The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), was awarded a $774,972 Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866). The grant, awarded on September 15, 2024, will support a 5-year research project to quantify the effects of changes in the healthcare market, such as hospital mergers and closures, on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular care and outcomes.
The project will use a quasi-experimental design and national Medicare and Medicaid data to examine the impact of these market changes on patient access to advanced acute care and health outcomes. It will also investigate the underlying mechanisms and assess whether certain patient groups or communities are disproportionately affected. MGH is collaborating with researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School on this project, which aims to inform policy and identify interventions to reduce disparities in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular care access and outcomes.
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