Susan D. Hosek

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Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Santa Monica Office

Education

M.A. and A.B.D. in economics, Northwestern University; B.A. in economics, Cornell University

Overview

Biography

Susan D. Hosek is a senior economist at the RAND Corporation and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Her military health research has focused on issues such as benefit design and the demand for health care, medical staff mix, and the organization and management of the military health care system. Other projects have addressed health information technology, sexual orientation and military service, veterans' disability benefits, and gender differences in federal research grant awards. From 1993 to 2000, she directed a research center within the RAND National Defense Research Institute that focuses on compensation, recruiting and retention, opportunities for minorities and women, health care, family programs, outsourcing and privatization, and the management of defense activities. She served as research director of the 2007 President's Commission on Caring for America's Returning Wounded Warriors and was a member of the 2001–2003 President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans. She has taught at the Pardee RAND Graduate School and Carnegie Mellon University. Hosek received her B.A. in economics from Cornell University and her M.A. and A.B.D. in economics from Northwestern University.

Research Focus

Recent Projects

  • Developing a Research Agenda on Electronic Health Records
  • Investigating Benefits for Same-Sex Partners
  • Health and Disability Benefits for Military Reservists
  • Sexual Orientation and Military Service

Selected Publications

Bernard Rostker, Susan Hosek et al., Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy, RAND Corporation (MG-1056), 2010

Susan D. Hosek, Leveraging Other Federal Health Systems in Restoring Fiscal Sanity 2007: The Health Spending Challenge, Brookings Institution, 2007

President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, Serve, Support, Simplify, U.S. Government, 2007

Susan D. Hosek et al., Gender Differences in Major Federal External Grant Programs, RAND Corporation (TR-307), 2005

Susan D. Hosek, Initiatives to Control Military Health Costs: Congressional Testimony, RAND Corporation (CT-242), 2005

Susan D. Hosek and Gary Cecchine, Reorganizing the Military Health System: Should There Be a Joint Command? RAND Corporation (MR-1350), 2001

Honors & Awards

  • President's Choice Award, RAND
  • Gold Medal Award, RAND

Publications

RAND Review: Vol. 35, No. 1, Spring 2011 - 2011

Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy: An Update of RAND's 1993 Study - 2010

Sexual Orientation and U.S. Personnel Policy Revisited - 2010

Examining Possible Causes of Gulf War Illness: RAND Policy Investigations and Reviews of the Scientific Literature - 2005

Gender Differences in Major Federal External Grant Programs - 2005

Initiatives to Control Military Health Costs - 2005

Is There Gender Bias in Federal Grant Programs? - 2004

Financing Health Care for Women with Disabilities - 2003

The U.S. Army and the New National Security Strategy - 2003

The Elasticity of Demand for Health Care: A Review of the Literature and Its Application to the Military Health System - 2002

The Military Health System: How Might It Be Reorganized? - 2002

Department of Defense Political Appointments: Positions and Process - 2001

Minority and Gender Differences in Officer Career Progression - 2001

Reorganizing the Military Health System: Should There Be a Joint Command? - 2001

Pesticide Use During the Gulf War: A Survey of Gulf War Veterans - 2000

Providing Managed Care Options for a Large Population: Evaluating the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative - 2000

An Evaluation of Housing Options for Military Families - 1999

Why Do Military Families Live in On-Base Housing? - 1999

Quality of Life Programs - 1997

Army Medical Support for Peace Operations and Humanitarian Assistance - 1996

The effects of benefit design and managed care on health care costs - 1996

The Demand for Military Health Care: Supporting Research for a Comprehensive Study of the Military Health Care System - 1995

Evaluation of the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative: Volume 6, Implementation and Operations - 1994

Evaluation of the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative: Volume 2, Beneficiary Access and Satisfaction - 1993

Evaluation of the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative: Volume 3, Health Care Utilization and Costs - 1993

The CHAMPUS Reform Initiative: Implications for Military Health Care Reform - 1993

Elements of Change in Military Medical Force Structure: A White Paper - 1992

Prospective Payment for CHAMPUS Exempt Services: An Analysis of Children's Hospitals, Substance Abuse Services, and Psychiatric Services - 1992

The Effects of Preferred Provider Options in Fee-for-Service Plans on Use of Outpatient Mental Health Services By Three Employee Groups - 1992

Job Satisfaction Among Military Physicians Under the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative: Baseline Results - 1991

The Effects of Preferred Provider Options on Use of Outpatient Mental Health Services for Three Employee Groups - 1991

Using DRGS to Pay for Inpatient Substance Abuse Services: An Assessment of the Champus Reimbursement System - 1991

Utilization and Costs in the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative: Preliminary Results for April-September 1989 - 1991

Health Care Utilization in Employer Plans with Preferred Provider Organization Options - 1990

Participation and Satisfaction in Employer Plans with Preferred Provider Organization Options - 1990

Preliminary Results from an Evaluation of the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative - 1990

The Study of Preferred Provider Organizations: Executive Summary - 1990

Plan for an Evaluation of the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative - 1987

Who Joins a PPO? - 1987

Charges and Outcomes for Rehabilitative Care: Implications for the Prospective Payment System - 1986

Research Plan for the Preferred Provider Organization Study - 1986

State Laws and Regulations Governing Preferred Provider Organizations: Executive Summary - 1986

State Laws and Regulations Governing Preferred Provider Organizations - 1986

Reconciling Air Force Physicians' Peacetime and Wartime Capabilities: Demonstration of a Workforce Design Methodology - 1985

Health Care in the Military: Feasibility and Desirability of a Health Enrollment System - 1984

Costs, Productivity, and the Utilization of Physician's Extenders in Air Force Primary Medicine Clinics - 1983

Outcome-Based Reimbursement for Nursing-Home Care - 1983

Procurement of Air Force Physicians: Scholarship or Direct Recruiting? - 1983

Potential Civilian Earnings of Military Physician's Assistants - 1980

Military Utilization of Physician's Assistants - 1979