Neeraj Sood

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Education

Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in economics, Indiana University; M.A. in economics, Delhi School of Economics

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Biography

Neeraj Sood is an associate economist at the RAND Corporation. His research focuses on health economics and health policy research, with an emphasis on outlier payment policies for the inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system, the role of payment generosity on resource use for acute care patients, the effects of insurance on HIV-related mortality, and the role of price regulation in health and life insurance markets. Sood received an M.A. in economics from the Delhi School of Economics; an M.A. in economics from Indiana University; and a Ph.D. in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School.

Research Focus

Concurrent Non-RAND Positions

Director of International Programs at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and Associate Professor at the Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Economics & Policy, University of Southern California; Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research

Recent Projects

  • Developing an economic model of innovation and insurance in health care markets
  • Examining the impact of Medicare Part D on social welfare and research and development
  • Empirically evaluating the effect of new HIV treatments on risky sexual behavior and the prevalence of HIV
  • Examining the role of increased health infrastructure availability on achieving universal childhood immunization in India

Selected Publications

Jayanta Bhattacharya, Dana Goldman and Neeraj Sood, "Market Evidence of Mistaken Mortality Risks," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming)

Neeraj Sood, Arkadipta Ghosh and Jose Escarce, "Health Care Cost Growth, Employer Provided Insurance and the Economic Performance of U.S. Industries," Health Services Research, 2009

Darius Lakdawalla and Neeraj Sood, "Innovation and Welfare Effects of Public Prescription Drug Insurance," Journal of Public Economics, 91(1):541-548, 2009

Neeraj Sood, Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin and Jose Escarce, "Does How Much and How You Pay Matter? Evidence from the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System and Costs of Care," Journal of Health Economics, 27(4):1046-59, 2008

Neeraj Sood, Han de Vries, Italo Gutierrez, Darius Lakdawalla, and Dana Goldman, "The Effect of Pharmaceutical Regulation on Revenues," Health Affairs, 28:w125-w137, 2008

Darius Lakdawalla, Dana Goldman, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Neeraj Sood, Robert Lempert, Ze Cong, Han de Vries, and Italo Gutierrez, "US Pharmaceutical Policy in a Global Marketplace," Health Affairs, 28:w138-w150, 2008

Darius Lakdawalla, Neeraj Sood, Dana Goldman, "HIV Treatment Breakthroughs and Risky Sexual Behavior," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121:1063-1102, 2006

Ashlesha Datar and Neeraj Sood, "Impact of Postpartum Hospital Stay Legislation on Newborn Length of Stay, Readmission and Mortality in California," Pediatrics, 118(1):63-72, 2006

Economics

Recent Projects

  • Welfare effects of Medicare Part D
  • Impact of health care costs on U.S. economy
  • Health Insurance as two-part pricing
  • Obesity externalities

Selected Publications

Ashlesha Datar, Arnab Mukherji, Neeraj Sood, "Health Infrastructure and Immunization Coverage in Rural India," Indian Journal of Medical Research, 125(1):29-40, 2007

Arleen Leibowitz and Neeraj Sood, "Market Power and State Costs of HIV/AIDS Drugs," International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 7(1):59-71, 2007

Neeraj Sood and Arkadipta Ghosh, "The Short and Long Run Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Fatal Automobile Crashes," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 7(1), 2007

Jayanta Bhattacharya and Neeraj Sood, "Health Insurance and the Obesity Externality," Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, 17:281-321, 2006

Darius Lakdawalla, Neeraj Sood, Dana Goldman, "HIV Treatment Breakthroughs and Risky Sexual Behavior," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121:1063-1102, 2006

Dana Goldman, James Smith and Neeraj Sood, "Immigrants and the Costs of Medical Care," Health Affairs, 25(6):1700-1711, 2006

Ashlesha Datar and Neeraj Sood, "Impact of Postpartum Hospital Stay Legislation on Newborn Length of Stay, Readmission and Mortality in California," Pediatrics, 118(1):63-72, 2006

Neeraj Sood, Han de Vries, Italo Gutierrez, Darius Lakdawalla, and Dana Goldman, "The Effect of Pharmaceutical Regulation on Revenues," Health Affairs, 2006

Publications

Medicare Payment Reform and Provider Entry and Exit in the Post-Acute Care Market - 2013

Price Shopping in Consumer-Directed Health Plans - 2013

Growth of Consumer-Directed Health Plans to One-Half of All Employer-Sponsored Insurance Could Save $57 Billion Annually - 2012

Healthy Firms: Constraints to Growth Among Private Health Sector Facilities in Ghana and Kenya - 2012

Medicare Postacute Care Payment Reforms Have Potential To Improve Efficiency Of Care, But May Need Changes To Cut Costs - 2012

Posing a Framework to Guide Government's Role in Payment and Delivery System Reform - 2012

Skin in the Game: How Consumer-Directed Plans Affect the Cost and Use of Health Care - 2012

Healthcare Spending and Preventive Care in High-Deductible and Consumer-Directed Health Plans - 2011

High-Deductible Health Plans Cut Spending but Also Reduce Preventive Care - 2011

How Do Consumer-Directed Health Plans Affect Vulnerable Populations? - 2011

Medicare's Bundled Payment Pilot for Acute and Postacute Care: Analysis and Recommendations on Where to Begin - 2011

The Effects of Consumer-Directed Health Plans on Episodes of Health Care - 2011

Effects of Competition on the Cost and Quality of Inpatient Rehabilitation Care Under Prospective Payment - 2010

Medicare Spending and Outcomes After Postacute Care for Stroke and Hip Fracture - 2010

Private Sector Participation and Health System Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa - 2010

Private Sector Participation and Health System Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa - 2010

Catalysts of Entrepreneurship -- Policies for Growth: International Conference on Entrepreneurship - 2009

Does Health Insurance Make You Fat? - 2009

Employer-sponsored Insurance, Health Care Cost Growth, and the Economic Performance of U.S. Industries - 2009

Health Care Cost Growth and the Economic Performance of U.S. Industries - 2009

Innovation and the Welfare Effects of Public Drug Insurance - 2009

The Effect of Regulation on Pharmaceutical Revenues: Experience in Nineteen Countries - 2009

U.S. Pharmaceutical Policy in a Global Marketplace - 2009

A Comparison of the Health Systems in China and India - 2008

Does How Much and How You Pay Matter? Evidence from the Inpatient Rehabilitation Care Prospective Payment System - 2008

Policy Insight, Volume 2, Issue 3, June 2008: Caring for a Third of the World's Population: Challenges for the Health Systems of China and India - 2008

Potential Effects of Introducing Behind the Counter Drugs - 2008

RAND Review: Vol. 32, No. 3, Fall 2008 - 2008

Regulating Drug Prices: U.S. Policy Alternatives in a Global Context - 2008

The Impact of Federal Life Science Funding on University R&D - 2008

Mortality Risks, Health Endowments, and Parental Investments in Infancy: Evidence from Rural India - 2007

The Effect of State Cost Containment Strategies on the Insurance Status and Use of Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) for HIV Infected People - 2007

The Welfare Effects of Public Drug Insurance - 2007

Adverse Selection in Retiree Prescription Drug Plans - 2006

HIV Breakthroughs and Risky Sexual Behavior - 2006

Health Insurance and the Obesity Externality - 2006

Health Insurance as a Two-Part Pricing Contract - 2006

Impact of Postpartum Hospital-Stay Legislation on Newborn Length of Stay, Readmission, and Mortality in California - 2006

Rising Medicare Costs: Are We in Crisis? - 2006

The Public Spends Little to Provide Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants - 2006

Comparison of Medicare Spending and Outcomes for Beneficiaries with Lower Extremity Joint Replacements - 2005

Health Infrastructure and Immunization Coverage in Rural India - 2005

Insurance and Innovation in Health Care Market - 2005

Legal Status and Health Insurance Among Immigrants - 2005

Wage and Benefit Changes in Response to Rising Health Insurance Costs - 2005

HIV Breakthroughs and Risky Sexual Behavior - 2004

Health Insurance: Should California Regulate Health Insurance Premiums? - 2004

Health Insurance, Obesity and Its Economic Costs - 2004

Market Evidence of Misperceived Prices and Mistaken Mortality Risks - 2004

New Evidence on Hospital Profitability By Payer Group and the Effects of Payer Generosity - 2004

Price Regulation in Secondary Insurance Markets - 2004

Social Insurance and the Design of Innovation Incentives - 2004

The Reallocation of Compensation in Response to Health Insurance Premium Increases - 2004

Cashing Out Life Insurance: An Analysis of the Viatical Settlements Market - 2003

The Link Between Public and Private Insurance and HIV-related Mortality - 2003

Optimal Contributions to Flexible Spending Accounts - 2002

The Link Between Public and Private Insurance and HIV-related Mortality - 2002

Determinants of Antidepressant Treatment Outcome - 2000

Interim Report on an Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System - 2000

Physician Prescribing Behavior and Its Impact on Patient-Level Outcomes -