Overview
My research broadly spans Health Economics & Policy, Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Public Economics. My specialized interests in Health Economics include identifying channels of improvement in healthcare service delivery, with an emphasis on veterans' health, rural health, telehealth, hospital closures and mergers, health inequities, mental health and women's health.
My research broadly spans Health Economics & Policy, Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Public Economics. My specialized interests in Health Economics include identifying channels of improvement in healthcare service delivery, with an emphasis on veterans' health, rural health, telehealth, hospital closures and mergers, health inequities, mental health and women's health.
Publications
Gujral, K., Ellyson, A., Rowhani-Rahbar, A. & Rivara, F (2023). The community impact of school shootings on stress-related emergency department visits. Forthcoming in Contemporary Economic Policy.
Dismuke-Greer, C., Esmaeili, A., Mukoso, O., Gujral, K., Garcia, C., Del Negro, A., Davis, B., Egede, L. (2023). Racial/Ethnic and Geographic Disparities in Comorbid Traumatic Brain Injury-Renal Failure in US Veterans and Associated Veterans Affairs Resource Costs, 2000-2020. Forthcoming in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
Gujral, K., Van Campen, J., Jacobs, J., Kimerling, R., Blonigen, D., & Zulman, D. M. (2022). Mental health service use, suicide behavior, and emergency department visits among rural US veterans who received video-enabled tablets during the COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA Network Open, 5(4), e226250-e226250.
Press coverage: Politico, Yahoo News, Modern Healthcare, Mobi Health News, Healthcare IT News.
Wagner, T.H., Hattler, B. Stock, E.M., Biswas, K., Bhatt, D.L., Bakaeen, F.G., Gujral, K., Zenati, M.A. (2022). Costs of Endoscopic vs Open Vein Harvesting for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. JAMA Network Open, forthcoming June 2022.
Gujral, K., Scott, J. Y., Dismuke-Greer, C. E., Jacobs, J., Chow, A., Gujral, K. & Yoon, J. (2021). A Primary Care Telehealth Pilot Program to Improve Access: Associations with Patients' Health Care Utilization and Costs. Telemedicine and e-Health.
Oh, A., Scott, J. Y., Chow, A., Jiang, H., Dismuke-Greer, C. E., Gujral, K. & Yoon, J. (2022). Rural and urban differences in the national implementation of Virtual Integrated Patient-Aligned Care Teams (V-IMPACT). Journal of Rural Health.
Sabin, J., Guenther, G., Ornelas, I. J., Patterson, D. G., Andrilla, C. H. A., Morales, L., Gujral, K. & Frogner, B. K. (2022). Brief online implicit bias education increases bias awareness among clinical teaching faculty. Medical Education Online, 27(1), 2025307.
Basu, A., & Gujral, K. (2020). Evidence generation, decision making, and consequent growth in health disparities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(25), 14042-14051.
Gujral, K., & Basu, A. (2019). Impact of rural and urban hospital closures on inpatient mortality (No. w26182). National Bureau of Economic Research.
Press coverage: NBC News, The Daily Yonder, The Brookings Institution, Center for American Progress, Iowa Public Radio, Iowa Watch, Healthcare Finance,
Becker's Hospital Review, North Carolina Health News, DotMed, Fox News, Bustle, VoxEU, TIME Magazine
Gujral, K. (2020). Rural hospital closures increase mortality. Vox EU Centre for Economic Policy Research, available from: https://voxeu.org/article/rural-hospital-closures-increase-mortality.
Stershic, A., & Gujral, K. (2020). Arbitrage in political prediction markets. The Journal of Prediction Markets, 14(1), 69-104.
Gujral, K., Ellyson, A., Rowhani-Rahbar, A. & Rivara, F (2023). The community impact of school shootings on stress-related emergency department visits. Forthcoming in Contemporary Economic Policy.
Dismuke-Greer, C., Esmaeili, A., Mukoso, O., Gujral, K., Garcia, C., Del Negro, A., Davis, B., Egede, L. (2023). Racial/Ethnic and Geographic Disparities in Comorbid Traumatic Brain Injury-Renal Failure in US Veterans and Associated Veterans Affairs Resource Costs, 2000-2020. Forthcoming in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
Gujral, K., Van Campen, J., Jacobs, J., Kimerling, R., Blonigen, D., & Zulman, D. M. (2022). Mental health service use, suicide behavior, and emergency department visits among rural US veterans who received video-enabled tablets during the COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA Network Open, 5(4), e226250-e226250.
Press coverage: Politico, Yahoo News, Modern Healthcare, Mobi Health News, Healthcare IT News.
Wagner, T.H., Hattler, B. Stock, E.M., Biswas, K., Bhatt, D.L., Bakaeen, F.G., Gujral, K., Zenati, M.A. (2022). Costs of Endoscopic vs Open Vein Harvesting for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. JAMA Network Open, forthcoming June 2022.
Gujral, K., Scott, J. Y., Dismuke-Greer, C. E., Jacobs, J., Chow, A., Gujral, K. & Yoon, J. (2021). A Primary Care Telehealth Pilot Program to Improve Access: Associations with Patients' Health Care Utilization and Costs. Telemedicine and e-Health.
Oh, A., Scott, J. Y., Chow, A., Jiang, H., Dismuke-Greer, C. E., Gujral, K. & Yoon, J. (2022). Rural and urban differences in the national implementation of Virtual Integrated Patient-Aligned Care Teams (V-IMPACT). Journal of Rural Health.
Sabin, J., Guenther, G., Ornelas, I. J., Patterson, D. G., Andrilla, C. H. A., Morales, L., Gujral, K. & Frogner, B. K. (2022). Brief online implicit bias education increases bias awareness among clinical teaching faculty. Medical Education Online, 27(1), 2025307.
Basu, A., & Gujral, K. (2020). Evidence generation, decision making, and consequent growth in health disparities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(25), 14042-14051.
Gujral, K., & Basu, A. (2019). Impact of rural and urban hospital closures on inpatient mortality (No. w26182). National Bureau of Economic Research.
Press coverage: NBC News, The Daily Yonder, The Brookings Institution, Center for American Progress, Iowa Public Radio, Iowa Watch, Healthcare Finance,
Becker's Hospital Review, North Carolina Health News, DotMed, Fox News, Bustle, VoxEU, TIME Magazine
Gujral, K. (2020). Rural hospital closures increase mortality. Vox EU Centre for Economic Policy Research, available from: https://voxeu.org/article/rural-hospital-closures-increase-mortality.
Stershic, A., & Gujral, K. (2020). Arbitrage in political prediction markets. The Journal of Prediction Markets, 14(1), 69-104.
Report Publications
Contributing Author and Analyst Apr 2011
Public Distribution System (PDS) LokAyukta Corruption Report
Press coverage: NDTV(1), NDTV(2), The Economic Times, and Deccan Herald
Contributing Author and Analyst Apr 2011
Public Distribution System (PDS) LokAyukta Corruption Report
Press coverage: NDTV(1), NDTV(2), The Economic Times, and Deccan Herald
