Joseph Newhouse
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Joseph P. Newhouse is an American
economist
and the John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy and Management at Harvard University
, as well as the Director of the Division of Health Policy Research and of the Interfaculty Initiative on Health Policy. At Harvard, he is a member of the faculties at Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Medical School
, Harvard School of Public Health
, and Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
.
Prior to joining Harvard, he worked for twenty years as an economist at the RAND Corporation, serving as a faculty member of the RAND Graduate School from 1972 to 1988. At RAND, he played a leading role in RAND Health Insurance Experiment
.
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
, and an elected member of the Institute of Medicine
of the National Academy of Sciences
. He is also a Faculty Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research
. He is also the Editor
of the Journal of Health Economics
, which he founded in 1981.
He has received the numerous awards such as the David Kershaw Prize from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
, the Distinguished Investigator Award from the Association for Health Services Research, the Kenneth J. Arrow award in Health Economics from the International Health Economics Association, the Zvi Griliches
award for the best paper in Quarterly Journal of Economics
, and the Paul A. Samuelson Certificate of Excellence from TIAA-CREF
.
He is the author of books such as "Free for All: Lessons from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment
", and "Pricing the Priceless: A Health Care Conundrum".
United States
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economist
Economist
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and the John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy and Management at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, as well as the Director of the Division of Health Policy Research and of the Interfaculty Initiative on Health Policy. At Harvard, he is a member of the faculties at Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
, Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard School of Public Health
The Harvard School of Public Health is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University, located in the Longwood Area of the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Mission Hill, which is next to Harvard Medical School. HSPH is considered a significant school focusing on health in the...
, and Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences is the largest of the seven faculties that constitute Harvard University.Headquartered principally in Cambridge, Massachusetts and centered in the historic Harvard Yard, FAS is the only division of the university responsible for both undergraduate and...
.
Prior to joining Harvard, he worked for twenty years as an economist at the RAND Corporation, serving as a faculty member of the RAND Graduate School from 1972 to 1988. At RAND, he played a leading role in RAND Health Insurance Experiment
RAND Health Insurance Experiment
The RAND Health Insurance Experiment was an experimental study of health care costs, utilization and outcomes in the United States, which assigned people randomly to different kinds of plans and followed their behavior, from 1974 to 1982. As a result, it provided stronger evidence than studies...
.
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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, and an elected member of the Institute of Medicine
Institute of Medicine
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of the National Academy of Sciences
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. He is also a Faculty Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research
National Bureau of Economic Research
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. He is also the Editor
Editor
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of the Journal of Health Economics
Journal of Health Economics
The Journal of Health Economics is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles about health economics and related fields concerning human health care and medicine. The journal is published six times annually by Elsevier. The editor in chief is J.P. Newhouse. According to the Journal...
, which he founded in 1981.
He has received the numerous awards such as the David Kershaw Prize from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
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, the Distinguished Investigator Award from the Association for Health Services Research, the Kenneth J. Arrow award in Health Economics from the International Health Economics Association, the Zvi Griliches
Zvi Griliches
Hirsh Zvi Griliches was an economist at Harvard University. He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania in an assimilated Jewish family that spoke Russian at home. During World War II he was sent to the Dachau concentration camp...
award for the best paper in Quarterly Journal of Economics
Quarterly Journal of Economics
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, or QJE, is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Oxford University Press and edited at Harvard University's Department of Economics. Its current editors are Robert J. Barro, Elhanan Helpman and Lawrence F. Katz...
, and the Paul A. Samuelson Certificate of Excellence from TIAA-CREF
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.
He is the author of books such as "Free for All: Lessons from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment
RAND Health Insurance Experiment
The RAND Health Insurance Experiment was an experimental study of health care costs, utilization and outcomes in the United States, which assigned people randomly to different kinds of plans and followed their behavior, from 1974 to 1982. As a result, it provided stronger evidence than studies...
", and "Pricing the Priceless: A Health Care Conundrum".