Geoffrey F. Joyce

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Codirector, UCLA/RAND Health Services Research Training Program
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Education

Ph.D. in economics, City University of New York; M.P.P., University of Michigan; B.A., Connecticut College

Overview

Biography

Geoffrey F. Joyce is a senior economist at the RAND Corporation, associate professor at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Pharmacy, and senior research faculty member at USC's Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics. His research has been published in leading medical, economic, health policy, and statistics journals and featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, U.S. News and World Report, and NBC Nightly News, on National Public Radio, and in other media.

Joyce's research focuses on the costs of medical care and the role of insurance. He published four studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association examining the impact of alternative pharmacy benefit designs on prescription drug utilization and spending. He also evaluated the effects of legislative proposals to extend Medicaid price discounts to lower-income residents of all ages. Other studies have examined the lifetime costs of chronic disease among the elderly, the cost-effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected patients, and differences in medical care utilization and costs under alternative financing arrangements and treatment settings. He is currently examining the impact of high-deductible health plans, health risk assessments, and Medicare Part D.

Joyce is also an adjunct associate professor of health services at UCLA, and a director of the UCLA/RAND Health Services Research Training Program. He received his Ph.D. in economics from City University of New York.

Previous Positions

Senior research analyst in health economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Recent Projects

  • How drug benefits affect (1) medication compliance in private health plans, (2) pharmaceutical use of and costs for military retirees, and (3) the California Special Election that would have extended drug discounts to lower-income residents of all ages
  • The impact of a smoking cessation demonstration for Medicare beneficiaries

Selected Publications

Dana P. Goldman et al., "Prescription Drug Cost Sharing: Associations with Medication and Medical Utilization and Spending and Health," Journal of the American Medical Association, 298(1), 2007

D. P. Goldman et al., "Optimal Drug Benefit Design: The Case of Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Therapy," American Journal of Managed Care, 12(1), 2006

G. F. Joyce et al., "The Lifetime Burden of Chronic Disease Among the Elderly," Health Affairs, 2005

D. P. Goldman et al., "Pharmacy Benefits and the Use of Drugs by the Chronically Ill," Journal of the American Medical Association, 291(19), 2004

G. F. Joyce et al., "Employer Drug Benefit Plans and Spending on Prescription Drugs," Journal of the American Medical Association, 288(14), 2002

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: Beyond the Beltway; Los Angeles Times; Sage Crossroads; United Press International

Economics

Recent Projects

  • The impact of benefit design on pharmaceutical costs
  • Use of medical care under alternative financing arrangements
  • Cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation for Medicare beneficiaries
  • Changing expenditures for HIV care
  • Impact of alternative Medicare prescription drug benefits

Selected Publications

G. Joyce, S. Morton, and others, "The Effectiveness of Covering Smoking Cessation Services for Medicare Beneficiaries," Health Services Research, 2008

G. Joyce, D. Goldman and others, "Pharmacy Benefit Caps and the Chronically Ill," Health Affairs, 2007

G. Joyce, D. Goldman, and Y. Zheng, "Prescription Drug Cost-Sharing: Associations with Medication and Medical Utilization and Spending, and Health.," JAMA, 2007

G. Joyce, D. Goldman and others, "Benefit Design and Specialty Drug Use," Health Affairs, 2006

G. Joyce, E. Keeler and others, "The Lifetime Burden of Chronic Disease Among the Elderly," Health Affairs, 2005

G. Joyce, D. Goldman and others, "Pharmacy Benefits and Use of Drugs by the Chronically Ill," JAMA, 2004

Commentary

A Simple Rx for Part D — Jan 13, 2006

  • United Press International

Take Two Aspirin and Call Congress — Dec 11, 2002

  • Los Angeles Times

Publications

Methods - 2007