Dissertation Title: "Ensuring the Health of Vulnerable Populations in the United States: Intersections of Politics and Public Policy"
This dissertation examines two major health policy issues in the United States: the nature of public attitudes about...
S. Skye Yoden graduated with B.A.'s in International Studies and Psychology, and a B.S. in Economics, from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008. A former member of the Penn Lab of Evolutionary Experimental Psychology, Skye's early research focused on...
Dissertation Title: "Religion, Parties, and Policymaking: Health Policy Debates in the United States and Brazil"
This dissertation examines the role of religion, political parties, and strategic alliances in three contemporary health policy debates in the...
Dissertation Title: "Evaluating Access to Care and Health Outcomes in Public and Private Insurance"The objective of this dissertation is to evaluate whether changes in insurance coverage and provider decision making are associated with changes in the use...
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: "Chronic Illness and Public Health: Evaluating Influential Intersections Between Politics and Policy"
The first paper investigates the political bias of the U.S. news media in its coverage of two recent health controversies: the 2009...
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: "Essays in Health Economics"
This dissertation consists of three chapters that relate to the following broad areas in health economics: care provision for vulnerable populations, challenges in efficient insurance market functioning and...
Dissertation Title: "Essays on the Economics of Health”
This dissertation consists of three essays on the economics of health.
Chapter 1: This paper studies the effects of shutting down prescribers, dispensers, and distributors that inappropriately handle...
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: "Evaluating Legal Interventions Designed to Improve Behavioral Health Outcomes"
Relatively recent recognition of the significant burden of behavioral health disorders has elevated their status as public health issues in need of...