Biography
While at IHME, Laura worked on the Access, Bottlenecks, Costs, and Equity research team. Following the Post-Graduate Fellowship, she stayed in Seattle, working as a Health Economist at PATH.
Di Giorgio L, Moses MW, Fullman N, Wollum A, Conner RO, Achan J, Achoki T, Bannon KA, Burstein R, Dansereau E, DeCenso B, Delwiche K, Duber HC, Gakidou E, Gasasira A, Haakenstad A, Hanlon M, Ikilezi G, Kisia C, Levine AJ, Maboshe M, Masiye F, Masters SH, Mphuka C, Njuguna P, Odeny TA, Okiro EA, Roberts DA, Murray CJL, Flaxman AD. The potential to expand antiretroviral therapy by improving health facility efficiency: evidence from Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia. BMC Medicine. 2016 20 July. doi: 10.1186/s12916-016-0653-
Di Giorgio L, Flaxman AD, Moses MW, Fullman N, Hanlon M, Conner RO, Wollum A, Murray CJL. Efficiency of health care production in low-resource settings: a Monte-Carlo simulation to compare the performance of Data Envelopment Analysis, Stochastic Distance Functions, and an ensemble model. PLOS ONE. 2016 Jan 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147261.
Di Giorgio L, Murray CJ, Hanlon M, Conner R, Wollum A. An innovative approach to measuring efficiency of health service provision in developing countries. Annals of Global Health. 2014 Sept 25. doi: 10.1016/j.aogh.2014.08.129.
Di Giorgio L, Filippini M, Masiero G. The relationship between costs and quality in nonprofit nursing homes. IdEP Economic Papers. 2014 Mar.
Di Giorgio L, Filippini M, Masiero G. Implications of global budget payment system on nursing home costs. Health Policy. 2014; 115 (2-3): 237-248.
Di Giorgio L, Filippini M, Masiero G. The impact of the institutional form on the cost efficiency of nursing homes. Quaderni della facoltà di Scienze economiche dell’Università di Lugano. 2012 Mar.