Dissertation Title： "Essays on the Management of Clinical Trial Sites: Lessons for Health Policy, Technology Development, and Organizational Theory"
Changes in the costs and complexities of developing new pharmaceuticals have led to transformations in the...
Dissertation Title： "Evaluating Racial Differences in Quality of Diabetes Care and Self-Management Practice in an HMO"
Racial disparities in health care continue to be a growing problem in the U.S. and a prominent health policy issue. This dissertation...
Dissertation Title： "Public Agendas, Government Action, and Health Policy"
This dissertation explores public agendas, government action and health policy. Understanding public opinion is important for two reasons. First, during national emergencies, public...
Dissertation Title: "Economic Evaluation of Vaccination Policies Using Mathematical Models: Cost-Effectiveness, Externalities, and Affordability of Hepatitis B Vaccination"
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a global public health challenge that...
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Disease in the Family and Managed Care"
The first papers examines how incidence of cancer within the family affects an individual's demand for health insurance and cancer screenings? This question is central to the debate...
Dissertation Title: "End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD): Factors Affecting Patient's Treatment and Care Assessments"
Nearly 455,000 people in the United States are living with ESRD, and more than 100,000 people are diagnosed each year. ESRD patients receive...
Dissertation Title: "Quality Improvement for Depression: Organizational and Provider Factors"
Improving the quality of depression treatment in the primary care setting is an important yet elusive goal. Few individuals with depression receive adequate...
Dissertation Title: "Valuing Health for Public Policy"
This dissertation examines theoretical, empirical, and moral questions on the economic evaluation of health. Chapter One conducts an experiment to test whether willingness to pay (WTP) to reduce risk...
Dissertation Title: "Chronic Illness, Depression, and the Patient-Provider Relationship: Toward a Model of Biopsychosocial Care"
Chronic medical conditions are the leading cause of disability in the United States, account for 70 percent of all deaths...
Dissertation Title: "Hunt for the Right Counterfactual: Estimating Disparities in Minority Health Care"
The numerous studies of racial disparities in health services have not achieved consensus on the definition and method for measurement of disparities...