Dissertation Title: "Aristotelian Justice and Health Policy: Capability and Incompletely Theorized Agreements"
The dissertation focuses on the implications for health policy of Aristotelian/Capability lines of reasoning to social justice and efficiency...
Dissertation Title: "Risk Sharing in Managed Care"
Managed care continues to evolve in the pursuit of sustainable cost savings. In its early form, the industry relied on "command and control" mechanisms to influence physician practice style and reduce the...
Dissertation Title: "The Politics of Medicare Policy"
This thesis includes three studies that further illuminate various aspects of a key political determinant of Medicare policy: public opinion.
For the first study, I use data provided by the Kaiser...
Dissertation Title: "Trust and Agency: The Patient-Physician Relationship in the Era of Managed Care"
Trust is essential in social life. Interpersonal relationships are complex and often unpredictable, and as such, trust minimizes the cognitive and...
Dissertation Title: "Quality Information and Quality Competition In the Managed Care Health Insurance Market"
This thesis explores three aspects of quality information and quality competition in the managed care health insurance market. In the first...