Patricia M. Danzon Faculty Profile

Patricia M. Danzon
Celia Z. Moh Professor; Professor of Health Care Management; Professor of Insurance and Risk Management

PhD, University of Chicago, 1973; MA, University of Chicago, 1969; BA, University of Oxford, 1968

Research Areas
Health care; pharmaceuticals; insurance; liability; medical malpractice; industrial organization

Recent Consulting
Pharmaceutical regulation (Pfizer, Merck, Aventis etc.), 1994-present; Insurance regulation, Alliance of American Insurers, 1977-93, Insurance Services Office, 1988-95; Medical malpractice, American Medical Association, American Hospital Association, The Rand Corporation, 1984-94; Health Insurance, Health Insurance Association of America, Government of New Zealand, 1990-94, World Bank, Asian Development Bank

Current Projects
Pharmaceutical pricing, regulation, alliances, R&D productivity, vaccine supply, Medicare payment for pharmaceuticals. Medical malpractice insurance cycles. Health care financing in the U.S. and internationally.

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1985-present (Chairperson, Health Care Systems Department, 2004-2008; 1994-97; named Celia Z. Moh Professor, 1991). Previous appointment: Duke University. Visiting appointments: University of Chicago; Australian National University; Victoria University, New Zealand

Other Positions
Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, 1980-84; Research Economist, The Rand Corporation, 1974-80

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Robert C. Witt Research Award, American Risk and Insurance Association, 1995; Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, 1993-present; Member, Institute of Medicine, 1991-present; Elizur Wright Award, American Risk and Insurance Association, 1988

Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Associate Editor, Journal of Health Economics; Advisory Board Member, Office of Health Economics, London; Associate Editor, International Journal of Health Care Finance; Board Member, International Health Economics Association, 2001-2004

Corporate and Public Sector Leadership 2005-2009
Board Member, BIOSIS, 1999-present; Member, Steering Committee on Restructuring Medicare, National Academy of Social Insurance; Member, National Academy of Social Insurance, 1992-present

Representative Publications
Pharmaceutical Price Regulation: National Policies vs. Global Interests AEI Press, 1998.

Medical Malpractice: Theory, Evidence and Public Policy Harvard University Press, 1985.

(with S.E. Harrington)
"Price Cutting in Liabilitity Markets." Journal of Business (1994).