PhD Program: Dissertations

1987 - 1991

• Health Promotion and Prevention
• A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Physician Compensation Arrangements
• The Effects of Liability on the Practice Patterns of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Measuring Hospital Quality of Care: A Study of the Failure Rate, Adverse-Occurrence Rate and Death Rate
• Consumer Discount Rates for Health and Money in Health Care Cost Effectiveness Analysis
• The Extent and the Determinants of Variations in Nursing Home Staffing and Practice
• Public Insurance Programs: The Impact of Uncompensated Care, Reimbursement Funds and Medicaid
• Educational Programs as Incentives to Students for Selecting Dental Schools of their Choice

1992 - 1995

• A Theory of Congestion in General Hospitals
• The Effects of Alternative Third Party Reimbursement Systems on the Adoption and Diffusion of New Medical Technologies
• Hospital Pricing and Organizational Control: The Effect of Government Payment Changes on Hospital Prices
• The Role of Prognostication in Clinical Practice
• Productive Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness of Public-Funded Drug Treatment Programs in New Jersey
• The Transformation of Diabetes Mellitus in America from an Acute to a Chronic Disease During the Twentieth Century
  

1996 - 1998

• Do Relative Fees Affect Utilization of Surgical Procedures Under Medicare? A Study of Geographic Variations
• Environmental Turbulence, Organizational Capabilities and Strategic Response: Hospital Strategy in an Era of Managed Care
• Role of Functional Status in Predicting Inpatient Mortality with AIDS
• How Parent’s Schooling Affects Child Health: The Importance of Quality Time
• Changing Activity and Behavior of Primary Care Physicians Following Practice Acquisition by Academic Medical Centers

1999 - 2002

• The Role of Peer Influence on Early Initiation of High-Risk Behaviors
• Community Rating and Regulatory Reform in Health Insurance Markets
• Access to Free Care for the Uninsured and its Effect on Private Health Insurance
• Employee Demand for Health Insurance and Employer Health Benefit Choices
• Physician’s Practice Styles and How They Change as a Higher Percentage of Managed Care Patients are Treated as a Percentage of their Patient Panel
• The Implications of HMO Market Power and Selective Contracting for Physician Services
• How People Trade-Off Pregnancy and HIV Risk When Choosing Forms of Contraception

On-going

• Conditions Associated with Value Creation and Performance Improvement: Analysis of Mergers and Acquisitions in Medical Equipment and Supplies Segments of the Health Care Industry
• Adverse Selection in a Mandatory Medicaid HMO
• Issues of Health Care Reform
• Hospital Industry Study
• Cost-effectiveness of Intervention Strategies to Improve Immunization Coverage