Health Economics and Financing Research Profile

Health and Spending Implications of Living Longer

A project that is exploring the health and cost implications of trends in longevity and disease in the context of public health and our aging society.
Contact: Dana Goldman, PhD (Dana_Goldman@rand.org)

Developing a Cost-Effective Model of Care for Coordinated Care Settings

A study aimed at developing a model for cost-effective delivery of preventive health care and care for chronic illnesses in coordinated care settings and estimating the economic benefits of this approach.
Contact: Dana Goldman, PhD (Dana_Goldman@rand.org)

Assessing the War on Cancer

An analysis of the clinical and economic effects of the war on cancer.
Contact: Darius Lakdawalla, PhD (Darius_Lakdawalla@rand.org) or Dana Goldman, PhD (Dana_Goldman@rand.org)

Sharing the Health Care Costs of Obesity

A study aimed at assessing the extent to which health insurance passes the costs of obesity onto others by examining the association between the expansion of public insurance benefits and the rise in obesity and by developing a model of the effects of these changes on public welfare.
Contact: Neeraj Sood, PhD (Neeraj_Sood@rand.org)

Economic Consequences of Weight Gain in the Elderly and Near Elderly

A study to identify the determinants of weight gain in the near-elderly and elderly populations and the consequences for health and health care costs.
Contact: Darius Lakdawalla, PhD (Darius_Lakdawalla@rand.org)

Analyzing the Cost-Effectiveness of Physical Activity Interventions

A project to compare and recommend the most cost-effective interventions for promoting physical activity in communities.
Contact: Shinyi Wu, PhD (Shinyi_Wu@rand.org)

Roybal Center for Health Policy Simulation

A National Institute on Aging–funded center whose charge is to develop better models to understand the consequences of biomedical developments and social forces for health, health spending, and health care delivery.
Contact: Dana Goldman, PhD (Dana_Goldman@rand.org)