Health Equity, Economics and Policy Research Program
Looks at issues from the training of medical professionals, to changes in the organization of care, to national changes in health care policy
- Senior Research Program Leader:
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Kosali Simon
- Continuity Leads:
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Sumedha Gupta
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Coady Wing
Fundamental to health care outcomes are the efforts to change barriers to health and health care through federal and state policies, as well as those instituted by private insurance companies, to shape the access to preventive care, to treatment services, and to medications (which can create, iatrogenically, additional health issues such as addiction). From evaluating the effects of innovative programs to using large-scale data and econometric methods to trace health and health care change, this research program looks at issues from the training of medical professionals, to changes in the organization of care, to national changes in health care policy.
Selected Publications
Comparison of Postpartum Opioid Prescriptions Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Competitive effects of federal and state opioid restrictions: Evidence from the controlled substance laws
Does paid sick leave encourage staying at home? Evidence from the United States during a pandemic
Effects of social distancing policy on labor market outcomes
Health Equity Measures and Hospital Rankings
How are state telehealth policies associated with services offered by substance use disorder treatment facilities? Evidence from 2019 to 2022
Mitigating Misogynoir: Inclusive Professionalism as a Health Equity Strategy
Mortality and Discharge Location of Intensive Care Patients with Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementia
Opioid Prescriptions Prior to Emergency Department Dental Visits: A Comparison of Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (DPSAs) and Non-DPSAs Using Electronic Health Records
Pandemic precarity: COVID-19's impact on Mexican and central American immigrant families
Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Buprenorphine Receipt Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2015-19
Racial/ethnic disparities in timely receipt of buprenorphine among Medicare disability beneficiaries
Recent tapering from long-term opioid therapy and odds of opioid-related hospital use
The impact of state Medicaid eligibility and benefits policy on neonatal abstinence syndrome hospitalizations
Enhancing Health Equity Through Cancer Health Economics Research
The Opioid Crisis, Health, Healthcare, and Crime: A Review of Quasi-Experimental Economic Studies