Health Care Reform

The debate within the U.S. government about reforming the health care system centers on ways to control rising costs and assure high-quality, affordable care. RAND Health and its health care reform initiative--RAND COMPARE (Comprehensive Assessment of Reform Efforts)--provide objective research and analysis on topics that can inform the health care reform debate, including financing; increasing access, insurance coverage, and quality; decreasing costs; and promoting wellness and prevention.

Research conducted by: RAND Health

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Hamad Al-Ibrahim

Research Project Manager
M.D., Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

Abby Alpert

Associate Economist
Ph.D. in economics, University of Maryland; B.S. in mathematics and economics, University of Chicago

Nermine Anis

Project Management Consultant
B.A. in business administration, Helwan University; Diploma in corporate innovation and entrepreneurship, Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University

Eric Apaydin

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.P.P. in public policy/admin/analysis, University of California, Berkeley; M.S. in biology, University of California, San Diego; B.S. in physiology and neuroscience, University of California, San Diego

Rae W. Archibald

Senior Consultant; Vice-President (retired)
Ph.D. in city and regional planning, University of California, Berkeley

David I. Auerbach

Policy Researcher
Ph.D. in health economics, Harvard University; M.S. in environmental science & policy, MIT; M.S. in chemistry, University of California, Berkeley; B.S. in chemistry, MIT

Peter Burge

Associate Director, Choice Modelling and Valuation, RAND Europe; Associate Director, Innovation and Technology Policy, RAND Europe
M.Sc. in transport, Centre for Transport Studies, University of London; M.Eng. in civil engineering, Imperial College, University of London

Andrew W. Dick

Senior Economist
Ph.D. in economics, Stanford University

Fabian Duarte

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
M.A. in economics, University of Chile; M.A. in economics, Yale University; M.Phil. in economics, Yale University; Ph.D. in economics, Yale University

Christine Eibner

Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University of Maryland, College Park

Alexandria Felton

Project Associate
M.P.H. in health policy and management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; B.A. in English, University of California at Santa Barbara

D Steven Fox

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.D. in internal medicine/pediatric medicine, Dartmouth College; M.Sc. in tropical medicine & public health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; M.S. in atmospheric physics, University of Washington; B.S. in physical oceanography, University of Washington

John Godges

Editor-in-Chief, RAND Review; Communications Analyst
M.P.P. in public policy, administration, and analysis, Harvard University; M.J. in journalism, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in American Studies, Georgetown University

Laural A. Hill

Survey Director
B.A. in sociology, University of California, Los Angeles

Arthur L. Kellermann

Vice President, RAND Corporation; Director, RAND Health; Paul O'Neill Alcoa Chair in Policy Analysis; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
M.D., Emory University; M.P.H., University of Washington; B.S. in biology, Rhodes College

Hangsheng Liu

Associate Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in health services research and policy, University of Rochester; M.S. in social medicine and health management, Fudan University; B.Med. (medical degree), Shanghai Medical University

Georgette Mansour

Research Coordinator
B.S. in biology, American University of Beirut; Teaching Diploma in science education, American University of Beirut

M. Susan Marquis

Adjunct Staff
Ph.D. in economics, University of Michigan

Peter Mendel

Social Scientist
Ph.D. in sociology, Stanford University

Ellen Nolte

Director, Health and Healthcare, RAND Europe
Ph.D., University of London; M.P.H., University of Bielefeld, Germany

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