FRANK A. SLOAN



Center for Health Policy Research & Education
Duke University
P.O. Box 90253
Durham, NC 27708
(919) 684-8047 / 8068
Fax: (919) 684-6246
E-mail: sloan003@mc.duke.edu

Department of Economics
233 Social Sciences
(919) 660-1820

Center for Health Policy Research & Education
122A Old Chemistry

Fuqua School of Business
122 West
(919) 660-7857

Born August 15, 1942 in Greensboro, North Carolina
Married with two children

EDUCATION

Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, A.B. in Economics, 1964 (High honors in Economics).
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ph.D. in Economics, 1969.
Ph.D. Dissertation: Economic Models of Physician Supply, Harvard University.

HONORS

PRESENT EMPLOYMENT

PAST EMPLOYMENT

RESEARCH GRANTS

NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES

CONSULTANT

OFFICES HELD AND BOARDS

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Member, American Economic Association
Member, Southern Economic Association
Member, Western Economic Association

PUBLICATIONS

Books and Monographs

  1. The Geographic Distribution of Nurses and Public Policy. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, May 1975.

  2. Private Physicians and Public Programs. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath, 1978 (with J. Cromwell and J. Mitchell). Earlier version was final report on contract #600-75-0212 between Abt Associates and the Social Security Administration.

  3. Equalizing Access to Nursing Services: The Geographic Dimension. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1978.

  4. Access to Physicians and the U.S. Economy. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath, 1979 (with J. Bentkover). Earlier version was final report on "The Impact of National Economic Conditions on the Health Care of the Poor," sponsored by the National Center for Health Services Research.

  5. Hospital Labor Markets: Analysis of Wages and Work Force Composition. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath, 1980 (with B. Steinwald).

  6. Insurance, Regulation, and Hospital Costs. Lexington Books, D.C. Heath, 1980 (with B. Steinwald).

  7. Uncompensated Hospital Care: Rights and Responsibilities. Johns Hopkins Press, 1986 (edited with J. Blumstein and J. Perrin).

  8. Antitrust and Health Care, Law and Contemporary Problems. Duke University Press, Spring 1988 (special editor with J. Blumstein).

  9. Cost, Quality, and Equity in Health Care: New Roles for Health Planning. Jossey-Bass Inc., August 1988 (edited with J. Blumstein and J. Perrin).

  10. Organ Transplantation Policy: Issues and Prospects. Duke University Press, 1989 (edited with J. Blumstein).

  11. Insuring Medical Malpractice. Oxford University Press, 1991 (with R. Bovbjerg and P. Githens).

  12. Suing For Medical Malpractice. University of Chicago Press, 1993 (with P.B. Githens, E.W. Clayton, G.B. Hickson, D.A. Gentile, and D.F. Partlett).

  13. Valuing Health Care: Costs, Benefits, and Effectiveness of Pharmaceuticals and Other Medical Technologies. Edited. Cambridge; New York and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1995 Pp. xi, 273.

  14. Long-Term Care: Economic Issues and Policy Solutions, edited by Roland Eisen and Frank A. Sloan, Boston/Dordrecht/Longon 1996: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

  15. Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes: Is it Adequate? Washington: National Academy Press, 1996, edited (with G.S. Wunderlich and C.K. Davis).

  16. The Impact of Cost-Effectiveness on Public and Private Policies in Health Care: An International Perspective, Special Issue, Social Science and Medicine, 45(4):August 1997 (with H. Grabowski).

Journal Articles and Book Reviews

  1. "Hospital Demand for Residents," Inquiry, 7(3):65-68, September 1970.

  2. "Lifetime Earnings and Physicians' Choice of Specialty," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 24(1):47-56, October 1970.

  3. "The Demand for Higher Education: The Case of Medical School Applicants," Journal of Human Resources, 6(4):466-489, Fall 1971.

  4. "Review of H. Klarman, Empirical Studies in Health Economics," Inquiry, 9(1):75-79, March 1972.

  5. "Physician Pricing: Monopolistic or Competitive: Reply," Southern Economic Journal, 38:577-580, April 1972 (with J.P. Newhouse).

  6. "Survey of North-Central Florida Family Physicians," Florida Family Physician, 23(3):11-16, Summer 1973 (with J. Cleckner and J. Wayne).

  7. "Migration Patterns of Recent Medical School Graduates," Inquiry, 11(2):125-142, June 1974 (with D.E. Yett). Earlier version presented at the Health Services Research Conference on Factors in Health Manpower Performance and the Delivery of Health Care, Chicago, December 9, 1971.

  8. "Review of S. Berki, Hospital Economics," Inquiry, 11(2):156-157, June 1974.

  9. "Determinants of Physicians' Fees," Journal of Business, 47(4): 493-511, October 1974 (with B. Steinwald).

  10. "Influenza Research in the Soviet Union - 1974," Journal of Infectious Diseases, 130(6):686-693, December 1974 (with W.S. Jordan, MD; W.R. Dowdle, PhD; B.C. Easterday, DVM; F.A. Ennis, MD; M.B. Gregg, MD; E.D. Kilbourne, MD; and J.A. Seal, MD).

  11. "Short-Run Supply Responses of Professional Nurses: A Microanalysis," Journal of Human Resources, 10(2):241-257, Spring 1975 (with S. Richupan).

  12. "Physician Supply Behavior in the Short Run," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 28(4):549-69, July 1975.

  13. "The Role of Health Insurance in the Physicians' Services Market," Inquiry, 12(4):257-299, December 1975 (with B. Steinwald).

  14. "The Allocation of Physicians' Services: Evidence on Length-of-Visit," Quarterly Review of Economics and Business, 16(3):85-103, Autumn 1976 (with J. Lorant).

  15. "Real Returns to Medical Education: A Comment," Journal of Human Resources, 11(1):118-126, Winter 1976.

  16. "Access to Medical Care and the Local Supply of Physicians," Medical Care, 15(4): 338-346, April 1977.

  17. "A Model of State Income Maintenance Decisions," Public Finance Quarterly, 5(2):139-173, April 1977.

  18. "The Role of Waiting Time: Evidence from Physicians' Practices," Journal of Business, 50(4):486-507, October 1977 (with J. Lorant).

  19. "Physician Participation in Health Insurance Plans: Evidence on Blue Shield," Journal of Human Resources, 13(2):237-263, Spring 1978 (with B. Steinwald).

  20. "The Demand for Physicians' Services in Alternative Practice Settings: A Multiple Logit Analysis," Quarterly Review of Economics and Business, 18(1):41-61, Spring 1978.

  21. "Physician Participation in Medicaid Programs," Journal of Human Resources, 13:211-245, Supplement 1978 (with J. Mitchell and J. Cromwell). Presented at National Bureau of Economic Research Conference on "The Economics of Physician and Patient Behavior," National Bureau of Economic Research, Stanford, CA, January 1978.

  22. "Health Planning and Regulation Through Certificate of Need: An Overview," Utah Law Review, 1978(1): 3-37, 1978, (with J. Blumstein). Reprinted in Public Health and the Law: Issues and Trends, 15:1980.

  23. "Variations in Appointment Delays for Physician Services: Theory and Empirical Evidence," Policy Sciences, 10:89-104, 1978-1979 (with B. Steinwald).

  24. "The Impacts of Infectious and Allergic Diseases on the Quality of Life," Social Science and Medicine, 13A:473-482, 1979 (with L.E. Cluff and R.H.Waldman).

  25. "Nurse Staffing in Hospitals: A Microeconometric Analysis," Industrial Relations, 19(1):15-33, Winter 1980 (with R. Elnicki). Earlier version presented at the Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Economic Association, Washington, DC, October 1976.

  26. "Effects of Regulation on Hospital Costs and Input Use," Journal of Law and Economics, 23: 81-109, April 1980 (with B. Steinwald). Presented at the American Economic Association Meetings, August 1978.

  27. "Internal Organization of Hospitals: A Descriptive Study," Health Services Research, 15(3):203-230, Fall 1980.

  28. "Contractual Arrangements Between Hospitals and Physicians," Bell Journal of Economics, 12(1):155-70, Spring 1981 (with R. Feldman and L. Paringer). Presented at National Bureau of Economic Research Conference on Economics of Compensation, Cambridge, MA, November 21, 1980.

  29. "Regulation and the Rising Cost of Hospital Care," Review of Economics and Statistics, 63(4):479-87, November 1981. Presented at Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Meetings, Boston, MA, October 23-24, 1980.

  30. "Redefining Government's Role in Health Care: Is a Dose of Competition What the Doctor Should Order?" Vanderbilt Law Review, 34(4):849-926, May 1981 (with J. Blumstein). Reprinted in Regulation, 50:(November-December 1981) and National Law Journal, 44:(March 29, 1982).

  31. "The Internal Organization of Hospitals and Hospital Costs," Inquiry, 18(3):224-239, Fall 1981 (with E. Becker).

  32. "Government and the Regulation of Hospital Care," American Economic Review, 72(2):196-201, May 1982. Presented at American Economic Association Meetings, Washington, DC, December 30, 1981.

  33. "Unions and Hospitals: Some Unresolved Issues," Journal of Health Economics," 1(1):81-108, May 1982 (with K. Adamache).

  34. "Union Activity in Hospitals: Past, Present, and Future," Health Care Financing Review, 3(4)1-13, June 1982 (with E. Becker and B. Steinwald).

  35. "Effects of Health Insurance on Physicians' Fees," Journal of Human Resources, 17(4):533-557, Fall 1982.

  36. "Effects of Teaching on Hospital Costs," Journal of Health Economics, 2(1):1-28, March 1983 (with R. Feldman and B. Steinwald).

  37. "More Doctors: What Will They Cost?" Journal of the American Medical Association, 249(6):766-769, February 11, 1983 (with W. Schwartz). Earlier version presented at Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Meeting, Washington, DC, October 23, 1981.

  38. "Comments on Samuel Mitchell's Issues, Evidence, and the Policymaker's Dilemma," Health Affairs, 1(3):113-118, Summber 1982.

  39. "The Role of Unions in Hospital Cost Inflation," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 37(2):252-262, Spring 1984 (with K. Adamache).

  40. "Investor-Owned and Not-for-Profit Hospitals: Addressing Some Issues," Health Affairs, 2(1):25-37, Spring 1983, (with R.A.Vraciu).

  41. "Utilization of Hospital Services: The Roles of Teaching, Case Mix, and Reimbursement," Inquiry, 20(3):248-257, Fall 1983 (with E. Becker).

  42. "Rate Regulation as a Strategy for Hospital Cost Control: Evidence From the Last Decade," Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly: Health and Society, 61(2):195-221, Spring 1983.

  43. "State Rate Setting: An Analysis of Some Unresolved Issues," Health Affairs, 2(3):36-47 Summer 1983 (with M.A. Morrisey and S.A. Mitchell).

  44. "Cross-Subsidies and Payment for Hospital Care," Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 8(4):660-685, Winter 1984 (with E. Becker).

  45. "Review of C. Havighurst, Deregulating the Health Care Industry," Journal of Economic Literature, 21(2):598-599, June 1983.

  46. "State Discretion in Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: Analysis of Variations in Medicaid Payments for Physicians' Services," Public Finance Quarterly, July 1984.

  47. "Hospital Ownership and Performance," Economic Inquiry, 23(1):21-36, January 1985. (with E. Becker). This paper was selected for the 1983 Health Care Administration Division (of the National Academy of Management) Outstanding Paper Award.

  48. "Competition between Nonprofit and For Profit Health Insurers," Journal of Health Economics, 2:225-43, December 1983. (with K. Adamache).

  49. "Changes in Primary Medical Care Delivery, 1975-1979: Findings from the Physician Capacity Utilization Surveys," Social Science and Medicine, 18(8):653-660, 1984 (with B. Kehrer and J. Wooldridge).

  50. "Certificate of Need in an Antitrust Context," Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 8(2):314-19, Summer 1983 (with A.E. James, J. Blumstein, A. Winfield, and H. Pendergrass).

  51. "For-Profits vs. Non-Profits: A Phantom Issue," Technology Review, April 1984, ps. 11, 13-5 (with E. Becker).

  52. "Hospital Cost Shifting," New England Journal of Medicine, 310:893-898, April 5, 1984 (with P. Ginsburg).

  53. "State Responses to the Malpractice Insurance Crisis of the 1970s," Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 9(4):629-645, Winter 1985.

  54. "Prospective Payment for Hospital Capital under Medicare: Issues and Options," Health Care Management Review, 11(2):25-33, Spring 1986 (with J. Valvona).

  55. "Physician Reimbursement: Diagnosis and Prescription," Journal of Health Care Management, 7(4):72-83, 1984. Reprinted in Goldfield, Norbert and Seth B. Goldsmith, eds., Financial Management of Ambulatory Care. Rockville, MD: Aspen Systems Corporation, 1985, ps. 31-42.

  56. "Hospital Rate Review: A Theory and an Empirical Review" (editorial), Journal of Health Economics, 3(1):83-86, April 1984.

  57. "Fringe Benefits: To Tax or Not to Tax?" National Tax Journal, 38(1):47-64, March 1985 (with K. Adamache).

  58. "Why Has Hospital Length-of-Stay Declined? An Evaluation of Alternative Theories," Social Science and Medicine, 22(1):63-73, 1986 (with J. Valvona).

  59. "The Teaching Hospital's Growing Surgical Caseload," Journal of the American Medical Association, 254(3):376-382 July 19, 1985(with J. Perrin and J. Valvona).

  60. "Rising Rates of Surgery Among the Elderly," Health Affairs, 4(3):108-119, Fall 1985 (with J. Valvona).

  61. "Medicare Pricing Mechanisms for Physician Services: An Overview of Alternative Approaches," Medical Care Review, 43(1):59-100, Spring 1986 (with J. Hay).

  62. "Taxation and the Growth of Nonwage Compensation," Public Finance Quarterly, 14(2):115-37, April 1986 (with K. Adamache).

  63. "In-Hospital Mortality of Surgical Patient": Is There a Basis for Standard-Setting?" Surgery, 99(4):446-453, April 1986 (with J. Perrin and J. Valvona).

  64. "Changing Patterns of Surgical Hospitalization for Children," Pediatrics, 77(4):587-592, April 1986 (with J. Perrin and J. Valvona).

  65. "Diffusion of Surgical Technology: An Exploratory Study," Journal of Health Economics, 5:31-61, M arch 1986 (with J. Perrin, J. Valvona, and K. Adamache). Presented at American Public Health Association Meeting, November 13, 1984, Anaheim, CA.

  66. "The High Cost of Teaching Hospitals," Health Affairs, 5(3):68-85, Fall 1986. Paper presented at Health Policy Symposium, "Paying and Providing for Medical Education," Vanderbilt University, May 3-4, 1985 (with J. Valvona).

  67. "Hospital Philanthropy in the Future," Business and Health,. 3(7):11-14, June 1986 (with M. Morrisey).

  68. "Why Have Surgeons Moved to the Country?" The Quarterly Review of Economics and Business, 26(3):25-47, Autumn 1986 (with J. Schoenman).

  69. "Labor Market Segmentation: A Cluster Analysis of Job Groupings and Barriers to Entry," Southern Economic Journal, 53(3):571-590, 1987 (with K. Anderson and J.S. Butler). Paper presented at Southern Economic Association meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 4, 1984.

  70. "Estimation of Seemingly Unrelated Tobit Regressions via the EM Algorithm," Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 5(3):425-430, July 1987 (with C. Huang and K. Adamache).

  71. "Capital Structure, Ownership, and Capital Payment Policy: The Case of Hospitals," Journal of Finance, 43(1):21-40, March 1988 (with G. Wedig, M. Hassan, and M. Morrisey).

  72. "Defining Geographic Markets for Hospitals and the Extent of Market Concentration," Law and Contemporary Problems, 51(2):165-194, Spring 1988 (with M.A. Morrisey and J. Valvona).

  73. "Antitrust and Hospital Peer Review," Law and Contemporary Problems, 51(2):8-92, Spring 1988 (with J.F. Blumstein).

  74. "Foreword," Law and Contemporary Problems, 51(2):1-6, Spring 1988 (with J.F. Blumstein).

  75. "Cost of Capital to the Hospital Sector," Journal of Health Economics, 7(1):25-45, March 1988 (with J. Valvona, M. Hassan, and M.A. Morrisey).

  76. "Hospital Profitability and Capital Structure: A Comparative Analysis," Health Services Research, 23(3):343-357, August 1988 (with J. Valvona).

  77. "Case Shifting and the Medicare Prospective Payment System," American Journal of Public Health, 78(5):553-556, May 1988 (with M.A. Morrisey and J. Valvona).

  78. "Hospital Car e for the Self-Pay Patient," Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 13(1):83-102, Spring 1988 (with M.A. Morrisey and J. Valvona).

  79. "Why There is Likely to be Little or No Physician Surplus in the Year 2000," New England Journal of Medicine, 318(14):892-897, April 1988 (with W. Schwartz and D. Mendelson).

  80. "Medicare Prospective Payment and the Use of Medical Technologies in Hospitals," Medical Care, 26(9):837-853, September 1988 (with M.A. Morrisey and J. Valvona).

  81. "Medicare Prospective Payment and Post-Hospital Transfers to Subacute Care," Medical Care, 26(7):685-698, July 1988 (with M.A. Morrisey and J. Valvona).

  82. "Effects of the Medicare Prospective Payment System on Hospital Cost Containment: An Early Appraisal," The Milbank Quarterly, 66(2):191-220, 1988 (with M.A. Morrisey and J. Valvona).

  83. "Krankenhausfinanzierung in Selbstverwaltung," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 144:388-395, 1988 (with C. Rosenberg).

  84. "Hospital Investment Decisions and the Cost of Capital," Journal of Business, 62(4):517-536, October 1989 (with G. Wedig and M. Hassan).

  85. "Shifting Medicare Patients Out of the Hospital," Health Affairs, 7(5):52-64, Winter 1988 (with M.A. Morrisey and J. Valvona).

  86. "Competition Among Physicians: Revisited," Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 13(2): 239-261, Summer 1988 (with R. Feldman). Reprinted in Greenberg, Warren, ed., Competition in the Health Care Sector: Ten Years Later. Duke University Press, 1988, 17-39.

  87. "Organ Transplantation Services: Is There a Rationale for Regionalization?" Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 14(1):115-167, 1989 (with M. Shayne and M. Doyle). Reprinted in Organ Transplantation Policy: Issues and Prospects. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1989.

  88. "Reply from Feldman and Sloan," Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 14(3):621-625, Fall 1989 (with R. Feldman).

  89. "Effects of Tort Reforms on the Value of Closed Medical Malpractice Claims: A Microanalysis," Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 14(4):663-689, Winter 1989 (with P. Mergenhagen and R. Bovbjerg).

  90. "Medical Malpractice Experience of Physicians: Predictable or Haphazard?" Journal of the American Medical Association, 262(23):3291-3297, December 15, 1989 (with P. Mergenhagen, B. Burfield, and R. Bovbjerg).

  91. "Loss Volatility, Bankruptcy, and Insurer Demand for Reinsurance," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 3(3):221-245, September 1990 (with T. Hoerger and M. Hassan).

  92. "Experience Rating: Does It Make Sense for Medical Malpractice Insurance," American Economic Review, 80(2):128-133, May 1990.

  93. "Valuing Life and Limb in Tort: Scheduling 'Pain and Suffering'," Northwestern University Law Review, 83(4):908-976, September 1989 (with R. Bovbjerg and J. Blumstein).

  94. "The Demise of Hospital Philanthropy," Economic Inquiry,. 28(4):725-743, October 1990 (with T. Hoerger, M. Morrisey, and M. Hassan).

  95. "Effects of Tort Reforms and Other Factors on Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums," Inquiry, 27(2):167-182, Summer 1990 (with S. Zuckerman and R. Bovbjerg).

  96. "Equity and Accuracy in Medical Malpractice Insurance Pricing," Journal of Health Economics, 9(3):289-319, November 1990 (with M. Hassan).

  97. "Variability in Medical Malpractice Payments: Is the Compensation Fair?" Law and Society Review, 24(4):601-650, 1990 (with C.R. Hsieh).

  98. "Juries and Justice: Are Malpractice and Other Personal Injuries Created Equal?" Law and Contemporary Problems, 54(1):5-42, Winter 1991 (with R. Bovbjerg, A. Dor, and C.R. Hsieh).

  99. "Beyond Tort Reform: Developing Better Tools for Assessing Damages for Personal Injuries," Yale Journal on Regulation, 8(1):171-212, Winter 1991 (with J. Blumstein and R. Bovbjerg).

  100. "Cost and Compensation of Injuries," Law and Contemporary Problems, 54(1):131-168, Winter 1991 (with S. van Wert).

  101. "The Future of the Hospital: An Economist's Perspective," Transactions and Studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Series V, 12(2):227-62, June 1990.

  102. "Uncertainty, Information, and Resolution of Medical Malpractice Disputes," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 4(4):343-363, 1991 (with T. Hoerger).

  103. "Winners & Losers: How Medical Malpractice Disputes Are Resolved," The Journal of American Health Policy, 1(2):20-25, September/October 1991.

  104. "Factors That Prompted Families to File Medical Malpractice Claims Following Perinatal Injuries" (with G.B. Hickson, E.W. Clayton, and P.B. Githens), Journal of the American Medical Association, 267(10):1359-1363, March 11, 1992.

  105. "Review of W. Manning, et al., The Costs of Poor Health Habits," New England Journal of Medicine, 327(11): 823-824, September 10, 1992.

  106. "Adverse Selection: Does It Preclude a Competitive Health Insurance Market," Comment, Journal of Health Economics, 11(3):353-356, October 1992.

  107. "Long-Term Care, Medicaid, and Impoverishment of the Elderly" (with M. Shayne), Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, 71(4):575-97, 1993.

  108. "Commentary: Organ Procurement Expenditures and the Role of Financial Incentives," Journal of American Medical Association, 269(24):155-156, June 23/30, 1993.

  109. "Maternal Recall and Medical Records: An Examination of Events During Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Early Infancy" (with P.B. Githens, C.A. Glass, and S.S. Entman), Birth, 20(3):136-41, September 1993.

  110. "Hospital Drug Formularies and Spending on Hospital Care" (with G. Gordon and D. Cocks), Medical Care, 31(10):851-867, October 1993.

  111. "Drinking, Driving, and the Price of Automobile Insurance" (with P.B. Githens), Journal of Risk and Insurance, 61(1):33-58, March 1994.

  112. "Effects of Prices, Civil and Criminal Sanctions, and Law Enforcement on Alcohol-Related Mortality" (with B.A. Reilly and C. Schenzler), Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 55(4):454-465, 1994.

  113. "Tort Liability Versus Other Approaches for Deterring Careless Driving" (with B.A. Reilly and C. Schenzler), International Review of Law and Economics, 14:53-71, 1994.

  114. Review of John R. Wolfe, "The Coming Health Crisis: Who Will Pay for Care for the Aged in the 21st Century," Journal of Economic Literature, 32:1254-1255, September 1994.

  115. "The Relationship Between Malpractice Claims History and Subsequent Obstetric Care" (with S.S. Entman, C.A. Glass, G.B. Hickson, P.B. Githens, and K. Whetten-Goldstein), Journal of the American Medical Association, 272(20):1588-1591, November 23/30,1994.

  116. "Obstetricians' Prior Malpractice Experience and Patients' Satisfaction with Care" (with G.B. Hickson, E.W. Clayton, S.S. Entman, C.S. Miller, P.B. Githens, and K. Whetten-Goldstein), Journal of the American Medical Association, 272(20):1583-1587, November 23/30, 1994.

  117. "Effects of Tort Liability and Insurance on Heavy Drinking and Driving" (with B.A. Reilly and C. Schenzler), Journal of Law and Economics, 38(1):49-78, April, 1995.

  118. "Effects of the Threat of Medical Malpractice Litigation and Other Factors on Birth Outcomes" (with K. Whetten-Goldstein, P. Githens, and S.S. Entman), Medical Care, 33(7):700-714, July 1995.

  119. "Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Prospects for Reducing Institutional Long-Term Care" (with M. Shayne and C.J. Conover), Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 20(1):75-98, Spring 1995.

  120. "Public Subsidies, Private Provision of Care, and Living Arrangements of the Elderly" (with T. Hoerger and G. Picone), Review of Economics and Statistics, 78(3):428-441, August 1996.

  121. "Injury, Liability, and the Decision to File a Medical Malpractice Claim" (with C.R. Hsieh), Law & Society Review, 29(3):413-435, 1995.

  122. "Why Do People Drink? Tests of the Rational Addiction Model" (with T. Waters), Applied Economics, 27:727-736, 1995.

  123. "Bankruptcy Risk and State Regulation of Continuing Care Retirement Communities" (with C. J. Conover), Inquiry, 32(4):444-456, Winter 1995-1996.

  124. "The Supply of Children's Time to Disabled Elderly Parents" (with G. Picone and T.J. Hoerger), forthcoming, Economic Inquiry.

  125. "Tort Liability and Obstetricians' Care Levels", forthcoming, International Review of Law and Economics with S. Entman, B. Reilly, C. Glass, G. Hickson, and H. Zhang.

  126. "Review of Falling Through the Safety Net: Insurance Status and Access to Health Care, with A. Epstein and J. Weissman, Contemporary Gerontology, A Journal of Reviews and Critical Discourse, .3(1):23-3, Spring 1996.

  127. "Burden of Parkinson's Disease on Society, Family, and Individual", Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 45:844-849, 1997 (with C.J. Conover). K. Whetten-Goldstein, E. Kulas, T. Cutson, and M. Schenkman).

  128. "Life Transitions and Health Insurance Coverage of the Near Elderly" (with C.J. Conover), forthcoming, Medical Care.

  129. "Hospital Pharmacy Decision, Cost Containment, and the Use of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, (with K. Whetten- Goldstein and Alicia Wilson), Social Science and Medicine, 45(4):525-536, August 1997.

  130. "Commercialism in Nonprofit Hospitals" forthcoming in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 17(2) 1998 and in Burton A. Weisbrod, ed., The Commercialization of the Nonprofit Sector. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

  131. "Demand on Private Health Insurance by the Elderly and the Near Elderly" (with E. Norton), forthcoming, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty.

  132. "Does Removing Certificate of Need Lead to a Surge in Health Care Spending? (with Chris Conover), forthcoming, Journal of Health Policy, Politics, and Law.

Chapters in Books

  1. "Comment: The Development of a Micro-Simulation Model of Health Manpower Demand and Supply," in U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Proceedings and Report of Conference on a Health Manpower Simulation Model, December 1970, ps. 182-185.

  2. "A Microanalysis of Physicians' Hours of Work Decisions," in M. Perlman, ed., Economics of Health and Medical Care, London: MacMillan, 1974, ps. 302-325. Presented at the International Economics Association Conference on Health Care in Developed Countries, Tokyo, Japan, April 1973.

  3. "Effects of Incentives on Physician Performance," in J. Rafferty, ed., Health Manpower and Productivity. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath, 1974, ps. 53-84.

  4. "Physician Fee Inflation: Evidence from the Late 1960s," in R. Rosett, ed., The Role of Health Insurance in the Health Services Sector, New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1976, ps. 321-354. Presented at a National Bureau of Economic Research Conference on the Role of Health Insurance in the Health Services Sector.

  5. "Monopolistic Elements in the Market for Physicians' Services," in W. Greenberg, ed., Competition in the Health Care Sector: Past, Present, and Future, Washington, DC: Federal Trade Commission, March 1978, ps. 57-131 and by Germantown, MD: Aspen Systems, 1978, ps. 45-102 (with R. Feldman). Prepared for presentation at a conference on "Competition in the Health Care Sector: Past, Present, and Future," Washington, DC: June 1-2, 1977.

  6. "Toward Measures of Equity in the Delivery of Health Care Services," in W.R. Rogers and D. Barnard, eds., Nourishing the Humanistic in Medicine: Interactions with the Social Sciences. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1979, ps. 187-216. Prepared for the Dialogue Group on Humanistic Social Science and Medical Education, Society for Health and Human Values.

  7. "Determinants of Professional Nurses' Wages," in R. Scheffler, ed., Research in Health Economics, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1979, ps. 217-254 (with R. Elnicki).

  8. "Is the Market for Physicians' Services Monopolistic or Competitive?" in J.C. Gaffney and G.L. Glandon, eds., Profile of Medical Practice, 1979, Chicago: American Medical Association, 1979, ps. 67-80.

  9. "Discussion," in U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, The Target Income Hypothesis, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, DHEW Publication No. (HRA) 80-271, January 1980, ps. 93-95.

  10. "Patient Care Reimbursement: Implications for Medical Education and Physician Distribution," in J. Hadley, ed., Medical Education Financing: Policy Analysis and Options for the 1980s, New York: PRODIST, 1980, ps. 57-93.

  11. "Physicians and Blue Shield: A Study of Effects of Physician Control on Blue Shield Reimbursements," in N.T. Greenspan, ed., Issues in Physician Reimbursement, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HCFA Pub. No. 03121, August 1981, ps. 79-94.

  12. "Regulatory Approaches to Hospital Cost Containment: A Synthesis of the Empirical Evidence," in Mancur Olson, ed., A New Approach to the Economics of Health Care, Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1981, ps. 274-308 (with B. Steinwald). Presented at the American Enterprise Institute Conference on "Health Care--Professional Ethics, Government Regulation, or Markets?" Washington, DC, September 25-26, 1980.

  13. "Issuing Medicaid Vouchers," in Robert J. Blendon and Thomas W. Moloney, eds., New Approaches to the Medicaid Crisis: Proceedings of the 1981 Commonwealth Fund Forum, New York: Frost and Sullivan, Inc., 1983, ps. 159-175. Presented at the 1981 Commonwealth Fund Forum, "Medical Care of the Poor: What Can States Do in the 1980s?" Philadelphia, PA, August 9-12, 1981.

  14. "Physicians and Hospitals: Implications of an Expanding Physician Supply," presented at Conservation of Human Resources Conference "Expanding Physician Supply," Columbia University, New York, June 19, 1982, in Eli Ginzberg and M. Ostow, eds., The Coming Physician Surplus: In Search of a Public Policy, Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Allanheld, 1984, ps. 99-115.

  15. "Changing Reimbursement Patterns: Lessons for the Future," in Warren Greenberg and Richard McK. F. Southby, eds., Health Care Institutions in Flux: Changing Reimbursement Patterns in the 1980s, Arlington, VA: Information Resources Press, 1984, ps. 155-170. Presented as "The Academic View," presented at George Washington University Conference, "Health Care Institutions in Flux: Changing Reimbursement Patterns in the 1980's," September 23, 1983.

  16. "Hospital Capital and Operating Costs," in R.M. Scheffler and L.F. Rossiter, eds., Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, Greenwich, CN: JAI Press, 1984, 5:213-236 (with J.D. Bentkover, F.G. Feeley, C. Campbell, and L. Firth).

  17. "Identifying the Issues: A Statistical Profile," in F. Sloan, J. Blumstein, J. Perrin, eds., Uncompensated Hospital Care: Rights and Responsibilities, Johns Hopkins Press, January 1986. Paper presented at Health Policy Symposium with same title as book, Nashville, TN, April 15, 1984 and at Allied Social Science Meetings, Dallas, TX, December 28, 1984.

  18. "Competition Strategy: An American View," in Walter Hamm and Guenter Neubauer, eds., Wettbewerb im Gesundheitswesen, Gerlinger, W. Ger.: Bleicher Verlag, 1985, ps. 308-204.

  19. "Capital Markets and the Growth of MultiHospital Systems," in L. Rossiter and R. Scheffler, eds., Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1987 7:83-109 (with M.A. Morrisey and J. Valvona). Paper presented "Mergers in Healthcare: The Performance of Multi-Institutional Organizations" conference held by Project HOPE in Millwood, VA, April 10-11, 1986.

  20. "Containing Health Expenditures: Lessons Learned from Certificate-of-Need Programs," in F.A. Sloan, J.F. Blumstein, J.M. Perrin, eds., Cost, Quality, and Access in Health Care: New Roles for Health Planning in a Competitive Environment, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, 1988, ps. 44-70. Paper presented at Health Policy Symposium, "The Role of Health Planning in a Competitive Environment, Nashville, TN, May 14-16, 1986.

  21. "Finding Solutions to Problems of Access, Quality Assurance, and Cost Containment," in F.A. Sloan, J.F. Blumstein, J.M. Perrin, eds., Cost, Quality, and Access in Health Care: New Roles for Health Planning in a Competitive Environment, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, 1988, ps. 1-20 (with J.F. Blumstein and J.M. Perrin).

  22. "Conclusion: Meeting the Health Care Challenges of the 1990s," in F.A. Sloan, J.F. Blumstein, J.M. Perrin, eds., Cost, Quality, and Access in Health Care: New Roles for Health Planning in a Competitive Environment, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, 1988, ps. 235-248 (with M. Shayne).

  23. "Property Rights in the Hospital Industry," in H.E. Frech, III, ed., Health Care in America: The Political Economy of Hospitals and Health Insurance, San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, September 1988, ps. 103-141.

  24. "Erfahrungen mit dem diagnosespezifischen Entgelt von Krankenhausleistungen in den USA: Das DRG-Experiment," in G. Neubauer and G. Sieben, eds., Alternative Entgeltverfahren in der Krankenhausversorgung, Gerlinger, Ger.: Bleicher Verlag, 1991, ps. 177-205.

  25. "Does the Market Choose the Current Incentives to Get to the Desired Outcomes? Market Failure Reexamined," in R. Arnold, R. Rich, and W. White, eds., Competitive Approaches to Health Care Reform, Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, 1993, ps. 259-279.

  26. "Introduction," in Frank A. Sloan, ed., Valuing Health Care: Costs, Benefits, and Effectiveness of Pharmaceuticals and Other Medical Technologies, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995.

  27. "The Use of Cost-Effectiveness/Cost-Benefit Analysis in Actual Decision Making: Current Status and Prospects," in Frank A. Sloan, ed., Valuing Health Care: Costs, Benefits, and Effectiveness of Pharmaceuticals and Other Medical Technologies, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995 (with C.J. Conover).

  28. "Effects of Strategic Behavior and Public Subsidies on Families' Savings and Long-Term Care Decisions," in R. Eisen and F. Sloan, eds., Long-Term Care: Economics Issues and Policy Solutions. Boston/Dordrecht/ London. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996, ps. 45-78 (with T. Hoerger and G. Picone).

  29. "Automobile Accidents, Insurance, and Tort Liability," forthcoming, in Peter Newman, editor, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law.

Rand Corporation Reports

  1. Planning Public Expenditures on Mental Health Service Delivery, New York, NY: Rand Institute, RM-6339-NYC, February 1971.

  2. Survival of Progeny in Developing Countries: An Analysis of Evidence from Costa Rica, Mexico, East Pakistan, and Puerto Rico, Santa Monica, CA: The Rand Corporation, R-773-AID, July 1971.

  3. The Impact of Grants-In-Aid on State Income Maintenance Decisions, Santa Monica, CA: The Rand Corporation, R-894-FF, February 1972. Presented at Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society, New Orleans, December 1971.

  4. Policy Simulations on a Model of State Income Maintenance Decisions, Santa Monica, CA: The Rand Corporation, R-1153-FF, February 1973 (with D.P. Schneider).

  5. Supply Responses of Young Physicians: An Analysis of Physicians in Residency Programs, Santa Monica, CA: The Rand Corporation, R-1131-OEO, March 1973.

Other

  1. Income and Other Factors Affecting Physician Location Decisions: An Econometric Analysis. Final report, subcontract from New York University as part of its prime contract, HEW-OS-69-94, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, November 1970 (with D. Yett).

  2. "Technological and Organizational Change in the Health Services Industry." Report to the President's Committee on Automation Opportunities and Change in the Service Area, March 1972.

  3. "Price and Nonprice Rationing of Physicians' Services," presented at the American Public Health Association Meeting in San Francisco, CA, November 1973 (with J.E. Cleckner and J.B. Wayne).

  4. "The Perspective of Ambulatory Service Facilities," in Florida Council of 100 and Blue Cross of Florida, The Optimum Utilization of Health Care Facilities, ps. 37-49. Seminar presented in Orlando, Florida, October 1-2, 1975.

  5. "Analysis of Physician Price and Output Decisions," U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, National Center for Health Services Research, August 1977 (with B. Steinwald).

  6. "Health Manpower: Supply and Distribution," in Southern Regional Education Board, Higher Education Perspectives '78: Proceedings of 27th SREB Legislative Work Conference, August 20-22, 1978. Atlanta: SREB, ps. 17-21.

  7. An Analysis of Determinants of Health Care Utilization. Part II. Final Report on Contract No. HRA 232-78-0138, Silver Spring, MD: Applied Management Sciences, July 31, 1980 (with S. Guterman and S. Wisniewski).

  8. Analysis of Survey Data on Physician Practice Costs and Incomes. Final Report on Contract No. HCFA 500-78-0018, U.S. Health Care Financing Administration, Health Policy Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, April 1981 (with B. Steinwald and others).

  9. Analysis of Health Care Options in Tennessee: Uncompensated Care. Final Report on Contract No. FA0649 with Tennessee Department of Health and Environment, Health Policy Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, January 1, 1985 (with J. Valvona and G. Hickson).

  10. Covering the Uninsured: How Much Would It Cost?, Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, December 1986.

  11. Geographic Variations in Health Care Expenditures. Final Report on Grant No. 85ASPE102A, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, United States Department of Health and Human Services, August 1987 (with J. Valvona).

  12. "Medical Malpractice: Crises, Response, and Effects," January 1989 (with R. Bovbjerg), Washington, DC: Health Insurance Association of America.

Submitted for Publication

  1. "Negligence Rules, Compensation, and Incentives for Accident Avoidance" (with C. Schenzler).

  2. "Health and Functional Status of the Elderly in Continuing Care Retirement Communities v. Other Settings" (with M. Shayne and K. Whetten-Goldstein).

  3. "Upstream Intergenerational Transfers" (with H.H. Zhang).

  4. "Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Do They Have a Role in Long-Term Care Policy?" (with C. Conover, K. Whetten-Goldstein, and C. Taylor).

  5. "Does Medicaid Insurance Reduce Elderly Savings Through Moral Hazard?" (with K. Whetten-Goldstein and Ed Norton).

  6. "A Comprehensive Assessment of Cost and Compensation of a Chronic Neurological Disease: The Case of of Multiple Sclerosis", (with Whetten-Goldstein, E. Kulas, L. Goldstein).

  7. "Alternative Approaches to Valuing Intangible Health Losses: The Evidence for Multiple Sclerosis" (with K. Viscusi, H. Chesson, C. J. Conover, and K. Whetten-Goldstein).

  8. "Does Certificate of Need Constrain Long-Term Care Spending?" (with C. J. Conover).

  9. "Effects of State Reforms on Health Insurance Coverage of Adults" (with C. J. Conover).

  10. "Effects of No-Fault on Medical Malpractice Claiming", (with K. Whetten-Goldstein, S. Entman, and G. Hickson).

PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS (partial list)

SEMINARS

University of Chicago, Harvard University (3), National Bureau of Economic Research (2), State University of New York at Stony Brook, Johns Hopkins University, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, University of Minnesota, University of Kentucky, Boston University, Duke University (2), Oberlin College, University of Southern California, UCLA, University of North Carolina, Syracuse University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Northwestern University.

JOURNAL REFEREE

International Economic Review, American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, Review of Economics and Statistics, (Rand) Bell Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Southern Economic Journal, Economic Inquiry, Decision Sciences, Operations Research, Quarterly Review of Economics and Business, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Human Resources, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Health Economics, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Public Finance Quarterly, Social Science and Medicine, Health Services Research, Inquiry, Health Care Financing Review, Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly.

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Journal of Health Economics, July 1981 to July 1989.
Inquiry, Summer 1982 to May 1986.
Journal of American Health Policy, January 1991 to present.