No, beginning in 2016-2017, those interested in earning an MD/PhD in Health Policy will only apply to HMS/MD-PhD via AMCAS, with all tailored GSAS application components included in the MD-PhD secondary application. Applicants no longer need to apply to...
Dissertation Title: "Private Markets, Public Aims: Welfare Analyses of Regulated Competition in the ACA Marketplaces"
Paper 1 explores the connection between demographic disparities and rising premiums within the ACA marketplaces, extending the (Einav...
Marema Gaye graduated from Arizona State University in 2014 with a BS in Economics and a BA in Business with a concentration in Global Politics. She received her MA in Global Development Economics from Boston University in 2016. Previously, Marema worked...
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: "Essays on Pharmaceutical and Health Insurance Markets"
Pharmaceutical policy must balance two objectives: promoting new drug development and pricing drugs to ensure access. Though pharmaceutical innovation has made significant...
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: "Essays in Youth Mental Health: Exploring Emergency Care, Policy Interventions, and Pandemic Challenges"
In this dissertation, I explore the intricate dynamics shaping youth mental health services through three interrelated studies.
In...
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Maternal Health"
This dissertation focuses on exploring the maternity episode and it's associations with healthcare use, healthcare spending, and social policies. The first chapter uses survey data and a difference-in...
Dissertation Title: "Essays in Managed Competition in the Affordable Care Act’s Marketplaces"
This dissertation examines different economic principles as they relate to the outcomes of managed competition in insurance markets with a specific focus on the...
Dissertation Title: "The Right to Health, the Power to Punish, and the Duty to Advocate"
Paper 1: The Right to Health and the Power to Punish
If prisoners have a moral right to health (RTH), then why should this be so? Moral rights do not depend on any...
Dissertation Title: "Understanding Mental Health Care Use and Outcomes among Individuals with Reduced Access to Care"
Many individuals in the United States do not have access to adequate health care. Reduced access to care contributes to physical and...
Dissertation Title: "Understanding Policy Opportunities to Improve Health in Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities"
In this dissertation, I examine three settings where public policies can influence population health: schools, neighborhoods, and...