Hari Sharma
Health Management and Policy

	

Campus Address:
E-mail:	N246 College of Public Health, University of Iowa
hari-sharma@uiowa.edu	

Education and Professional History 

Higher Education
2018	PhD, Health Economics, University of Chicago
Thesis: Essay on Costs, Quality, and Inequality in Health and Health Care	
2008	BS, Economics and Mathematics, Trinity College	

Professional and Academic Positions
2018 - Present	Assistant Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Iowa	
2008 - 2013	Senior Analyst, Analysis Group, Inc.	

Honors and Awards
2020 - 2021	New Faculty Research Award, College of Public Health, University of Iowa	
2017 - 2018	Paul Meier PhD Scholar ($5,000 award), University of Chicago	
2017	Finalist - Best Student Poster Award, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting	

Memberships
2016 - Present	Member (AcademyHealth)	
2016 - Present	Member (American Society of Health Economists)	

Teaching

Courses Taught at the University of Iowa

Term	Course#	Title	Ten-Day Enrollment	Final Enrollment	
Spring 2022	HMP:5450:0001	Health Insurance and Managed Care	13	13	
Fall 2021	CPH:3600:0A01	Applied Public Health Methods	21	21	
Fall 2021	CPH:3600:0A02	Applied Public Health Methods	23	23	
Fall 2021	CPH:3600:0A03	Applied Public Health Methods	27	27	
Fall 2021	CPH:3600:0AAA	Applied Public Health Methods	71	71	
Fall 2021	CPH:3600:0B01	Applied Public Health Methods	25	25	
Fall 2021	CPH:3600:0BBB	Applied Public Health Methods	25	25	
Spring 2021	HMP:5450:0001	Health Insurance and Managed Care	23	23	
Fall 2020	CPH:3600:0A01	Applied Public Health Methods	19	19	
Fall 2020	CPH:3600:0A02	Applied Public Health Methods	18	18	
Fall 2020	CPH:3600:0AAA	Applied Public Health Methods	37	37	
Summer 2020	HMP:4000:0EXW	Introductino to U.S. Health Care System	38	38	
Spring 2020	HMP:5450:0001	Health Insurance and Managed Care	17	17	
Fall 2019	CPH:3600:0001	Applied Public Health Methods	45	45	
Fall 2018	CPH:3600:0001	Applied Public Health Methods	17	17	

	
Scholarship
Publications
Refereed Articles
1.	Xu, L., Sharma, H., Wehby, G. (2022). The effect of nursing home closure on local employment in the United States. Health Services Research.  	
2.	Sharma, H., Smieliauskas, F. (2022). Undernutrition inequality between Dalits and non-Dalits in Nepal–A decomposition Analysis. World Development, 159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.106040 	
3.	Xu, L., Sharma, H. (2022). Effect of Medicaid Expansion on Health Insurance for Low-Income Nursing Home Aides. Journal of applied gerontology. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221132121 	
4.	Konetzka, R. T., Davila, H., Brauner, D. J., Cursio, J. F., Sharma, H., Werner, R. M., Park, Y. S., Shippee, T. P. (2022). The Quality Measures Domain in Nursing Home Compare: Is High Performance Meaningful or Misleading? The Gerontologist, 62(2), 293-303.  	
5.	Sharma, H., Xu, L. (2022). Association between wages and nursing staff turnover in Iowa nursing homes. Innovation in Aging. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac004 	
6.	Sharma, H., Hefele, J. G., Xu, L., Conkling, B., Wang, X. J. (2021). First Year of Skilled Nursing Facility Value-based Purchasing Program Penalizes Facilities With Poorer Financial Performance. Medical care, 59(12), 1099-1106.  	
7.	Sharma, H., Xu, L. (2021). Nursing Home Profit Margins and Citations for Infection Prevention and Control. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 22(11), 2378-2383.e2.  	
8.	Sharma, H. (2021). Prevalence and persistency of deficiency citations in Florida assisted living facilities. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  	
9.	Sharma, H., Perraillon, M. C., Werner, R. M., Grabowski, D. C., Konetzka, R. T. (2019). Medicaid and Nursing Home Choice: Why Do Duals End Up in Low-Quality Facilities? Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 733464819838447.  	
10.	Brauner, D., Werner, R. M., Shippee, T. P., Cursio, J., Sharma, H., Konetzka, R. T. (2018). Does Nursing Home Compare Reflect Patient Safety In Nursing Homes? Health Affairs, 37(11), 1770--1778.  	
11.	Konetzka, R. T., Sharma, H., Park, J. (2018). Malpractice Environment vs Direct Litigation: What Drives Nursing Home Exit? INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 55, 0046958018787995.  	
12.	Smieliauskas, F., Sharma, H., Hurley, C., de Souza, J. A., Shih, Y.-C. T. (2018). State insurance mandates and off-label use of chemotherapy. Health economics, 27(1), e55--e70.  	
13.	Sharma, H., Konetzka, R. T., Smieliauskas, F. (2017). The Relationship Between Reported Staffing and Expenditures in Nursing Homes. Medical Care Research and Review, 1077558717739214.  	
14.	Shi, L., Ye, X., Lu, M., Wu, E. Q., Sharma, H., Thomason, D., Zhang, M., Wang, Y., Fonseca, V. A. (2015). Glycemic and cholesterol control versus single-goal control in US veterans with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a retrospective observational study. Diabetes Therapy, 6(3), 339--355.  	
15.	Bron, M., Ayyagari, R., Sharma, H., Chen, K., Bozas, A., Wu, E. (2014). Management of Patients Using Combination Therapy With Pioglitazone and a Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor: An Analysis of Initial Versus Sequential Combination Therapy. Postgraduate medicine, 126(3), 47--55.  	
16.	Shi, L., Ye, X., Lu, M., Wu, E. Q., Sharma, H., Thomason, D., Fonseca, V. A. (2013). Clinical and economic benefits associated with the achievement of both HbA1c and LDL cholesterol goals in veterans with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care, 36(10), 3297-3304.  	
17.	Krishnan, E., Akhras, K., Sharma, H., Marynchenko, M., Wu, E., Tawk, R., Liu, J., Shi, L. (2013). Relative and attributable diabetes risk associated with hyperuricemia in US veterans with gout. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 106(8), 721--729.  	
18.	Krishnan, E., Akhras, K. S., Sharma, H., Marynchenko, M., Wu, E., Tawk, R. H., Liu, J., Shi, L. (2013). Serum urate and incidence of kidney disease among veterans with gout. The Journal of rheumatology, jrheum--121061.  	
19.	Vander Velde, N., Chen, L., Guo, A., Sharma, H., Marynchenko, M., Wu, E. Q., Liu, J., Yang, H., Shi, L. (2013). Study of Imatinib Treatment Patterns and Outcomes Among US Veteran Patients With Philadelphia Chromosome--Positive Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Journal of oncology practice, 9(5), e212--e219.  	
20.	Wu, E., Zhou, S., Yu, A., Lu, M., Sharma, H., Gill, J., Graf, T. (2012). Outcomes associated with insulin therapy disruption after hospital discharge among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who had used insulin before and during hospitalization. Endocrine Practice, 18(5), 651--659.  	
21.	Wu, E. Q., Zhou, S., Yu, A., Lu, M., Sharma, H., Gill, J., Graf, T. (2012). Outcomes associated with post-discharge insulin continuity in US patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus initiating insulin in the hospital. Hospital practice (1995), 40(4), 40-8.  	
22.	Velde, N., Wu, E., Guo, A., Lu, M., Yu, A., Sharma, H., Liu, J., Fan, C., Shi, L. (2011). The benefits of timely intervention with zoledronic acid in patients with metastatic prostate cancer to bones: a retrospective study of the US Veterans Affairs population. Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases, 14(1), 79.  	
23.	Pike, C., Birnbaum, H. G., Schiller, M., Sharma, H., Burge, R., Edgell, E. T. (2010). Direct and indirect costs of non-vertebral fracture patients with osteoporosis in the US. Pharmacoeconomics, 28(5), 395-409.  	

Electronic Publications
1.	* Sharma, H., Baten, R. B. A., Ullrich, F., MacKinney, C., Mueller, K. J. (2021). Trends in Nursing Home Closures in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties in the United States, 2008-2018 (Brief No. 2021-1 ed.). Rural Policy Brief . RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis.. https://rupri.public-health.uiowa.edu/publications/policybriefs/2021/Rural%20NH%20Closure.pdf 	

Areas of Research Interest
Health Economics, Costs, Quality, Disparities, Nursing Homes

Grants and Contracts
Funded
Sep 2020 - Aug 2024	Rural Health Research Center Cooperative Agreement U1C RH20419
Funded by HRSA. Investigator/s Keith Mueller (Principal Investigator), Hari Sharma (Co-Investigator).	
Jul 2021 - Jun 2022	Staffing size and occupational injuries in the US nursing homes T42OH008491
Funded by Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety. Award amount: ($20,000.00) Number of Months: 12. Investigator/s Hari Sharma (Principal Investigator).	
Apr 2020 - Mar 2022	Medicaid Supplemental Payments and Nursing Home Quality - a Case Study of Indiana R03 HS027235-01A1
Funded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Investigator/s Hari P Sharma (Principal Investigator).	
Sep 2016 - Aug 2020	Rural Health Research Center Cooperative Agreement U1CRH20419
Funded by HRSA. Percent effort: 15. Investigator/s Hari Sharma (Co-Investigator), Keith Mueller (Principal Investigator).	

Invited Lectures and Conference Presentations
National - Oral
2021	Rural Health Research Gateway Webinars, Availability of Post-acute Care and Long-term Care Services in Rural Areas, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Presenters/Authors: Sharma, Hari	
2020	Annual Research Meeting, AcademyHealth, SNF-VBP Penalizes Skilled Nursing Facilities with Negative Profit Margins Peer-Reviewed/Refereed Presenters/Authors: Sharma, Hari Accepted for oral presentation	
Oral
2020	43rd Annual Rural Health Conference, Nursing home and pharmacy closures in the US, National Rural Health Association Presenters/Authors: Sharma, Hari Virtual meeting	
2017	Annual Research Meeting, AcademyHealth, New Orleans, Louisiana	
2017	International Health Economics Association Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts	
2016	American Society of Health Economists Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	
2016	Annual Research Meeting, AcademyHealth, Boston, Massachusetts	
Poster
2022	The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting, Supplemental Payments and Nursing Home Staffing: A Case Study of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana Presenters/Authors: Sharma, Hari, Xu, Lili	
2021	AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Effect of Upper Payment Limit Based Supplemental Payments to Nursing Homes Owned By Non-State Governmental Organization on Nursing Home Revenue, Expenses, and Profit Margins in Indiana, Iowa City Presenters/Authors: Sharma, Hari, Xu, Lili	
2019	American Society of Health Economists Meeting Peer-Reviewed/Refereed	
2019	Annual Research Meeting, AcademyHealth Peer-Reviewed/Refereed	

Service
Profession
2020 - Present	Journal of Applied Gerontology, Editorial Board	
2018 - Present	American Society of Health Economists Scientific Review Committee, Reviewer	
2018 - Present	Medical Care, Medical Care Research and Review, BMC Health Services Research, Journal of Applied Gerontology, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Reviewer	

Department
2023 - Present	PhD Admissions Committee, Member, Serving as a member of the PhD admissions committee.	
2022 - Present	PhD Preliminary Exam Committee, Member, Serving as a member of the first year PhD preliminary examination committee.	
2018 - 2019	HMP Academic Program Quality Improvement Committee, Member	

College
2021 - Present	Global Public Health Committee, Member	

2019 - Present	CPH Diversity Committee, Member	
2019 - 2021	CPH Strategic Planning Committee, Member	

Media Contributions
2020	Radio, Iowa Public Radio, Regional