Health Economics Research Profile
Health Care Costs
Assessing the War on Cancer
An analysis of the clinical and economic effects of the war on cancer.
Contact: Darius Lakdawalla, PhD (Darius_Lakdawalla@rand.org) or Dana Goldman, PhD (Dana_Goldman@rand.org)Eliminating Payment Differentials for Services Provided in Different Settings
A study to examine the extent to which Medicare payments for services delivered in hospital outpatient departments differ from payments for similar services provided in other ambulatory settings.
Contact: Barbara Wynn (Barbara_Wynn@rand.org)Redistributive Effects of Medicare
A study to assess whether Medicare policies, which effectively "redistribute" funds from those who die sooner to those who die later, disproportionately help disadvantaged members of the population.
Contact: Darius Lakdawalla, PhD (Darius_Lakdawalla@rand.org)Roybal Center for Health Policy Simulation
A National Institute on Aging–funded center whose charge is to develop better models to understand the consequences of biomedical developments and social forces for health, health spending, and health care delivery.
Contact: Dana Goldman, PhD (Dana_Goldman@rand.org)Consequences of Weight Gain in the Elderly and Near Elderly
A study to identify the determinants of weight gain in the near-elderly and elderly populations and the consequences for health and health care costs.
Contact: Darius Lakdawalla, PhD (Darius_Lakdawalla@rand.org)Funding Treatment Services
A study to provide improved funding information to local and state policymakers facing difficult choices in the present economic crisis in California and to provide forecasting tools to help plan ahead for future changes in substance abuse treatment resources.
Contact: Patricia Ebener, BA (Patricia_Ebener@rand.org)
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