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Name	Arnold M. Epstein
Address	47 Winter Street, Lincoln, MA 01773 Telephone: (781) 259-8255
Birthplace	New York, NY

	EDUCATION
1969	B.A. University of Rochester (Mathematics and Political Science)
1967-68	London School of Economics and Political Science
1972	M.A. Harvard University (Political Science)
1974	B.M.S. Dartmouth Medical School
1976	M.D. Duke University School of Medicine
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	POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
	Internships and Residencies
1976-77	Medical House Officer, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
1977-78	Assistant Resident Physician, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
1979	Third Year Resident Physician, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
	Clinical and Research Fellowships
1976-78	Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1978-79	Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Social and Community Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, England
1979-80	Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1980	Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
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	LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
1978	State of Massachusetts, License #42755
1980	Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
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	ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1980-85	Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1985-88	Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1988-89	Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health
1988-1995	Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1988-1995	Associate Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
1989-1995	Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health
1995-	Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1995-	Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
1995-	Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health
1998-	John H. Foster Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health
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	HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
1980-82	Junior Associate in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
1982-91	Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital
1992-1996	Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital
1996-	Senior Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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	OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
1980-83	Member, Center for the Analysis of Health Practices, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
1983-88	Member, Institute for Health Research, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
1988-	Director, Section of Health Services and Policy Research, Department of Medicine (Division of General Medicine), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1993-94	Expert Policy Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
1993-94	Domestic Policy Advisor for Health Care, the White House, Washington, DC
1996-	Co-Director, Clinical Effectiveness Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health
1997-	Chairman, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health
2000-	Associate Editor for Health Policy, New England Journal of Medicine
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	AWARDS AND HONORS
1969	Phi Beta Kappa, University of Rochester
1969	James D. McGill Memorial Prize: Undergraduate Excellence in Political Science, University of Rochester
1969-70	Woodrow Wilson Fellow
1970-71	Graduate Prize Fellowship, Harvard University
1971-72	Teaching Fellow, Department of City Planning, Harvard University
1976	Alpha Omega Alpha, Duke University Medical School
1982-84	Medical Foundation Research Fellowship, Harvard Medical School
1985-90	Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Faculty Scholar in General Internal Medicine ("to support exceptionally talented young faculty members in general internal medicine")
1987	Young Investigator Award, Association for Health Services Research (2nd Annual Award "for significant cumulative contributions to health services research")
1991	Awarded eligibility for Fellowship, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
1992-93	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellowship (Senate Labor Committee and the White House)
1994	Awarded Kulp-Wright Award, given by the American Risk and Insurance Association for the best new book on life and health insurance: Falling Through the Safety Net: Insurance status and access to health care.
1996	Fellow, Association for Health Services Research
1998	ISPOR Research Excellence Award for methodological excellence, awarded as co-author of paper entitled "A Randomized Trial to Assess Effectiveness and Cost of Cholesterol Reduction in Clinical Practice" published in The Archives of Internal Medicine, 1996; 156:731-739.
2000	Awarded Best Research Paper of the Year by the Society of General Internal Medicine: "Effect of Patients’ Preferences on Racial Differences in Access to Renal Transplantation."
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	EDITORIAL BOARDS
1980-	Referee for Am J Pub Hlth, JAMA, Hlth Care Finan Rev, Med Care, N Engl J Med, Health Services Research, Archives of Internal Medicine
1986-97	HMO Practice
1994-	Health Services Research
1997-	American Journal of Medicine
1998-	Annals of Internal Medicine
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	MAJOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
	National and Regional
1986-	Health Policy Committee, Society for General Internal Medicine
1986-88	Consultant, Massachusetts Department of Public Health for evaluation of quality under prospective payment
1986	Abstract reviewer for the Clinical Epidemiology - Health Care Research Section, National Meeting AFCR
1988-89	Consultant, Health Care Financing Administration on use of readmission outcome data, and developing an agenda for inner city research
1989	Consultant, State of Maryland, Governor's Committee on Health Care Policy and Financing for developing legislation to care for the uninsured
1989	Advisory Panel Member for Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) project, "Medicare's Prescription Drug Benefit: Alternative Payment Policies."
1990-91	Institute of Medicine Committee for Monitoring Access to Health Care Services
1992	Clinton Administration Transition Team on Quality Assurance
1993	Co-Chairman, Working Group on Quality of Care for President Clinton's Health Care Task Force
1995-96	Institute of Medicine - National Roundtable on Health Care Quality
1995-96	Institute of Medicine - Managed Care Panel
1995-	Advisory Council on Performance Measurement of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
1997-	Chair, Evaluation Subcommittee and member of the Steering Committee, Advisory Council on Performance Measurement, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and member of the Executive Committee
1998-	Standing Committee on Higher Degrees in Health Policy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
1998	Institute of Medicine Technical Panel on Quality Measurement
1999-00	President Elect of the Association of Health Services Research
1999-00	Vice-chair, Institute of Medicine, Committee on the National Quality Report on Health Care Delivery.
1998-00	Performance Measurement Coordinating Council of the Joint Committee on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the National Committee on Quality Assurance and the American Medical Association
2000-	Co-Chair, Performance Measurement Coordinating Council of the Joint Committee on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the National Committee on Quality Assurance and the American Medical Association
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	MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1982-	Member, American Federation for Clinical Research
1982-89	Member, Board of Directors, Medical Area Credit Union, Longwood Medical Area
1984-	Member, Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine
1984-	Member, American Public Health Association
1985-	Member, Association for Health Services Research
1990-	Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
1996-	Member, Board of Directors, Association for Health Services Research
1999-	President Elect, Association for Health Services Research
1999-00	Chair of the Planning Committee – Annual Meeting of the Association for Health Services Research
2000	Vice Chair of the Board, the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy
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	MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS
	My research interest is centered on applying the paradigm and methodologies of economics and the other social sciences to clinical medicine. Specific areas of inquiry include:
	1. Determining how financial incentives, different payment systems and organizational changes effect access and the process and outcomes of medical care. 2. Evaluation of the above issues in relation to patients' socioeconomic characteristics and especially their effects on vulnerable populations, including those on Medicaid. 3. Evaluation of publicly released data on performance and other important aspects of quality management.
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	RESEARCH FUNDING INFORMATION
	Past
1984-1987	John A. Hartford Foundation - Principal Investigator The Costs and Benefits of Geriatric Assessment Units for Care of the Ambulatory Elderly
1985-1988	Cooperative Fund for Hospital Innovation - Principal Investigator The Costs and Benefits of Geriatric Assessment Units for Care of the Ambulatory Elderly
1985-1988	Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Hospital Association - Principal Investigator The Association of Patients' Socioeconomic Characteristics and Their Hospital Utilization
1985-1990	The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Principal Investigator Faculty Scholar in General Internal Medicine
1987-1988	Harvard Community Health Plan - Principal Investigator The Effect of Method of Payment on Use and Quality of Ambulatory Care
1987-1988	The Medical Foundation - Sponsor for Joel S. Weissman, Ph.D. Delayed Access to Care and the Costs of Hospitalization
1989	National Research Service Award - Sponsor for Joel S. Weissman, Ph.D. Delayed Access to Care and the Costs of Hospitalization
1989-1991	AHCPR/R01 - Principal Investigator Do Free Care Pools Affect Access for the Uninsured?
1989-1991	The Medical Foundation - Sponsor for I. Steven Udvarhelyi, M.D., M. Sc. The Effect of Method of Payment on the Use of Health Services
1989-1993	AHCPR/R01 - Principal Investigator Costs, Correlates and Outcomes for Persons with AIDS
1990-1992	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Principal Investigator The Effect of a Statewide Program for Uninsured Women on Infant and Maternal Outcomes
1991-1992	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Principal Investigator Planning Grant to Study the Effect of Expanding Medicaid Coverage to Poor Uninsured Women on Maternal and Infant Birth Outcomes
1991-1993	National Research Service Award - Sponsor for Jennifer Haas, M.D. Does Health Coverage Improve Maternal Health Outcomes?
1992-1993	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Principal Investigator Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship
1992-1994	The Medical Foundation - Sponsor for John Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P. The Relationship of Sex, Race, and Socioeconomic Status to the Quality of Care for Hospitalized Patients
1992-1996	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Principal Investigator The Effect of Expanding Medicaid Coverage to Poor Uninsured on Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes
1992-1996	AHCPR/R01 - Principal Investigator Using Outcomes to Assess Quality: Do Readmissions Matter?
1995-1997	The Commonwealth Fund - Principal Investigator. Improving the Capacity of States to Monitor and Enhance the Auditing of Managed Care Plans Serving Low Income Populations. Phase I.
1995-1997	Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Principal Investigator Assessing the Impact of Performance Reports on Quality
1997-1998	Commonwealth Fund - Principal Investigator Improving the Capacity of States to Monitor and Enhance the Quality of Managed Care Plans Serving Low Income Populations. Phase II.
1994-1999	AHCPR/R01 - Principal Investigator Differences in Quality of Care by Race, Gender and Socioeconomic Status
1995-2000	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Principal Investigator Addressing Differences in Referral for Transplantation by Race and Gender
	Current
1999-2001	Commonwealth Fund – Principal Investigator/Program Director Picker/Commonwealth Program on Health Care Quality and Managed Care Total costs: $281,000
1995-2001	Agency for Health Care Policy and Research - Co-Investigator Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Total costs: $3,000,000
1996-2001	Agency for Health Care Policy and Research - Principal Investigator On-going Evaluation and Revision of HEDIS Total costs: $2,260,000
1998-2001	California HealthCare Foundation - Principal Investigator Financial Incentives and Organization of Care in Medical Group Practices Total costs: $800,000
2000-2001	American Society for Clinical Oncology – Principal Investigator Development of a National Cancer Monitoring System for Quality in Care Total costs: $750,000
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	MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
1988-	Chief, Section of Health Services and Policy Research, Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
1997-	Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health
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	PRINCIPAL CLINICAL AND HOSPITAL SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES
1980-	Attending Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
1980-	Member, Internship Selection Committee, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
1983-88	Member, Utilization Review Committee, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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	SELF REPORT OF TEACHING
	Local Contributions
	Harvard Medical School
1985-1991	Preventive Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology #502 Instructor in Health Policy 20-30 medical students Time spent: 20 hours
1991-92	Current Issues in Health Policy, Health Care Policy # 503 Course Director, Lecturer 4 medical students; (20 sessions) Time spent: 110 hours
	Harvard School of Public Health
1988-1992	Health Policy-Health Services Research #271 Course Director, Lecturer 20-60 students (17 sessions) Time spent: 110 hours
1995-	Health Policy-Methods and Applications in Health Services Research #276 Course Director, Lecturer 40-65 students Time spent: 90 hours
1995-	Health Policy-Current Issues in Health Policy #277 Course Director, Lecturer 40-65 students Time spent: 90 hours
	Brigham and Women's Hospital
1980-1992	Clinical Rotation in Ambulatory Medicine Attending 2 medical students 12 weeks/year (4 hours a week)
1981-1985	Lecture Series on Medical Complications of Pregnancy, Division of General Medicine Coordinator 4-15 house staff (6 sessions) 15 hours
1986-1992	Lecture Series on Health Policy, Division of General Medicine Director 4-15 house staff (4 sessions) 15-20 hours
1981-1992	Economics Section of the Yearly Course on Quantitative Methods, Division of General Medicine Director 8-15 house staff (1-2 sessions) 4-8 hours
1985	Workshop Series on Research Methods, Divisions of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's and Beth Israel Hospitals Co-director 20 house staff and faculty 2 hours per month
1981-1992	General Medical Service, Holding Unit, Medical Consult Service and Ambulatory Clinics at Brigham and Women's Hospital Attending Physician supervising house staff: 3 house staff, 2 medical students 160 hours annually (2 months per year)
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	ADVISING AND SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
	Postdoctoral Fellow Advisor 1-3 postdoctoral fellows in research section per year
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	REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
	Invited Lectures
1983	Invited speaker; A Framework for Understanding Health Policy Medical Care Group, St. Louis, MO
1984	Invited speaker; Applying Cost-Effectiveness Analyses to Health Care Department of Health Policy, Boston University
1985	Medical Grand Rounds; Institutional Responses to Diagnosis Related Groups: Implications for Cost, Quality and Access Beth Israel Hospital
1986	Invited speaker; Diagnosis Related Groups: Implications for Practitioners and Institutions, Cost-containment symposium co-sponsored by the Central Massachusetts Area Health Education Center and the Worcester District Medical Society
1986	Invited speaker; Nonmedical Determinants of Test Ordering Intramural Program at the National Center for Health Services Research (NCHSR)
1986	Invited speaker; Testing in Prepaid and Fee-for-service Settings - The Role of Profitability, National Meeting of the American Group Practice Association
1986	Invited speaker; Understanding Variations in Test Use Boston University Hospital, Division of General Medicine
1986	Medical Grand Rounds; DRGs - Past and Future University of Massachusetts Medical School
1986	Medical Grand Rounds; Putting Prospective Payment in Perspective Mt. Sinai Hospital, Case Western Reserve University Medical School
1987	Invited speaker; Effectiveness of Interdisciplinary Geriatric Assessment for the Elderly in an HMO. National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on Geriatric Assessment
1987	Invited speaker; The Cost-Effectiveness of Antihyperlipemic Therapy in the Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease: The Case of Cholestyramine. The Lipid Metabolism Atherogenesis Branch and the Office of Prevention, Education and Control, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
1987	Invited speaker; Physician Characteristics and Organizational Factors in Testing Center for Health Services Research, University of Minnesota
1987	Invited speaker; Nonclinical Factors in Physician Behavior Centers for Disease Control
1988	Invited speaker; Economic Considerations in Pharmacologic Therapy to Lower Cholesterol Drug Information Association
1989	Invited speaker; The Proliferation of Physician Services The National Health Policy Forum
1989	Invited speaker; Appraising Outpatient Geriatric Assessment in the HMO Setting The National Conference on Comprehensive Care of the Elderly: The HMO Approach Western New York Geriatrics Education Center
1990	Invited speaker; Understanding the Impact of Patients' Social Characteristics on Hospital Utilization National Meeting of the American Public Health Association
1990	Medical Grand Rounds; Physician Payment Reform: Where have we come from, where are we going? Brigham and Women's Hospital
1990	Invited speaker; Examining the Costs and Outcomes of Care for Patients with AIDS: Problems and pitfalls National Meeting of the Society for General Internal Medicine
1990	Invited speaker; The Relation of Patients' Socioeconomic Status and Their Hospital Utilization National Meeting of the Association for the Health Services Research
1990	Medical Grand Rounds; Understanding Physician Payment Reform University of Chicago
1990	Medical Grand Rounds; How the Doctor is Paid, Past and Future Boston University Medical School
1990	Invited speaker; The Outcomes Movement National Meeting, Group Health Association of America
1991	Medical Grand Rounds; Untangling the Issues in Physician Payment Policy University of California at San Francisco
1991	Invited testimony; Being Uninsured: The Implications for Use of Services and Health Outcomes U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means
1991	Invited speaker; Teaching Outcomes Research Sixth Biennial Teaching Internal Medicine Symposium (plenary session)
1991	Medical Grand Rounds; Physician Payment Reform Beth Israel Hospital
1992	Invited speaker; Health Status and Use of Medical Services by the Uninsured The Cato Institute Conference, "Bitter Medicine: Insurance and the Regulation of Medical Care"
1992	Medical Grand Rounds; Assessing Access to Care for the Uninsured, Older Methods and New Approaches University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Division of General Medicine Research Seminar
1992	Medical Grand Rounds; Physician Payment Reform: Where from here? University of North Carolina Medical Center
1992	Invited speaker; Using Large Data Bases for Health Services Research Robert Wood Johnson Fellowship Program Research Seminar, University of North Carolina
1992	Invited speaker; Outcomes: The new horizon in research and health policy American Society of Gastroenterological Endoscopy National Conference on Outcomes and Effectiveness
1993	Invited speaker; Health Policy and the Academic Medical Center The National Meeting of The Association of Professors of Medicine
1993	Medical Grand Rounds; Measuring Access to Care for the Uninsured University of Washington Medical School
1993	Invited speaker; Changes in the Delivery of Medical Care Association of Academic Health Centers, Task Force on Health Reform
1993	Invited speaker; Health Reform and the Practice of Medicine The National Meeting of the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation
1993	Invited speaker; Comprehensive Health Reform US Senate, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Hearings on Comprehensive Health Reform
1993	Invited speaker; The Health Security Plan and its Impact on Medical Care National Meeting of the Society for Law, Medicine, and Ethics
1993	Invited speaker; Changes in the Delivery of Care Under Comprehensive Health Reform National Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
1993	Invited speaker; Changes in Managing Quality of Care National Meeting of the Group Health Association of America
1994	Invited speaker; The Past and Future of Health Reform, the View from the White House, Georgetown University, Institute for Health Policy
1994	Medical Grand Rounds; America's Teaching Hospitals, Setting a Course Through Uncharted Waters Brigham and Women's Hospital
1994	Medical Grand Rounds; America's Teaching Hospitals in the Evolving Health Care System Beth Israel Hospital
1995	Invited speaker; Workshop Coordinator, National Meeting of the Association for Health Services Research
1995	Pediatric Grand Rounds; The Challenges Ahead for Academic Health Centers Massachusetts General Hospital
1995	Invited speaker; Changes in the Delivery System in a Competitive Health Care Environment, Saint Barnabas Hospital
1995	Invited speaker; Quality Measurement in the 21st Century Annual Meeting of the American Board of Internal Medicine
1995	Medical Grand Rounds; Quality management in a competitive health care system. Case Western Reserve Medical School
1995	Invited speaker; Harvard Conference on Strategic Alliances in the Evolving Health Care Market
1996	Invited speaker; Southern Michigan Health Alliance - Thinking About Quality Management in the World of Managed Care.
1996	Invited speaker; American Medical Peer Review Association National Quality Symposium - Health Plan Accountability
1996	Plenary address; National Meeting for The Center for Clinical Quality Evaluation - Rethinking Quality Management in the Competitive Marketplace.
1996	Keynote address; International Meeting of the European Public Health Association - Evolving Quality Management in the Twenty-first Century.
1997	Invited speaker; Center for Health Care Strategies, Boston University School of Management - Medicaid Managed Care: Researching the Practical Realities and Opportunities.
1997	Invited speaker; Medical School Grand Rounds, University of Michigan. Changes in Quality Management in the Evolving Medical Marketplace.
1998	Invited speaker; Medical School Grand Rounds, Columbia University. Quality Management in the 21st Century.
1998	Invited speaker; H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University and Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh Quality Measurement in a Competitive Marketplace.
1998	Invited speaker; Medical School Grand Rounds, University of Hawaii Medical School, Academic Health Centers. The Emerging Issues and Challenges Ahead.
1999	Keynote Speaker, Pacific Business Group on Health, 1st Annual Blue Ribbon Awards Celebration.
2000	Invited Speaker, The Commonwealth Fund Bipartisan, Congressional Health Policy Conference
2000	Invited Speaker, Annual Meeting of the American Board of Internal Medicine
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	PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLES RELATED TO EDUCATION
1986	Director, Workshop on Diagnosis Related Groups - Past and Future National Meeting for the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (SREPCIM)
1986	Moderator, Scientific Abstract Session for Health Care and Epidemiol-ogy American Federation for Clinical Research (AFCR)
1988	Co-Director, Workshop on Methods in Health Services Research National Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)
1988	Moderator, Symposium on Cost-Effectiveness and Drug Formularies, Syntex Corporation
1989	Moderator, Scientific Abstract Session for Health Services Research. Society for General Internal Medicine
1989	Moderator, Scientific Abstract Session for Health Care and Epidemiology American Federation for Clinical Research, Society for General Internal Medicine, Joint Session
1990	Moderator, Scientific Abstract Session on Care for the Uninsured National Meeting of the Association for Health Services Research
1994	Meet-the-professor, National Meeting of the Association for Health Services Research
1995	Moderator, Workshop on policy issues in using report cards to assess quality of care National Meeting of the Association for Health Services Research
1995	Visiting Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
1995	Meet-the-professor, National Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine
1995	Member, Standing Committee of Post-doctoral Fellows, Faculty of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1996	Meet-the-professor, National Meeting of the Association for Health Services Research
1998	Meet-the-professor, National Meeting of the Association for Health Services Research
1998	Visiting Professor, University of Hawaii Medical School.
1999	Moderator, Invited Papers Session on Quality of Care, National Meeting of the Association of Health Services Research
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	TEACHING AWARDS
1982	Nominee, Harvard Medical School Prize for Excellence in Teaching
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	BIBLIOGRAPHY
	Original Reports, Refereed Publications
	1. McPherson K, Strong PM, Epstein A, Jones L. Regional variations in the use of common surgical procedures: Within and between England and Wales, Canada and the United States of America. Soc Sci Med 1981; 15A:273-88. 1A. McPherson K, Strong PM, Epstein A, Jones L. Variazioni regionali nell'uso di procedure chirurgiche comuni: In e tra inghilterra E Galles, Canada, e Stati Uniti D'America. Epid Poer 1993; 17:26-43. 2. Epstein AM, Begg CB, McNeil BJ. The effects of group size on test ordering for hypertensive patients. N Engl J Med 1983; 309:464-8. 3. Epstein AM, Krock S, McNeil BJ. Office laboratory tests: Percep-tions of profitability. Med Care 1984; 22(2):160-66. 4. Read JL, Epstein AM. Aspirin and its expensive substitutes: Prescribing patterns and cost implications. J Comm Health 1984; 9(3):216-221. 5. Epstein AM, Read JL, Winickoff R. Physicians' beliefs, attitudes and prescribing behavior for anti-inflammatory drugs. Am J Med 1984; 77:313-18. 6. Epstein AM, Begg CB, McNeil BJ. The effects of physicians' training and personality on test ordering for ambulatory patients. Am J Public Health 1984; 74:1271-1273. 7. Epstein AM, Hartley RM, Charlton JR, Harris CM, Jarman B, McNeil BJ. A comparison of ambulatory test ordering for hypertensive patients in the United States and England. JAMA 1984; 252:1723-1726. 7A. Epstein AM, Hartley RM, Charlton JR, Harris CM, Jarman B, McNeil BJ. Confronto delle prescrizion ambulatorali di esami diagnostici in pazienti ipertesi negli Stati Uniti ed in Inghilterra. JAMA (Italian) 1985; 2:42-46. 7B. Epstein AM, Hartley RM, Charlton JR, Harris CM, Jarman B, McNeil BJ. A comparison of ambulatory test ordering for hypertensive patients in the United States and England. JAMA (Japanese) 1985; 27-32. 8. Epstein AM, Taylor WC, and Seage GR. Effects of patients' socioeconomic status and physicians' training practice on patient-doctor communication. Am J Med 1985; 78:101-106. 9. Shiang EL, Epstein AM, Goldman L. Who provides gynecologic care? Am J Prev Med. 1985; 1:15-21. 10. Stern RS, Epstein AM. Institutional responses to prospective payment based on Diagnosis Related Groups: Implications for cost, quality, and access. N Engl J Med 1985; 312:621-627. 11. Epstein AM, McNeil BJ. The effects of patient characteristics on ambulatory test ordering. Soc Sci Med 1985; 21(10):1071-1075. 12. Epstein AM, McNeil BJ. Physician characteristics and organiza-tional factors influencing ambulatory test use. Med Decis Making 1985; 5:401-415. 13. Epstein AM, McNeil BJ. The relationship of beliefs and behavior in test ordering for hypertensive patients. Am J Med 1986; 80:865-870. 14. Oster G, Epstein AM. Primary prevention and coronary heart disease: The economic benefits of lowering serum cholesterol. Am J Public Health 1986; 76(6):647-656. 15. Epstein AM, Begg CB, McNeil BJ. The use of ambulatory testing in prepaid and fee-for-service group practices: Relation to perceived profitability. N Engl J Med 1986; 314:1089-1094. 16. Seage GR, Landers S, Barry MA, Groopman J, Lamb GA, Epstein AM. Medical care costs of AIDS in Massachusetts. JAMA 1986; 256:3107-3109. 16A. Seage GR, Landers S, Barry MA, Groopman J, Lamb GA, Epstein AM. Medical Care Costs of AIDS in Massachusetts. Reprinted 1989 - Financing Care for Persons with AIDS: The First Studies, 1985-1988; 55-63. 17. Epstein AM, Hall JA, Besdine R, Cumella E, et. al. The emergence of geriatric assessment units - the "new technology of geriatrics." Ann Int Med 1987; 106:299-303. 18. Fretwell MD, Cutler C, Epstein AM. Outpatient geriatric assessment in a health maintenance organization: Its structure, practice and clinical implications. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 1987; 3:185-191. 19. Hartley RM, Epstein AM, Harris CM, McNeil BJ. Differences in ambulatory test ordering in England and America: The role of doctors' beliefs and attitudes. Am J Med 1987; 82:513-517. 20. Epstein AM, Read JL, Hoefer M. The relation of body weight to length of stay and charges for hospital services for patients undergoing elective surgery: A study of two procedures. Am J Public Health 1987; 77:993-997. 21. Oster G, Epstein AM. Cost-effectiveness of Antihyperlipemic therapy in the prevention of coronary heart disease: The case of Cholestyramine. JAMA 1987; 258:2381-2387. 22. Epstein AM, McNeil BJ. Changes in ambulatory testing for hypertensive patients 1970-1980. Med Care 1988; 26(1):1-8. 23. Epstein AM, Stern RS, Tognetti J, Begg CB, Hartley RM, Cumella E, Ayanian JZ. The association of patients' socioeconomic characteristics with length of hospital stay and hospital charges within Diagnosis Related Groups. N Engl J Med 1988; 318(24):1579-1585. 24. Seage GR, Landers S, Barry MA, Mayer K, Lamb GA, Epstein AM. Medical costs of ambulatory patients with AIDS-related complex (ARC) and/or generalized lymphadenopathy syndrome (GLS) related to HIV infection, 1984-85. Am J Public Health 1988; 78:969-970. 25. Epstein AM, Cumella EC. Capitation payment: Using predictors of medical utilization to adjust rates. Hlth Care Fin Rev 1988; 10(1):51-69. 26. Wenneker M, Epstein AM. Racial inequalities in the use of procedures for patients with ischemic heart disease in Massachusetts. JAMA 1989; 261:253-257. 27. Epstein AM, Hall JH, Tognetti J, Conant L, Son L. Using proxies to evaluate quality of life: Can they provide valid information about patients' health status and satisfaction with medical care? Med Care 1989; 27(3)supplement:S91-S98. 28. Hall JH, Epstein AM, McNeil BJ. Multidimensionality of health status in an elderly population: Construct validity of a measurement battery. Med Care 1989; 27(3)supplement:S168-S177. 29. Buchwald DB, Komaroff AK, Cook F, Epstein AM. Indirect costs for medical education - Is there a July Phenomenon? Archives of Int Med 1989; 149:765-768. 30. Weissman J, Epstein AM. Case mix and resource utilization by uninsured hospital patients in the Boston metropolitan area. JAMA 1989; 261(24):3572-3576. 31. Stern RS, Juhn PI, Gertler PJ, Epstein AM. A comparison of length of stay and costs between health maintenance organization and fee for service patients in an urban teaching hospital. Archives of Int Med 1989; 149:1185-1188. 32. Hall JH, Feldstein M, Fretwell M, Rowe J, Epstein AM. Older patient's health status and satisfaction with health care in an HMO population. Med Care 1990; 28(3):261-9. 33. Epstein AM, Hall JH, Feldstein M, Fretwell M, et al. Consultative geriatric assessment for ambulatory patients: A randomized trial in a health maintenance organization. JAMA 1990; 263(4):538-544. 33A. Epstein AM, Hall JH, Feldstein M, Fretwell M, et al. Geriatrie: interet des bilans systematiques chez les patients ambulatoires. JAMA 1990; 15(202):493. 34. Epstein AM, Stern RS, Weissman J. Do the poor cost more: A multi-hospital study of patients' socioeconomic status and use of hospital resources. N Engl J Med 1990; 322:1122-8. 35. Seage GR, Landers S, Barry MA, Lamb GA, Epstein AM. Effect of changing patterns of care and duration of survival on the cost of treating the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Am J Pub Health 1990; 80(7):835-9. 36. Epstein AM. The outcomes movement, its origins, goals and future: Will it get us where we want to go? N Engl J Med 1990; 323(4):266-70. 37. Udvarhelyi S, Rosborough T, Lofgren RP, Lurie N, Epstein AM. Teaching status and resource use for patients with acute myocardial infarction: A new look at the indirect costs of graduate medical education. Am J Public Health 1990; 80(9):1095-1100. 38. Wenneker MB, Weissman JS, Epstein AM. The association of payer with utilization of cardiac procedures in Massachusetts. JAMA 1990; 264(10):1255-1260. 39. Goldman L, Cook FE, Orav J, Epstein AM, Komaroff AL, Delbanco TL, et al. Research training in clinical effectiveness: Replacing "In my experience..." with rigorous clinical investigation. Clin Res 1990; 38(4):686-693. 40. Weissman JS, Stern RS, Fielding SL, Epstein AM. Delayed access to health care: Risk factors, reasons, and consequences. Ann Int Med 1991; 114(4):325-331. 41. Epstein AM, Bogen J, Thorpe K, Dreyer P, Conolly K. Trends in length of stay and rates of readmission in Massachusetts: Implications for monitoring quality of care. Inquiry 1991; 28:19-28. 42. Ayanian JZ, Epstein AM. Differences in use of procedures between women and men hospitalized for coronary artery disease. N Engl J Med 1991; 325(4):221-225. 43. Udvarhelyi S, Jennison K, Phillips R, Epstein AM. Comparison of the quality of ambulatory care for fee-for-service and prepaid patients. Ann Int Med 1991; 115:394-400. 44. Cleary PD, Epstein AM, Oster G, Morrissey GS, Stason WB, Debussey S, et al. Health-related quality of life among patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Med Care 1991; 29(10):939-950. 45. Stern RS, Weissman JS, Epstein AM. The emergency department as a pathway to admission for poor and high-cost patients. JAMA 1991; 266(16):2238-2243. 46. Udvarhelyi SU, Colditz G, Rai A, Epstein AM. Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses in the medical literature: Are the methods being used correctly? Ann Int Med 1992; 116(3):238-244. 47. Weissman JS, Lukas Van Deusen C, Epstein AM. Bad debt and free care in Massachusetts hospitals. Health Affairs Summer 1992; 11(2):148-161. 48. Blumenthal D, Epstein AM. Physician payment reform: Unfinished business. N Engl J Med 1992; 326(20):1330-1334. 49. Weissman JS, Gatsonis C, Epstein AM. Rates of avoidable hospitalization by insurance status in Massachusetts and Maryland. JAMA 1992; 268(17):2388-94. 50. Udvarhelyi IS, Gatsonis C, Epstein AM, Pashos C, Newhouse JP, McNeil BJ. Acute myocardial infarction in the Medicare population. Process of care and clinical outcomes. JAMA 1992; 268(18):2530-2536. 51. Fowler FJ, Massagli MP, Weissman JS, Seage GR, Cleary PD, Epstein AM. Some methodologic lessons for doing surveys of persons with AIDS. Med Care 1992; 30(11):1059-1066. 52. Stone VE, Seage GR, Hertz T, Epstein AM. The relation between hospital experience and outcome for patients with AIDS. JAMA 1992; 268(1):2655-2661. 52A. Stone VE, Seage GR, Hertz T, Epstein AM. Relacion entre experiencia hospitalaria y mortalidad en los pacientes con sida. JAMA 1993; 8(1):437-445. 53. Haas JS, Udvarhelyi IS, Morris CN, Epstein AM. The effect of providing health coverage to poor uninsured pregnant women in Massachusetts. JAMA 1993; 269(1):87-91. 54. Hall JH, Millburn M, Epstein AM. A causal model of health status and satisfaction with medical care. Med Care 1993; 31(1):84-94. 55. Blendon RJ, Donelan K, Leitman R, Epstein AM, Cantor J, Cohen A, et al. Physicians' perspectives on caring for patients in the United States, Canada, and West Germany. N Engl J Med 1993; 328(14):1011-16. 56. Ayanian JZ, Udvarhelyi IS, Gatsonis CA, Pashos CL, Epstein AM. Racial differences in the use of revascularization procedures after coronary angiography. JAMA 1993; 269(20):2642-46. 56A. Ayanian JZ, Udvarhelyi IS, Gatsonis CA, Pashos CL, Epstein AM. Racial differences in the use of revascularization procedures after coronary angiography. JAMA Pakistan 1993; 5(6):312-316. 57. Hall JH, Epstein AM, DeCiantis ML, McNeil BJ. Physicians' liking for their patients. More evidence for the role of affect in medical care. Health Psychology 1993; 12(2):140-4. 58. Haas JS, Udvarhelyi IS, Epstein AM. The impact of expanded statewide health coverage for poor uninsured pregnant women on maternal health outcomes and the use of cesarean section. JAMA 1993; 270(1):61-64. 59. Cleary PD, Fowler FJ, Weissman JS, Massagli MP, Seage G, Gatsonis G, Epstein AM. Health related quality of life in persons with AIDS. Med Care 1993; 31(7):369-80. 60. Epstein AM, Blumenthal D. Physician payment reform: Past and future. The Milbank Quarterly 1993; 71(2):193-215. 61. Haas JS, Weissman JS, Cleary PD, Goldberg J, Gastonis C, Seage GR, et al. Discussion of preferences for life sustaining care by persons with AIDS. Predictors of failure in patient-physician communication. Archives of Int Med 1993; 153(10):1241-8. 62. Ayanian JZ, Kohler BA, Abe T, Epstein AM. The relationship of health insurance coverage to clinical outcomes of women with breast cancer. N Engl J Med 1993; 329(5):326-331. 63. Seage GR, Hertz T, Stone VE, Epstein AM. The effect of intravenous drug use and gender on the costs of hospitalization for patients with AIDS. J AIDS 1993; 6(7):831-9. 64. Blendon RJ, Donelan K, Leitman R, Epstein AM, et al. Reform lessons learned from physicians in three nations. Health Affairs 1993; 12(3):194-203. 65. Epstein AM. Changes in the delivery of care under comprehensive health reform. N Engl J Med 1993; 329(22):1672-6. 66. Weissman JS, Stern RS, Epstein AM. The impact of patient socioeconomic status and other social factors on readmission: A prospective study in four Massachusetts hospitals. Inquiry 1994; 31(2):163-172. 67. Mort EA, Weissman JS, Epstein AM. Physician discretion and racial variation in the use of surgical procedures. Archives of Int Med 1994; 154(7):761-767. 68. Haas JS, Cleary PD, Guadagnoli E, Fanta C, Epstein AM. The impact of socioeconomic status on the intensity of ambulatory treatment and health outcomes after hospital discharge for adults with asthma. JGIM 1994; 9(3):121-126. 69. Pashos CL, Normand SL, Garfinkle JB, Newhouse JP, Epstein AM, McNeil BJ. Trends in the use of drug therapies in patients with acute myocardial infarction: 1988-1992. J Am Coll Cardiol 1994; 23(5):1023-1030. 70. Haas JS, Brandenburg JA, Udvarhelyi IS, Epstein AM. Creating a comprehensive database to evaluate health coverage for pregnant women: The completeness and validity of a computerized linkage algorithm. Med Care 1994; 32(10):1053-1057. 71. Oster G, Huse DM, Lacey MJ, Epstein AM. Cost-effectiveness of Ticlopidine in preventing stroke in high-risk patients. Stroke 1994; 25(6):1149-1156. 72. Massagli MP, Weissman JS, Seage GR, Epstein AM. Correlates of employment after AIDS diagnosis in the Boston Health Study. Am J Public Health 1994; 84(12):1976-1981. 73. Weissman JS, Makadon HJ, Seage GS, Massagli MP, Gatsonis C, Bennett IE, Epstein AM. Changes in insurance status and access to care by persons with AIDS in the Boston Health Study. Am J Public Health 1994; 84(12):1997-2000. 74. Normand SL, Morris C, Pashos CL, McNeil BJ, Epstein AM. Development and validation of a claims based index for adjusting for risk of mortality: The case of acute myocardial infarction. J Clin Epidemiol 1995; 48(2):229-243. 75. Oster G, Borok GM, Menzin J, Heyse JF, Epstein RS, Quinn V, Benson V, Dudl JR, Epstein AM. A randomized trial to assess effectiveness and cost in clinical practice: Rationale and design of the Cholesterol-Reduction Intervention Study (CRIS). Controlled Clinical Trials 1995; 16:3-16. 76. Epstein AM. U.S. teaching hospitals in the evolving health care system. JAMA 1995; 273(15):1203-1207. 77. Gatsonis C, Newhouse J, Epstein AM, McNeil B. Variations in the utilization of coronary angiography for elderly patients with an acute myocardial infarction. An analysis using hierarchial logistic regression. Med Care 1995; 33(6):625-642. 78. Epstein AM. Performance reports on quality - Prototypes, problems, and prospects. N Engl J Med 1995; 333(1):57-61. 78A. Epstein AM. Leistungberichte zur Qualität -- Prototypen, Probleme und Aussichten. Managed Care: Ursachen, Prinzipien, Formen und Effekte, 1997;149-156. 79. Epstein AM, Seage GS, Weissman JS, Cleary PD, Gastonis C, Fowler FJ, et al. Costs of medical care and out-of-pocket expenditures for persons with AIDS in the Boston Health Study. Inquiry 1995; 32(2):211-221. 80. Fowler FJ, Cleary PD, Massagli MP, Weissman J, Epstein AM. The role of reluctance to give up life in measurement of health status. Med Decision Making 1995; 15:195-200. 81. Oster G, Borok GH, Menzin J, Heyse JE, Epstein RS, Quinn V, Benson V, Dudl JR, Epstein AM. A randomized trial to assess the effectiveness and cost of cholesterol-reduction in clinical practice. Archives of Int Med 1996; 156:731-739. 82. Schneider EC, Epstein AM. Performance reports on cardiac surgery. Influence on referral practices and access to care. N Engl J Med 1996; 335(4):251-6. 83. Weissman JS, Cleary PD, Seage GR, Gatsonis C, Haas JS, Chasan-Taber S, Epstein AM. The influence of health-related quality of life and social characteristics on hospital use by patients with AIDS in the Boston Health Study. Med Care 1996;34(10):1037-1056. 84. Seage GR, Gatsonis C, Weissman J, Haas J, et al. The Boston AIDS Survival Score (BASS): A multidimensional AIDS severity adjustment. Am J Pub Health 1997;87(4):567-573. 85. Epstein AM. Medicaid managed care and high quality: can we have both? JAMA 1997;278(19):1617-1621. 86. Ayanian JZ, Epstein AM. Attitudes about treatment of coronary heart disease among women and men presenting for exercise testing. J Gen Intern Med 1997;12: 311-314. 87. Landon BE, Tobias C, Epstein AM. Quality management by state Medicaid agencies converting to managed care: plans and current practice. JAMA 1998; 279(3): 211-216. 88. Schneider EC, Epstein AM. Patient use of performance reports: a survey of cardiac surgery patients. JAMA 1998; 279(20):1638-1642. 89. Epstein AM. Rolling down the runway: the challenges ahead for quality report cards. JAMA 1998; 279(21): 1691-1696. 90. Ayanian JZ, Weissman JS, Chasan-Taber S, Epstein AM. Quality of care for two common conditions in teaching and non-teaching hospitals. Health Affairs 1998; 17 (6): 194-205. 91. Epstein AM, Newhouse JP. The impact in Medicaid expansion for pregnant women on early prenatal care, use of cesarean section and maternal and infant health outcomes in South Carolina and California. Health Care Fin Rev Summer 1998; 19(4): 85-99. 92. Weissman J, Ayanian J, Sherwood M, Chasen-Taber S, Sherwood MJ, Roth C, Epstein AM. Hospital readmissions and quality of care. Medical Care 1999; 37(5): 490-501. 93. Ayanian J, Weissman J, Chasen-Taber S, Epstein AM. Quality of care by race and gender for congestive heart failure and pneumonia. Medical Care 1999; 37(12):1260-1269. 94. Landon B and Epstein AM. Quality management practices in Medicaid managed care: a national survey of "Medicaid" and commercial health plans participating in the Medicaid program. JAMA 1999; 282(18):1769-1775. 95. Ayanian JZ, Cleary PD, Weissman JS, Epstein AM. The effect of patients’ preferences on racial differences in access to renal transplantation. N Engl J Med 1999; 341:1661-1669. 96. Zaslavsky AM, Hochheimer JN, Schneider EC, Cleary PD, Seidman JJ, McGlynn EA, Thompson JW, Sennett C, Epstein AM. Impact of sociodemographic case mix on the HEDIS measures of health plan quality. Med Care; in press. 97. Epstein AM, Ayanian JZ, Keogh JH, Noonan SJ, Armistead N, Cleary PD, Weissman J, David-Kasdan JA, Carlson D, Fuller J, Marsh D. Racial disparities in access to renal transplantation: are they due to clinical appropriateness, underuse, or overuse? Submitted May 2000; under review. 98. Guadagnoli E, Epstein AM, Zaslavsky A, Shaul JA, Veroff D, Fowler Jr. FJ, Cleary PD. Providing consumers with information about the quality of health plans: the consumer assessment of health plans demonstration in Washington state. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement 2000:26:410-420.
	Books
	1. Weissman JS and Epstein AM. Falling Through the Safety Net: Insurance status and access to health care. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. (Winner of the Kulp-Wright Award given by the American Risk and Insurance Association for the best new book on life and health insurance.)
	Chapters, Editorials, Book Reviews
	1. Epstein AM, Thompson M, Sawicki S. Radial Keratotomy. In Frazier et al: Impact on Health Costs of NCHCT Recommendations for Nonreimbursement for Medical Procedures. Washington D.C.: National Center for Health Care Technology Monograph Series, 1981; 22-29. 2. Epstein AM. Prescribing Practice and Drug Usage (Book Review). Soc Sci Med 1982; 16:929. 3. Epstein AM, McNeil BJ. Factors influencing ambulatory test use. In Sailly J.C. ed. Proceedings of Colloque International d'Economie de la Sante: Analysis of medical prescription - diagnostic tests and pharmaceutical products. Lille, France: Centre de Recherches Economiques Sociologiques et de Gestion, 1984. 4. Epstein AM, Oster G. Cholesterol reduction and health policy: Taking clinical science to patient care. Ann Int Med 1987; 106:621-623. 5. O'Malley PJ, Epstein AM. Immunization of the adult. In Branch WT, ed. Office Practice of Medicine. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders, 1987. 6. Epstein AM, McNeil BJ. Variations in ambulatory test use: What do they mean? Med Clin of North Am 1987; 71:705-717. 7. Huse D, Oster G, Weisbrod B, Read JL, Luce B, Epstein AM. The Cost-effectiveness of Transdermal nitroglycerin in the Michigan Medicaid program: A preliminary report. In VanEimeren W, and Horisberger B. eds. Socioeconomic Evaluation of Drug Therapy. Berlin, West Germany: Springer Verlag, 1988; p 119-131. 8. Landers SJ, Seage GR, Lamb GA, Epstein AM. Cost of hospital services by AIDS patients from diagnosis to death. Managing AIDS Services and Resources, Selected readings from a National Conference, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, University of South Carolina, School of Public Health, August 1988. 9. Epstein AM. General comments of conference participants. In Bunker JP, Gomby DS, Kehrer BH, eds. Pathways to Health: The Role of Social Factors. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, California, 1989; pp. 223-226. 10. Epstein AM. Changing physician behavior. Increasing challenges for the 1990s. Archives Int Med 1991; 151(11):2147-2149. 11. Jahnigen DW, Applegate WB, Cohen HJ, Epstein AM, Granger C, Hogan D, et al. Working group recommendations: Research on content and efficacy of geriatric evaluation and management interventions. J Am Geriatr Soc, 1991; 39:42S-44S. 12. Gunnar RM, Anderson TO, Cooper RS, Epstein AM, Iezzoni LI. Task force 2: Human and systems resources for cardiovascular care. JACC 1991; 19(7):1460-1464. 13. Epstein AM. Long-term strategies for health care. Hearings before the Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives. One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, April, 1991: Serial 102-33. 14. Weissman JS, Epstein AM. The insurance gap: Does it make a difference? Ann Rev Pub Health 1993; 14:243-70. 15. Epstein AM. Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of pharmacologic therapy: Where we’ve been and where we’re going. J AIDS 1995; 10(Suppl 4):S1-S5. 16. Epstein AM. The role of quality measurement in a competitive marketplace. Altman S. & Reinhardt U. Eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Health Administration Press: Chicago, pp. 207-234, 1995. 17. Epstein AM. Definition, History, Scope, and Characteristics of Physician Report Cards. Report of the 1995 ABIM Summer Conference. Physician Assessment in the 21st Century: ABIM_s Role. ABIM Communications: pp. 35-40, 1995. 18. Epstein AM. Use of diagnostic tests and therapeutic procedures in a changing health care environment. JAMA 1996; 275(15):1197-1198. 19. Blumenthal D, Epstein, AM. The Role of Physicians in the Future of Quality Management. N Engl J Med 1996; 335(17):1328-1331. 20. Epstein AM. On the Road to Reform. Harvard Med School Alumni Bulletin 1997;70(4):12-15. 21. Berndt ER, Cockburn IM, Cocks DL, Epstein AM, and Griliches Z. Is Price Inflation Different for the Elderly? An Empirical Analysis of Prescription Drugs. Chapter 2 in Alan Garber, editor, Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Vol. 1, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press for the National Bureau of Economic Reearch, 1998, pp. 33-75. 21a. Berndt ER, Cockburn IM, Cocks DL, Epstein AM, and Griliches Z. Prescription Drug Prices for the Elderly. U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Monthly Labor Review, September 1998, 23-34. 22. Epstein, AM. Quality management in Medicaid Managed Care. Remaking Medicaid: Managed Care for the Public Good. Stephen Davidson and Stephen Somers, Editors. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers. Summer 1998. 23. Epstein, AM. Public Release of Public Performance Data: A Progress Report From the Front. JAMA 2000;283(14):1884-1886. 24. Cutler D, Epstein AM, Frank RG, Hartman R, King III, C, Newhouse JP, Rosenthal MB, Vigdor ER. How good a deal was the tobacco settlement?: assessing payments to Massachusetts. Working Paper 7747. National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. Top