The health care industry changes quickly, and in complex ways. Health care is affected by rapid shifts in technology, economics, ethics, finance, policy, and management. For more than three decades, USC Price faculty have kept pace — leading the field in research on all aspects of our health care system. Faculty examine hospital administration, insurance design, Medicare and allied health partnerships, service delivery, and health economics, as well as analyze the global consequences of policy affecting pharmaceutical and medical device innovation.
A White House advisory council has issued several recommendations for reining in U.S. prescription drug prices and costs, some of which stem directly from the work of Price's Dana Goldman, Darius Lakdawalla and Neeraj Sood
Erin Trish's research on health insurance markets is helping inform policymakers at the state and federal levels. She testified at a hearing for the California Assembly Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage on the possibility of changing to a single-payer system; and recently spoke with staffers from U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations about the impact of consolidation in the health care sector on the delivery of care for patients
U.S. News & World Report published commentary Professor Dana Goldman and a colleague on the escalating diabetes crisis in Mexico, which may be impacted by the removal of junk food labels following NAFTA negotiations.
The study is titled “Americans Support Price Shopping For Health Care, But Few Actually Seek Out Price Information”
Low-cost approaches that nudge physicians to reduce unnecessary antibiotic drugs could have a major impact if clinics adopt them long term, a JAMA study by Jason Doctor finds
“In some ways, we like to pick on U.S. social programs and focus on inequality. And there is inequality. But what you don’t see is the extreme poverty that existed before we started programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The point is, these programs have been a real success.”
“The discussions we have within our classes have introduced me to diverse approaches for mitigating health care issues, which has made me well-rounded. Ultimately, these experiences have prepared me to advocate for the various marginalized communities facing health disparities.”
| Name | Position | Expertise | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Emma Aguila | Assistant Professor | Economics of aging, health economics, and applied econometrics |
 | Alice Chen | Assistant Professor | Health economics, labor economics, applied microeconomics |
 | Phil Dalton | Professor of Practice of Health Policy and Management | Health policy and management, community health needs, national health care delivery, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions |
 | Jason Doctor | Associate Professor Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management Director of Health Informatics, USC Schaeffer Center | Physician behavior and psychology, behavioral economics and health, patient choice and decision making, health policy and implementation, treatment preferences, prescriptions, health informatics |
 | Paul B. Ginsburg | Professor of the Practice of Health Policy and Management Director of Public Policy, USC Schaeffer Center Director, USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy | Health policy, health care financing and delivery, health care markets |
 | Dana Goldman | Professor Leonard D. Schaeffer Director’s Chair, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, Pharmacy, and Economics | Health economics and finance, health policy, the role of prevention in healthcare, healthcare reform, pharmaceutical regulation and innovation, precision medicine, value of delayed ageing |
 | Elizabeth Graddy | Professor Jeffrey J. Miller Chair in Government, Business, and the Economy Executive Vice Provost | Institutional economics, governance, nonprofit organizations,industry structure |
 | Howard Greenwald | Professor | Health service delivery, organizational behavior, survey design |
 | Jakub P. Hlávka | Research Assistant Professor | Health economics and finance, health policy and healthcare reform, pharmaceutical regulation and innovation, Alzheimer’s disease, data privacy and security |
 | Darius Lakdawalla | Professor Quintiles Chair in Pharmaceutical Development and Regulatory Innovation Director of Research, USC Schaeffer Center | |
 | LaVonna B. Lewis | Teaching Professor of Public Policy Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | American politics, public policy (most notably health policy), interest groups, and federal programs |
 | T.J. McCarthy | Associate Professor (Teaching) | Labor economics, health economics, economics of education, public economics, program evaluation |
 | Daniel McFadden | Presidential Professor of Health Economics | |
 | Glenn Melnick | Professor Blue Cross of California Chair in Health Care Finance | Health economics, health finance, health care systems, managed care |
 | Karen Mulligan | Research Assistant Professor | Health economics, applied microeconometrics, labor economics |
 | Michael B. Nichol | Professor | Health policy, health care cost and resource utilization, health state preference assessment, cost-effectiveness |
 | John A. Romley | Associate Professor Economist, Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics | Hospital industry, Health-care productivity / efficiency, Environmental health disparities |
 | Leonard D. Schaeffer | Judge Robert Maclay Widney Chair | |
 | Neeraj Sood | Professor Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs Vice Dean for Research | Health care costs, global health, health insurance markets and benefits design, medical innovation and regulatory policy, Medicare and aging |
 | Karen Van Nuys | Research Assistant Professor | Life sciences innovation, health policy, pharmaceutical pricing and distribution, organizational economics |
 | Julie M. Zissimopoulos | Associate Professor Director, Research Training, USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics | Economics of aging, economics of the family, labor economics, health economics |
Widely cited in the media, researchers at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics are conducting in-depth data analysis on critical issues around health care costs, drug pricing, and the economic impact of early prevention measures, among numerous other topics. Their efforts provide key insights to decision makers at all levels, and contribute to shaping health policy for the better.
