF, Manning WG, Burgess JF, Hebert PL, Bryson CL, Fortney J, Perkins M, Sharp ND, Maciejewski ML. Reliance on Veterans Affairs outpatient care by Medicare-eligible veterans. Med Care. 2011 Oct; 49(10):911-7.
      View in: PubMed
     
    16. Mohr DC, Burgess JF. Job characteristics and job satisfaction among physicians involved with research in the veterans health administration. Acad Med. 2011 Aug; 86(8):938-45.
      View in: PubMed
     
    17. Lin MT, Burgess JF, Carey K. The association between serious psychological distress and emergency department utilization among young adults in the USA. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2012 Jun; 47(6):939-47.
      View in: PubMed
     
    18. Carey K, Burgess JF, Young GJ. Hospital competition and financial performance: the effects of ambulatory surgery centers. Health Econ. 2011 May; 20(5):571-81.
      View in: PubMed
     
    19. Stefos T, Burgess JF, Mayo-Smith MF, Frisbee KL, Harvey HB, Lehner L, Lo S, Moran E. The effect of physician panel size on health care outcomes. Health Serv Manage Res. 2011 May; 24(2):96-105.
      View in: PubMed
     
    20. Burgess JF, Maciejewski ML, Bryson CL, Chapko M, Fortney JC, Perkins M, Sharp ND, Liu CF. Importance of health system context for evaluating utilization patterns across systems. Health Econ. 2011 Feb; 20(2):239-51.
      View in: PubMed
     
    21. Liu CF, Chapko M, Bryson CL, Burgess JF, Fortney JC, Perkins M, Sharp ND, Maciejewski ML. Use of outpatient care in Veterans Health Administration and Medicare among veterans receiving primary care in community-based and hospital outpatient clinics. Health Serv Res. 2010 Oct; 45(5 Pt 1):1268-86.
      View in: PubMed
     
    22. Penrod JD, Deb P, Dellenbaugh C, Burgess JF, Zhu CW, Christiansen CL, Luhrs CA, Cortez T, Livote E, Allen V, Morrison RS. Hospital-based palliative care consultation: effects on hospital cost. J Palliat Med. 2010 Aug; 13(8):973-9.
      View in: PubMed
     
    23. Lischko AM, Burgess JF. Knowledge of cost sharing and decisions to seek care. Am J Manag Care. 2010 Apr; 16(4):298-304.
      View in: PubMed
     
    24. Perkins RB, Langrish SM, Stern LJ, Burgess JF, Simon CJ. Impact of patient adherence and test performance on the cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening in developing countries: the case of Honduras. Womens Health Issues. 2010 Jan-Feb; 20(1):35-42.
      View in: PubMed
     
    25. Maciejewski ML, Birken S, Perkins M, Burgess JF, Sharp N, Liu CF. Medicare managed care enrollment by disability-eligible and age-eligible veterans. Med Care. 2009 Nov; 47(11):1180-5.
      View in: PubMed
     
    26. Kim KH, Carey K, Burgess JF. Emergency department visits: the cost of trauma centers. Health Care Manag Sci. 2009 Sep; 12(3):243-51.
      View in: PubMed
     
    27. Waddimba AC, Meterko M, Beckman HB, Young GJ, Burgess JF. Provider attitudes associated with adherence to evidence-based clinical guidelines in a managed care setting. Med Care Res Rev. 2010 Feb; 67(1):93-116.
      View in: PubMed
     
    28. In H, Pearce EN, Wong AK, Burgess JF, McAneny DB, Rosen JE. Treatment options for Graves disease: a cost-effectiveness analysis. J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Aug; 209(2):170-179.e1-2.
      View in: PubMed
     
    29. Dookeran NM, Burgess JF, Bowman CC, Goetz MB, Asch SM, Gifford AL. HIV screening among substance-abusing veterans in care. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2009 Oct; 37(3):286-91.
      View in: PubMed
     
    30. Waddimba AC, Jain NB, Stolzmann K, Gagnon DR, Burgess JF, Kazis LE, Garshick E. Predictors of cardiopulmonary hospitalization in chronic spinal cord injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2009 Feb; 90(2):193-200.
      View in: PubMed
     
    31. Carey K, Burgess JF, Young GJ. Single specialty hospitals and nurse staffing patterns. Med Care Res Rev. 2009 Jun; 66(3):307-19.
      View in: PubMed
     
    32. Carey K, Burgess JF, Young GJ. Single specialty hospitals and service competition. Inquiry. 2009; 46(2):162-71.
      View in: PubMed
     
    33. Ryan AM, Burgess JF, Tompkins CP, Wallack SS. The relationship between Medicare's process of care quality measures and mortality. Inquiry. 2009; 46(3):274-90.
      View in: PubMed
     
    34. Carey K, Burgess JF, Young GJ. Specialty and full-service hospitals: a comparative cost analysis. Health Serv Res. 2008 Oct; 43(5 Pt 2):1869-87.
      View in: PubMed
     
    35. Mohr DC, Burgess JF, Young GJ. The influence of teamwork culture on physician and nurse resignation rates in hospitals. Health Serv Manage Res. 2008 Feb; 21(1):23-31.
      View in: PubMed
     
    36. Burgess JF. Measuring hospital services. Adv Health Econ Health Serv Res. 2008; 18:33-42.
      View in: PubMed
     
    37. Carey K, Burgess JF, Young GJ. Specialization and physician-ownership in the US hospital industry: beyond the moratorium. Health Econ Policy Law. 2007 Oct; 2(Pt 4):409-18.
      View in: PubMed
     
    38. Young GJ, Meterko M, White B, Bokhour BG, Sautter KM, Berlowitz D, Burgess JF. Physician attitudes toward pay-for-quality programs: perspectives from the front line. Med Care Res Rev. 2007 Jun; 64(3):331-43.
      View in: PubMed
     
    39. Young GJ, Meterko M, Beckman H, Baker E, White B, Sautter KM, Greene R, Curtin K, Bokhour BG, Berlowitz D, Burgess JF. Effects of paying physicians based on their relative performance for quality. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Jun; 22(6):872-6.
      View in: PubMed
     
    40. Sautter KM, Bokhour BG, White B, Young GJ, Burgess JF, Berlowitz D, Wheeler JR. The early experience of a hospital-based pay-for-performance program. J Healthc Manag. 2007 Mar-Apr; 52(2):95-107; discussion 107-8.
      View in: PubMed
     
    41. Kartha A, Anthony D, Manasseh CS, Greenwald JL, Chetty VK, Burgess JF, Culpepper L, Jack BW. Depression is a risk factor for rehospitalization in medical inpatients. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 2007; 9(4):256-62.
      View in: PubMed
     
    42. Young GJ, Burgess JF, White B. Pioneering pay-for-quality: lessons from the rewarding results demonstrations. Health Care Financ Rev. 2007; 29(1):59-70.
      View in: PubMed
     
    43. Meterko M, Young GJ, White B, Bokhour BG, Burgess JF, Berlowitz D, Guldin MR, Nealon Seibert M. Provider attitudes toward pay-for-performance programs: development and validation of a measurement instrument. Health Serv Res. 2006 Oct; 41(5):1959-78.
      View in: PubMed
     
    44. Yaisawarng S, Burgess JF. Performance-based budgeting in the public sector: an illustration from the VA health care system. Health Econ. 2006 Mar; 15(3):295-310.
      View in: PubMed
     
    45. Bokhour BG, Burgess JF, Hook JM, White B, Berlowitz D, Guldin MR, Meterko M, Young GJ. Incentive implementation in physician practices: A qualitative study of practice executive perspectives on pay for performance. Med Care Res Rev. 2006 Feb; 63(1 Suppl):73S-95S.
      View in: PubMed
     
    46. Fortney JC, Steffick DE, Burgess JF, Maciejewski ML, Petersen LA. Are primary care services a substitute or complement for specialty and inpatient services? Health Serv Res. 2005 Oct; 40(5 Pt 1):1422-42.
      View in: PubMed
     
    47. Young GJ, White B, Burgess JF, Berlowitz D, Meterko M, Guldin MR, Bokhour BG. Conceptual issues in the design and implementation of pay-for-quality programs. Am J Med Qual. 2005 May-Jun; 20(3):144-50.
      View in: PubMed
     
    48. Burgess JF, Carey K, Young GJ. The effect of network arrangements on hospital pricing behavior. J Health Econ. 2005 Mar; 24(2):391-405.
      View in: PubMed
     
    49. Fortney JC, Maciejewski ML, Warren JJ, Burgess JF. Does improving geographic access to VA primary care services impact patients' patterns of utilization and costs? Inquiry. 2005; 42(1):29-42.
      View in: PubMed
     
    50. Young GJ, Burgess JF, Desai KR, Valley D. The financial experience of hospitals with HMO contracts: evidence from Florida. Inquiry. 2002; 39(1):67-75.
      View in: PubMed
     
    51. Zhang Q, Safford M, Ottenweller J, Hawley G, Repke D, Burgess JF, Dhar S, Cheng H, Naito H, Pogach LM. Performance status of health care facilities changes with risk adjustment of HbA1c. Diabetes Care. 2000 Jul; 23(7):919-27.
      View in: PubMed
     
    52. Burgess JF, Christiansen CL, Michalak SE, Morris CN. Medical profiling: improving standards and risk adjustments using hierarchical models. J Health Econ. 2000 May; 19(3):291-309.
      View in: PubMed
     
    53. Carey K, Burgess JF. On measuring the hospital cost/quality trade-off. Health Econ. 1999 Sep; 8(6):509-20.
      View in: PubMed
     
    54. Lehner L, Burgess J, Hults D, Stefos T. Data and information requirements for the Department of Veterans Affairs resource allocation systems. Med Care. 1996 Mar; 34(3 Suppl):MS21-30.
      View in: PubMed
     
    55. Lehner LA, Burgess JF. Teaching and hospital production: the use of regression estimates. Health Econ. 1995 Mar-Apr; 4(2):113-25.
      View in: PubMed
     
    56. Lehner LA, Burgess JF, Stefos T. Hospital staffing adjustments under global budgeting. Hosp Health Serv Adm. 1995; 40(4):509-23.
      View in: PubMed
     
    57. Burgess JF, DeFiore DA. The effect of distance to VA facilities on the choice and level of utilization of VA outpatient services. Soc Sci Med. 1994 Jul; 39(1):95-104.
      View in: PubMed
     
    58. Burgess JF, Stefos T. Federal provision of health care: creating access for the underinsured. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 1991; 1(4):364-87.
      View in: PubMed
     
    59. Benzer JK, Beehler S, Cramer IE, Mohr DC, Charns MP, Burgess JF. Between and within-site variation in qualitative implementation research. Implement Sci. 2013; 8:4.
      View in: PubMed
     
    60. Partin MR, Powell AA, Burgess JF. Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) Overuse. J Gen Intern Med. 2013 May; 28(5):611.
      View in: PubMed