Faculty

Name

Expertise

Abraham, Jean

Health economics

Begun, James

Sociology of health organizations and occupations

Blewett, Lynn

Health care policy and analysis, finance and delivery, access to care

Call, Kathleen

Sociology, access to care and health insurance, health policy

Christianson, Jon

Evaluation of treatment processes, competition and competitive health care markets, health insurance, financial incentives in health care

Davern, Michael

Survey methodologies, Census Bureau data, demographic data, health policy analysis, social networks, survey sampling, health insurance coverage

Dowd, Bryan

Health economics, policy analysis, econometrics

Feldman, Roger

Health economics

Foote, Susan

Health policy and politics, medical technology policy, health law, Medicare, administrative regulation

Garrard, Judith

Pharmacoepidemiology and patient outcomes, behavioral geriatrics, long-term care, evaluation of health and mental health programs

Grant, Leslie

Long-term care, evidence-based management, environmental design

Kane, Robert

Aging and long-term care, care quality, care outcomes

Kane, Rosalie

Aging and long-term care, ethics

Kralewski, John

Medical group practices, managed health care

McAlpine, Donna

Mental health services and managed care, racial and ethnic disparities

McBean, Marshall

Use of Medicare and Medicaid data for health policy research, access to care, quality of care

Moscovice, Ira

Operations research, rural health

Nyman, John

Health economics, the theory of the demand for health insurance, cost-effectiveness analysis, the theory of why people gamble, nursing home and long-care policy, the behavior of physicians

Potthoff, Sandra

Quality and productivity improvement in health care, systems analysis, long-term care, program evaluation, outcomes management systems

Riley, William

Health care management, health care financing

Rockwood, Todd

Clinical outcomes research, survey research methods

Town, Robert

Health care competition, Medicare policy toward HMOs and hospitals, physician behavior, measuring hospital quality

Veninga, Robert

Management, leadership studies, organizational behavior

Virnig, Beth

Administrative data analysis, cancer surveillance and treatment, end-of-life care

Weckwerth, Vernon

Alternative administrative education, health service delivery, design of research, inductive methods, distance executive education

Wholey, Douglas

Organizational sociology, health care organization, managed care, informatics, management