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The Masters of Science Program in Health Policy Research

David A. Asch, MD, MBA

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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
Office: 215-746-2705
Fax: 215-898-0229
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.
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine , 1987.
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Description of Research Expertise

Clinical Economics
Medical Decision Making
Bioethics
Health Policy
Survey Research

Description of Clinical Expertise

Internal Medicine

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.

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Last updated: 05/14/2012
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