Current Research Topics

Measuring variations in the process, outcomes, and costs of medical care for chronic disease patients treated in different systems of care and by different medical specialties; systematically documenting the nature, extent, cause, and cost implications of small area analysis variations in hospital and ambulatory medical care

Selected Publications

"Differences in the Mix of Patients Among Medical Specialties and Systems of Care: Results from the Medical Outcomes Study," Journal of the American Medical Association, 267(12), 1992; "Methods of Sampling," Measuring Functional Status and Well-Being: The Medical Outcomes Study Approach, Duke University Press, 1992; "Health, Society and the Physician: Problem-Based Learning of the Social Sciences and Humanities," Annals of Internal Medicine, 116, 1992; "Measuring Resource Use in Economic Evaluations: Determining the Social Costs of Mental Health," The Journal of Mental Health Administration, 21(1), 1994; "A Longitudinal Study of Hospitalization Rates for Patients with Chronic Disease: Results from the Medical Outcomes Study," Health Services Research, 32, 1998; "Cost-Effectiveness of Assertive Community Treatment Versus Standard Case Management for Persons with Co-Occurring Severe Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders," Health Services Research, 33, 1998; with K. Shannon, W. Dysinger, E. Nelson, and P. Batalden, "Office of the Future," American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Home Study Program, December 2003 (re-issued 2008); “Economic Impact of a Primary Care Career: A Harsh Reality for Medical Students and the Nation,” Academic Medicine, 85(11), November 2010

Awards

Who's Who in America, 1975–present; National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine, elected 1983; Article of the Year Award, Association for Health Services, 1993; Member, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Academy of Sciences, 2007–present

Professional Activities

Academic positions: Assistant Professor of Health Economics, Meharry Medical College, 1967–70; Assistant Professor of Economics, Fisk University, 1967–70; Vice-Chairman and Associate Professor of Health Economics, Meharry Medical College, 1972–75; Associate Professor of Health Economics and Director of Health Services Research Training Program in Economics, Vanderbilt University, 1972–75; Adjunct Professor of Economics and/or Policy Studies, Dartmouth College, 1975–present; Dartmouth Medical School, 1975–present; Tuck School of Business, 1975–present; Director, MD/MBA Program at Dartmouth, 2001–present

Nonacademic positions: Advisor and Consultant to the White House staffs of Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Obama, leaders of the U.S. House and Senate, and corporate executives; Correspondent, Committee on Human Rights, National Academy of Sciences, 1984–present; Board of Trustees, American University of Kosovo, 2010–present