Dissertation Title： "Three Essays on the Economics of Medical Devices"
Financial relationships between physicians and industry are vital to biomedical innovation, yet create the potential for conflicts of interest in medical practice.
In the first thesis...
Dissertation Title："The Health Impacts of Public Programs for the Poor in Brazil and the United States"
This dissertation examines the health impacts of large public programs for the poor in Brazil and the United States.
Paper 1 evaluates the impact of...
Dissertation Title："Unaffordable Care: Health Care Access and Economic Burden in the Asia Pacific and U.S."
Out-of-pocket payments are an important source of health care financing in many countries. However, when care is unaffordable, patients either pay...
Dissertation Title: "Competition, Regulation, and Entry Timing in Markets for Pharmaceutical Line Extensions"
This dissertation consists of three chapters on competition, regulation, and entry in markets for pharmaceutical line extension. Pharmaceutical...
Dissertation Title: "Modeling Health Outcomes in Resource-limited Settings"
This dissertation presents methods for improving estimates of important health outcomes in resource-limited settings. Paper 1 develops a new approach to estimating health-state...
Dissertation Title: "The Evolving Dynamics of Health Insurance under State and Federal Reform"
This dissertation consists of three papers on the implications of dynamic changes in health insurance and income for state and federal health care reform. The...
Dissertation Title: "Essays in Health Economics: Using Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa"
Paper 1: The effect of price on demand and use of bednets: Evidence from a randomized experiment
An on-going debate currently exists about whether health products...
Dissertation Title: "Cervical Cancer Prevention: Using Primary Data to Inform Decision-Making in Developed and Developing Country Contexts"
Globally, cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in women, with more than 85% of cases occurring in...
Dissertation Title: "The Use of Information Technology in US Health Care Delivery"
My dissertation examines a set of policy and management issues related to the use of information technology (IT) in US health care delivery. Health IT has received broad...
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Politics, Public Health Law, and Health Outcomes in the United States and Sub-Saharan Africa"
This dissertation is comprised of three papers that examine the political dimensions of health policymaking and the relationship...