HPM Research Themes

Central HPM research themes include:

• Public and private financing of health services
• Access to health care across populations
• Issues of equity and justice in the allocation of health care resources
• Government involvement and public policy in health services and technology

Specific research interests include:

• HMO trends and public policy
• Health insurance theory and reform
• Medicare reform
• Effects of managed competition on the structure of physician practices
• Clinical outcomes of hospital care
• Development of second-generation HMOs
• Patterns and quality of care for vulnerable populations
• Performance and effectiveness of alternative health systems
• Gender and racial bias in health care
• Aging and long-term care
• Impact of health care reform on rural providers and consumers
• Medical technology and public policy
• State health reform and policy
• Organizational influences on health care quality
• Psychoactive drug use in nursing home