Jonathan Skinner, PhD
James O. Freedman Presidential Professorship
Professor Department of Economics, Dartmouth College
Professor of Department of Family and Community Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice
Phone
603-646-2535
Education
- Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Economics, 1983
- M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Economics, 1978
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B.A., University of Rochester, Political Science, 1977
Primary Contact
Kathy Stroffolino
603-653-0881
Kathy.M.Stroffolino@Dartmouth.edu
Affiliations
Dartmouth College
Geisel School of Medicine
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice
Geisel School of Medicine
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice
Areas of Expertise
Dr. Skinner's research interests include the economics of government transfer programs, technology growth and disparities in health care, and savings behavior of aging baby boomers.
Research
Public Financing Of The Medicare Program Will Make Its Uniform Structure Increasingly Costly To SustainHealth Affairs, May 2013; 32:5859-863 Impact of Payment Reform on Chemotherapy at the End of Life
Journal of Oncology Practice, May 1, 2012; 18(5)::e200-8 Spending Differences Associated With the Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration
JAMA, Sept. 12, 2012; Vol. 308, no. 10:1015-1023 Geographic Variation in Diagnosis Frequency and Risk of Death among Medicare Beneficiaries
JAMA, 2010; 305(11):1113-18 Regional Variations in Diagnostic Practices
NEJM, 2010; 363:45-53