RAND Expert Biography
Glenn Melnick
Senior Economist, RAND Corporation; Blue Cross of California Chair of Health Care Finance, University of Southern California
Office
Santa Monica
Expertise
Financing and use of health care services in the United States and in developing countries; Econometric models of health care costs
Recent Work
Hospital pricing and the uninsured
Education
Ph.D., urban and regional planning, University of Michigan
Publications of Interest
"The Effects of Multi-Hospital Systems on Hospital Prices," G. Melnicl, E. Keeler, Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 26, No. 2, March 1 2007
"Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries by Dual Eligible Status: California, 1996-2001," J. E. O'Leary, E. M. Sloss, G. Melnick, Health Care Financing Review, Vol. 28, No. 4, Summer 2007
"Marginal Cost of Emergency Department Outpatient Visits: An Update Using California Data," A. Bamezai, G. Melnick, Medical Care, Vol. 44, No. 9, Sept 2006
"The Cost of an Emergency Department Visit and Its Relationship to Emergency Department Volume," A. Bamezai, G. Melnick, A. Nawathe , Annals of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 45, No. 5, May 2005
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: Los Angeles Times
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.
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