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C. Ross Anthony

Washington Office

Senior Economist

Media Availability

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Education

Ph.D. in economics, M.A. in economic history, University of Pennsylvania; B.A. in history, Williams College

Research Focus

International health; health and nation-building; health financing; military health; Gulf War illness

RAND Research Areas

Health and Health Care

Recent Projects

  • Creating a successful Palestinian state
  • Developing a national health strategy for Qatar
  • U.S. presidential task force to improve health care delivery for our nation's veterans
  • Publication on health and nation-building
  • WHO Knowledge Network of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health

Selected Publications

Seth Jones et al., Securing Health: Lessons from Nation-Building Missions, RAND Corporation, 2006

Doug Suisman et al., The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State, RAND Corporation, 2006

The RAND Palestinian State Study Team, Building a Successful Palestinian State, RAND Corporation, 2005

Michael Schoenbaum et al., Health Benefits for Medicare-Eligible Military Retirees: Rationalizing TRICARE for Life, RAND Corporation, 2005

C. Ross Anthony and Nicole Lurie, "Global Health Services Research: Challenging the Future", Health Services Research, 39(6)

Research Focus

International health, health and nation-building, health financing, military health, Gulf War illness

Recent Projects

  • Creating a successful Palestinian state
  • Developing a national health strategy for Qatar
  • U.S. presidential task force to improve health care delivery for our nation's veterans
  • Publication on health and nation-building
  • WHO Knowledge Network of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health

Previous Positions

Vice President and Director of the International Health Services Group, International Planning and Analysis Center; Director, Office of Development Resources for Europe, United States Agency for International Development (USAID); Associate Administrator, Program Development, Health Care Financing Administration; Partner, Health Policy Alternatives

Selected Publications

Securing Health: Lessons from Nation-Building Missions, Seth Jones et al., RAND Corporation, 2006

The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State, Doug Suisman et al., RAND Corporation, 2005

Building a Successful Palestinian State, The RAND Palestinian State Study Team, RAND Corporation, 2005

"Global Health Services Research: Challenging the Future," C. Ross Anthony and Nicole Lurie, Health Services Research, Vol. 39, No. 6, Pt. 2, Dec 2004

Health Benefits for Medicare-Eligible Military Retirees: Rationalizing TRICARE for Life, Michael Schoenbaum et al., RAND Corporation, 2002

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: CNBC; Detroit Free Press; New York Times; Reuters

Commentary: Baltimore Sun; Los Angeles Times; Modern Healthcare

To arrange an interview:

Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.

Biography

Dr. Ross Anthony is Director for Global Health, Co-Director of RAND Health's Center for Domestic and International Health Security (CDIHS), and Director of RAND's Palestine Initiative. In these capacities, Dr. Anthony directs RAND's current global health initiatives worldwide. He also led separate large projects to develop a national healthcare strategy for Qatar and to analyze how to build a successful independent Palestinian state.

Dr. Anthony has over twenty years of experience and leadership in the health care field at all levels of government (local, county, state, national, and international). In 2003-2004 he was asked to serve on the US Presidential Commission on Improving Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans, and recently served as a member of the WHO Health Systems Knowledge Network of the World Health Organization's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health.

Before joining RAND, Dr. Anthony served as Vice-President and Director of the International Health Services Group at the International Planning and Analysis Corporation (IPAC), an international consulting firm; Director of the Office of Development Resources for United States Agency for International Development (USAID Europe) overseeing six divisions with responsibility for program design of 15 Eastern European countries, and health programs in the former Soviet Union; Associate Administrator for Program Development at the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA, now CMS) responsible for regulatory policy development and research for the Medicare and Medicaid program; was a partner of Health Policy Alternatives, developed and managed a small community health project located in remote rural Nepal; taught economics at the University of Oregon; and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal.

RAND Research Areas

Health and Health Care

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