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Jeffrey H. Silber
Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology & Critical Care, and Health Care Management; Director, Center for Outcomes Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia


Education

PhD, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1990; MD, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1980; AB, Washington University, St. Louis, 1976

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards

The Hummeler Research Prize (Article-of-the-Year), Joseph Stokes, Jr. Research Institute, 2003; AcademyHealth (formerly Association for Health Services Research) Article-of-the-Year, 2003; Samuel P. Martin Health Services Research Award, 2000; Ethel Brown Foerderer Fund for Excellence Award, 1997

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 1997-present. University of Pennsylvania: 1983-present (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar, 1983-85; Fellow, Divisons of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1985-1988; Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 1985-present; Director, Center for Outcomes Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1997-present). Previous appointment: Johns Hopkins Hospital

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Publications
R. Kaestner, Jeffrey H. Silber (2010), Evidence on the efficacy of inpatient spending on Medicare patients, Milbank Q, 88:560-594 (AcademyHealth Article-of-the-Year)
Jeffrey H. Silber, R. Kaestner, O. Even-Shoshan, Y. Wang, LJ. Bressler (2010), Aggressive treatment style and surgical outcomes., Health Serv Res, 45:1872-1892 (AcademyHealth Article-of-the-Year)
Jeffrey H. Silber, PR Rosenbaum, TJ Brachet, RN Ross, LJ Bressler, O Even-Shoshan, SA Lorch, Kevin Volpp (2010), The Hospital Compare mortality model and the volume-outcome relationship, Health Serv Res, 45:1148-1167
Jeffrey H. Silber, PR Rosenbaum, AK Rosen, PS Romano, KMF Itani, L Cen, L Mi, MJ Halenar, O Even-Shoshan, Kevin Volpp (2009), Prolonged hospital stay and the resident duty hour rules of 2003., Med Care, 47:1191-1200
Jeffrey H. Silber, SA Lorch, PR Rosenbaum, B Medoff-Cooper, S Bakewell-Sachs, A Millman, L Mi, O Even-Shoshan, GJ Escobar (2009), Time to send the preemie home? Additional maturity at discharge and subsequent healthcare costs and outcomes., Health Serv Res, 44:444-463

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Silber H. Jeffrey
Jeffrey H. Silber
 3535 Market Street, Suite 1029
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-590-5635
silberj@wharton.upenn.edu

Research Interests:
Measuring health care quality; development of new health care outcome measures; statistical methodology for comparing providers; clinical economics; medical decision making; late effects of cancer treatment; outcomes of care in cancer