Dissertation Title: "Distributional Causes and Consequences of Medical Innovation"
In this dissertation I examine how the benefits and costs of medical innovation are distributed across the population, identifying the channels through which inequality in...
Dissertation Title: "Insights into the Fragmented US Health System through Simulation Modeling: Childhood Insurance, Care Utilization, and Outcomes"
Empirical analyses of insurance, care utilization, and health outcomes are often constrained by fragmented...
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Ownership, Supply, and Use in Medicare Home Health Care"
Chapter 1 – The Impacts of Privatization: Evidence from the Home Health Care Setting
In many sectors, privatization is pursued to improve efficiency but raises concerns...
Dissertation Title: "Countdown to 2030: Essays on Universal Health Coverage in Developing Countries"
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) bears a disproportionate share of the world’s health burden. Women and children remain two of the most critical target groups for...
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Health Economics and Aging"
This dissertation includes three essays on health economics and the economics of aging. In chapter 1, I study how health insurance markets evolve with high-cost new medical innovation. Chapter 2...
Dissertation Title: "Health During Pregnancy: Essays on Access to Care, Preventing Adverse Outcomes, and Health System Structures"
This dissertation investigates how access to care, clinical guidelines, and health system design affect maternal health...
Dissertation Title: "Place, Racism, and Place-based Policies: Essays on Structural Racism and Community-Level Health Inequities"
This three-paper dissertation explores the relationship between structural racism and neighborhood-level health inequities. The...
Dissertation Title: "Economics of Prescription Drugs: Innovation, Payment, and Prescribing"
The pharmaceutical industry is an important sector in U.S. healthcare, with prescription drug expenditures accounting for $467 billion (9% of health care...