David A. Asch, MD, MBA
Robert D. Eilers Professor of Health Care Management and Economics
Department: Medicine
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
3641 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3641 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-746-2705
Fax: 215-898-0229
Fax: 215-898-0229
Email:
ASCH@WHARTON.UPENN.EDU
ASCH@WHARTON.UPENN.EDU
Publications
Education:
A.B. (Philosophy)
Harvard University, 1980.
M.D. (Medicine)
Cornell University, 1984.
M.B.A. (Decision Sciences and Health Care Management)
The Wharton School, 1989.
Permanent linkA.B. (Philosophy)
Harvard University, 1980.
M.D. (Medicine)
Cornell University, 1984.
M.B.A. (Decision Sciences and Health Care Management)
The Wharton School, 1989.
Description of Research Expertise
Clinical EconomicsMedical Decision Making
Bioethics
Health Policy
Survey Research
Selected Publications
Loewenstein G, Volpp KG, Asch DA: Incentives in health: Different prescriptions for physicians and patients. JAMA 307: 1375-6, 2012.Schenker Y, White DB, Asch DA, Kahn JM: Health care system distrust in the intensive care unit. J Crit Care 27(1): 3-10, 2012.
Pagán JA, Brown CJ, Asch DA, Armstrong K, Guerra C: Health literacy and breast cancer screening among Mexican American women in south Texas. J Cancer Ed 27(1): 132-7, 2012.
Cannuscio CC, Bugos E, Asch DA, Weiss EE: Using art to amplify youth voices on housing insecurity. Am J Pub Health 102: 10-12, 2012.
Merchant RM, Asch DA: Can you find an AED if a life depends on it? Circulation: Cardiovascular and Quality Outcomes 5: 1-3, 2012.
Halpern SD, Kohn R, Dornbrand-Lo A, Metkus T, Asch DA, Volp KG: Lottery-based versus fixed Incentives to increase clinicians' response to surveys. Health Services Research 46(5): 1663-74, Oct 2011.
Volpp KG, Asch DA, Galvin R, Loewenstein G: Redesigning employee health incentives — lessons from behavioral economics. N Engl J Med 365: 388-90, 2011.
Dine CJ, Kahn JM, Abella BS, Asch DA, Shea JA: Key elements of clinical physician leadership at an academic medical center. J Graduate Medical Ed. Page: 31-6, 2011.
Grande D, Gollust SE, Asch DA: Polling analysis shows that public support for health reform was broader than reported and depended on how proposals were framed. Health Affairs 30: 1242-9, 2011.
Reese PP, Feldman HI, Bloom RD, Abt P, Thomasson A, Shults J, Grossman R, Asch DA: Assessment of variation in live donor kidney transplantation across transplant centers in the United States. Transplantation 91(12): 1357-63, 2011.