Dissertation Title: "Assessing the Quality of Behavioral Health Care and Health Plans Using Consumer Reports and Ratings"
Interest in comparing consumer assessments of quality across health plans has grown. The Experience of Care and Health Outcomes (ECHO...
Dissertation Title: “Evaluating Intended and Unintended Consequences of Health Policy and Regulation in Vulnerable Populations”
The objective of this dissertation is to evaluate whether two different types of policy interventions in the United States are...
Dissertation Title: "Measuring Productivity and Quality in Mental Health Care"The treatment of mental illness has undergone significant organizational and technological change in the past decade. Spending continued to grow at rates above changes in...
Dissertation Title: "The Political Economy of Mental Health Parity"
This thesis examines behavioral responses to parity regulation from the perspectives of the health plan, the consumer, and politicians and interest groups. Parity regulations aim to...
Dissertation Title: "The Economics of Long-Term Care Decision-Making Among the Elderly"
In the first chapter, the question of whether individuals respond to financial incentives in nursing home entry decisions is answered. The motivation for this work...