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Christine EibnerWashington Office Economist EducationPh.D. in economics, University of Maryland, College Park |
Biography
Christine Eibner is an associate economist at RAND, specializing in applied econometrics and cost analyses. Her current research focuses on socioeconomic disparities in health, employer sponsored insurance, military medical policy, and modeling the effect of health care policy changes on costs, insurance coverage, and other outcomes. Her work in the Military Health Policy Center has focused on demand for TRICARE, maintaining the operational readiness of DoD medical providers, and the economic costs of mental illness resulting from exposure to combat.
Research Focus
Health insurance access; military health policy; substance abuse; socioeconomic inequalities in health; health promotion & disease prevention; mental health; health economics; labor economics
RAND Research Areas
Civil Justice; Energy and Environment; Health and Health Care
Recent Projects
- Analyzing the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and coronary heart disease in women
- Estimating the costs of mental illness stemming from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Biography
Christine Eibner, Economist at RAND, received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland in 2001. Her current research addresses trends in the availability and affordability of private health insurance, the economic costs of substance abuse, and military medical policy. Much of Dr. Eibner's work involves quantitative analysis of large data sets, including the National Health Interview Survey, the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, and the National Compensation Survey. Her research for the Institute of Civil Justice includes an analysis of health insurance costs for small businesses, with a focus on how growing health insurance costs have affected other forms of compensation at small firms. Prior to joining RAND, she was an intern at the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (now the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality), and a post-doctoral research associate at Princeton University.
Research Focus
Health economics; labor economics; health insurance; health care costs; military health policy; substance abuse
RAND Research Areas
Civil Justice; Energy and Environment; Health and Health Care
Research Focus
Health economics; health disparities; military health policy; socioeconomic inequalities in health; substance abuse; health insurance access; military health policy
RAND Research Areas
Civil Justice; Energy and Environment; Health and Health Care
Recent Projects
- Analyzing the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and coronary heart disease in women
- Estimating the costs of mental illness stemming from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Selected Publications
Eibner, Christine, Jeanne S. Ringel, Beau Kilmer, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, and Claudia Diaz, 'The Cost of Post-Combat Mental Health and Cognitive Conditions' in Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery. Tanielian and Jaycox (Eds), RAND Corporation, 2008
Harris, Katherine M., James Galasso, and Christine Eibner, Review and Evaluation of the VA Enrollee Health Care Projection Model, RAND Corporation, 2008
Eibner, Christine, The Economic Burden of Providing Health Insurance: How Much Worse Off Are Small Firms?, RAND Corporation, 2008
MacDonald, John M., Andrew Morral, Barbara Raymond, and Christine Eibner, "The Efficacy of the Rio Hondo DUI Court: A 2-Year Field Experiment", Evaluation Review, 31(1) 4-23, 2007
Eibner, Christine and M. Susan Marquis, "Employers' Health Insurance Cost Burden: 1996-2005", Monthly Labor Review, 131(6) 28-44
Biography
Eibner is an associate economist at RAND, specializing in applied econometrics and cost analyses. Her current research focuses on socioeconomic disparities in health, employer sponsored insurance, military medical policy, and modeling the effect of health care policy changes on costs, insurance coverage, and other outcomes. Her work in the Military Health Policy Center has focused on demand for TRICARE, maintaining the operational readiness of DoD medical providers, and the economic costs of mental illness resulting from exposure to combat.
Research Focus
Health insurance access; military health policy; socioeconomic inequalities in health; health economics and labor economics
Recent Projects
- Socioeconomic disparities in health
- Employer-sponsored insurance
- Military medical policy
- Modeling the effect of health care policy changes on costs, insurance coverage, and other outcomes
- Analysis of health care reform options
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