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Daniel E. Polsky, Ph.D.Professor of Medicine
Director of Research, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Research Associate, Population Studies Center
Associate Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Core Faculty, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
Core Faculty, Graduate Program in Public Health Studies
Professor of Health Care Management, The Wharton School
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Blockley Hall, Room 1204
423 Guardian Drive Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 573-5752
Fax: (215) 898-0611 Email: polsky@mail.med.upenn.edu
Publications
Education:
Permanent linkB.A. (Economics) University of Michigan, 1988. M.P.P (Public Policy) University of Michigan, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy , 1989. Ph.D. (Economics) University of Pennsylvania, 1996. Selected PublicationsPolsky D, Nicholson N: Why are Managed Care Plans Less Expensive: Risk Selection, Utilization, or Reimbursement? Journal of Risk and Insurance 71(1): 21-40, 2004.Werner RM, Polsky D: Strategies to attract medical students to the speciality of child neurology. Pediatric Neurology 30: 35-38, 2004. Hilton ME, Fleming M, Glick H, Gutman MA, Lu Y, McKay J, McLellan AT, Manning W, Meadows J, Mertens JR, Moore C, Mullahy J, Mundt M, Parthasarathy S, Polsky D, Ray GT, Sterling S, Weisner C: Services Integration and Cost Effectiveness. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 27(2): 271-280, 2003. Hadley J, Polsky D, Mandelblatt JS, Mitchell JM, Weeks JC, Wang Q, Hwang Y: An Insrtumental Variable Analysis of the Outcomes of Localized Breast Cancer Treatments in a Medicare Population. Health Economics 12: 171-186, 2003. Rajamohanan KP, Williams SV, Glick HA, Polsky D, Berlin JA, Lowe RA: Factors Affecting Decision to Seek Treatment for Sick Children in Kerala, India. Social Science and Medicine 57(5): 783-790, 2003. Glick HA, Orzol SM, Tooley JF, Polsky D, Mauskopf JO: Design and Analysis of Unit Cost Estimation Studies: How Many Types of Hospitalization? How Many Countries? Health Economics 12(7): 517-527, 2003. Polsky D, Mandelblatt JS, Weeks JC, Venditti L, Hwang Y, Glick HA, Hadley J, Schulman KA: An Economic Evaluation of Breast Cancer Treatment: Considering the Value of Patient Choice. Journal of Clinical Oncology 21(6): 1139-1146, 2003. Long JA, Polsky D, Asch DA: Receipt of Health Services by Low-Income Veterans. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 14(3): 305-317, 2003. Nicholson S, Bundof MK, Stein RM, Polsky D: The Magnitude and Nature of Risk Selection in Employer-Sponsered Health Plans. National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Paper(9937), 2003.
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