Public Economics
Heath economists study the supply and demand of physician and nurse services, pharmaceuticals, hospitals and other health care resources. Some work on at the department includes:
- Race and ethnicity and access to the quality of health care received;
- Issues on health care access and equity among woman;
- Effects of the health care reform on the cost of care and utilization of health care services;
- The economics of organ transplantation – wo doesn’t get a transplant and why;
- How regulatory and insurance quality, requirements can affect patients;
- Cost savings associated with medical cannabis access.
Public Economics Faculty
Melissa Binder, PhD, Columbia University
Philip Ganderton, PhD, UC Santa Barbara
Brady Horn, PhD, Washington State University
Xiaoxue Li, PhD, Syracuse University
Richard Santos, PhD, Michigan State University
Sarah Stith, PhD, University of Michigan
David van der Goes, PhD, Lehigh University