Representative Publications
Markets Without Magic: How Competition Might Save Medicare. Washington, DC: AEI Press, 2008.
(with S. Nicholson, D. Polsky, M. Berger, and C. Sharda)
“Valuing Reductions in On-the-Job Illness: ‘Presenteeism’ from Managerial and Economic Perspectives.” Health Economics 17.4: 469-485 (April 2008).
(with A. Dor, M.A. Eichleay, and P.J. Held)
“End-stage Renal Disease and Economic Incentives: The International Study of Health Care Organization and Financing.” International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics 7.2/3: 73-111 (September 2007).
(with B. Herring)
“Risk Pooling and Regulation: Policy and Reality in Today’s Individual Health Insurance Market.” Health Affairs 26.3: 770-779 (May/June 2007).
(with M.K. Bundorf)
“Is Health Insurance Affordable for the Uninsured?” Journal of Health Economics 25.4: 650-673 (July 2006).
(with J.A. Pagan)
“Community-level Uninsurance and Unmet Medical Needs of Insured and Uninsured Adults.” Health Services Research 41.3: 788-803 (June 2006).
Education
PhD, University of Virginia, 1967; MA, University of Delaware, 1965; AB, Xavier University, 1963
Recent Consulting
Office of Assistant Secretary for Policy Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Merck, Inc. American Enterprise Institute
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Spencer Kimball Article Award from the Journal of Insurance Regulation for “Terrorism Losses and All Perils Insurance” with Howard Kunreuther, December 2006
National Institute of Health Care Management Foundation's Research Award for "Is Health Insurance Affordable for the Uninsured?" with M. Kate Bundorf (Journal of Health Economics, July 2006), May 2007
John M. Eisenberg Excellence in Mentorship Award, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, June 2007
Distinguished Investigator Award, AcademyHealth, June 2007
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1983-present (Chairperson, Health Care Systems Department, 1997-2004; Vice Dean and Director, Doctoral Programs, 1995-99; named Bendheim Professor, 1990; Chairperson, Health Care Systems Department, 1990-94; Robert D. Eilers Professor of Health Care Management and Economics, 1984-89). University of Pennsylvania: 1984-present (Co-Director, Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management, 2005-present; Professor of Economics, 1983-present; Executive Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 1984-89). Previous appointments: Northwestern University; University of Virginia. Visiting appointments: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria; International Institute of Management, Berlin, Germany
Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Co-Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 2001-present; Advisory Editor, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1987-present;
Corporate and Public Sector Leadership 2005-2009
Medicare Technical Advisory Panel; National Advisory Committee, National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources; National Vaccine Advisory Commission Finance Working Group; Board Member, Independent Health
