Overview
Dr. Courtney Van Houtven is a Professor in The Department of Population Health Science, Duke University School of Medicine and Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy. Dr. Van Houtven’s aging and economics research interests encompass long-term care financing, intra-household decision-making, unpaid family and friend care, and home- and community-based services. She examines how family caregiving affects health care utilization, expenditures, health and work outcomes of care recipients and caregivers. She is also interested in understanding how best to support family caregivers to optimize caregiver and care recipient outcomes. She leads a mixed methods R01 study as PI from the National Institute on Aging that will assess the value of "home time" for persons living with dementia and their caregivers (RF1 AG072364). She also directs CASCADE: Center for Advancing the Science of Complex Care: Aging, Disability, and Equity, a grant-funded center within DPHS.
Areas of expertise: Health Economics and Health Services Research
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Professor in Population Health Sciences
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2021 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy
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2024 - Present
Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy,
University Institutes and Centers
Recent Scholarly Works
Associations Between Social Drivers of Health and Intervention Reach During Implementation of a Supervised Walking Program.
Journal article Med Care · September 1, 2026 OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between social drivers of health and veteran-level reach of STRIDE, a supervised walking program implemented in the Veterans Health Administration (VA). STUDY SETTING AND DESIGN: We included 2527 patients across 5 facilit ... Full text Link to item CiteCharacteristics of outpatient care settings associated with implementation outcomes for a Group Physical Therapy program.
Journal article Phys Ther · August 31, 2026 IMPORTANCE: Novel care models, like group-based physical therapy (Group Physical Therapy), improve outcomes and operational efficiency, but implementation is challenging and understudied. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to assess associations of organizationa ... Full text Link to item CiteTrends in Quality of Life for Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment Across Living and Care Arrangements, 2008-2022.
Journal article J Am Geriatr Soc · August 2026 BACKGROUND: Monitoring trends in key quality of life (QoL) indicators is crucial for effective surveillance and guiding targeted interventions to improve well-being. Few studies have examined population-level trends among older adults with cognitive impair ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Effect of paid family care (vs aides) on Medicaid waiver participants w/ IDD across the lifespan
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2031Does switching to paid family care (versus paid aides) increase time at home or reduce publicly funded healthcare costs for Medicaid waiver beneficiaries with disability?
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2030Duke/UNC ADAR Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029View All Grants
Education
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2000
Ph.D.