Dissertation Title： "Measuring Health and Assessing the Impact of Health System Change"
This thesis explores each of the steps in the process linking health system change to output: changes in access, changes in health, and the valuation of health.
The...
Dissertation Title: "Cost-Effectiveness of Imaging and Surgery in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases"
This study examines options for diagnostic imaging and surgical management of patients with hepatic metastases from colorectal carcinoma...
Dissertation Title: "The Role of Alcohol and Firearms in Youth Suicide and Homicide in the United States"
Homicide and suicide are, respectively, the second and third leading cause of death for young Americans. The following three papers address two risk...
Dissertation Title: "Economic Analyses of Medicare HMOs"
My dissertation consists of three essays, all of which attempt to broaden our knowledge of the economic implications of managed care, particularly for the elderly, in the market for health insurance...
Dissertation Title: "How Tribes Choose Between Tribal and Indian Health Service Management of Health Care Resources; Drug Coverage and Drug Use by Medicare Beneficiaries; Bias in Measures of Guideline Adherence"
This dissertation is composed of three...