Carrie M. Farmer
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Policy Researcher
Pittsburgh Office
Education
Ph.D. in health policy, Harvard University; B.A. in psychobiology, Wellesley College
Overview
Biography
Carrie Farmer is a policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. She has expertise in the quality of mental health care, including the development of quality metrics. Her current and previous work involves evaluations of large federally funded public health and mental health programs, analyses of mental health care quality in a variety of populations, and development of metrics to assess the quality and effectiveness of health services and programs. She holds a Ph.D. in health policy from Harvard University.
Research Focus
Recent Projects
- Evaluation of services for seriously mentally ill patients in the Veterans Health Administration
- Quality of mental health and substance abuse care
- Evaluation of public health and mental health programs
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