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 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 Publications
The Business Case for Family Caregiver Skills Training: Results From a Multisite Trial in the Veterans Health Care System.
Journal Article J Am Med Dir Assoc · December 15, 2025 Full text Link to item CiteAcceptability of the Veterans Health Administration's Caregiver Health and Wellbeing Coaching Program: Evidence From a Mixed-Methods Evaluation.
Journal Article J Appl Gerontol · December 15, 2025 This explanatory, sequential mixed-methods evaluation assessed the acceptability of the Veterans Health Administration's Caregiver Health and Wellbeing Coaching (CHWC) program from the perspectives of caregivers and staff. Guided by the Theoretical Framewo ... Full text Link to item CiteDementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.
Journal Article Alzheimers Dement · December 2025 BACKGROUND: People living with dementia (PLWD) face short-term risks following emergency department (ED) visits. However, the long-term impacts of ED visits on PLWD quality of life are not well characterized. Home time- days alive and outside hospitals or ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Duke/UNC ADAR Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029A Randomized Controlled Trial of BETTER, A Transitional Care Intervention, for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury and Their Families
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Nursing Research · 2023 - 2028Improving the lives of persons living with dementia and their families through person-centered measurement of home time
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2021 - 2027View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2000
Ph.D.