Staff Bios
Neeraj Sood 
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Economist Santa Monica Office |
EducationPh.D., in policy analysis, RAND Graduate School; M.A. in economics, Indiana University; M.A. and B.A. in economics, Delhi School of Economics, India |
ExpertiseHealth economics; consumer decisions in insurance markets; secondary life insurance markets; price regulation; pharmaceutical innovation |
Policy AreasHIV/AIDS policy |
Recent Projects
- Principal Investigator, "Health Care Costs and the US Economy, " $204,000 from ASPE, Department of Health and Human Services, September 2006 to June 2007.
- Principal Investigator, "Medi-Cal Redesign and the HIV+ population, " $60,000 from the University of California Los Angeles, July 2005 to May 2006.
- Co-Principal Investigator (with D. Goldman (PI) and D. Lakdawalla), "Innovation and Public Policy," $1,900,000 from Pfizer Inc, September 2005 to August 2007.
- Co-Principal Investigator (with D. Goldman), "An Investigation of the Viatical Settlements Market," $950,000 from National Institute for Aging (NIA), September 2003 to September 2005.
- Principal Investigator, "Universal Immunization in India," $154,000 from RAND Corporation, September 2004 to September 2005.
Selected Publications
Neeraj Sood and Arkadipta Ghosh (2007) "The Short and Long Run Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Fatal Automobile Crashes," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: (Contributions), forthcoming.
Dana Goldman, Geoffrey Joyce, Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Neeraj Sood (2006), "Adverse Selection in Retiree Prescription Drug Plans," Forum for Health Economics & Policy; Frontiers in Health Policy Research (Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Electronic Press, 2006), v. 9, issue 1, article 4, p. [1-23].
Ashlesha Datar, Arnab Mukherji, Neeraj Sood (2006), "Health Infrastructure and Immunization Coverage in Rural India," Indian Journal of Medical Research, forthcoming.
Dana Goldman, James Smith and Neeraj Sood (2006), "Immigrants and the Costs of Medical Care," Health Affairs, Vol 25 (6) pp 1700 - 1711.
Dana Goldman and Neeraj Sood (2006), "Rising Medicare Costs: Are We in Crisis?," Health Affairs, Vol 25,(published online 22 August 2006; 10.1377/hlthaff.25.w389).
"Comparison of Medicare Spending and Outcomes for Beneficiaries with Lower Extremity Joint Replacements,"(2005) with Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Partha Deb, José J. Escarce, Carrie Hoverman and Susan M. Paddock, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Washington DC.
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