Understanding Healthcare Economics (ePub)

Jeanne Wendel, PhD Economics:

Dr. Wendel is a Professor of Economics at the University of Nevada Reno. Her interest in health economics was jump-started in the early 1990s, when a hospital bought half of her time from the UNR College of Business. She attended the first four-week Advanced Training conducted by Dr. Brent James, at LDS Hospital in Utah, and then served on the Design Team that implemented a quality improvement program at the hospital. Recently, she worked with co-authors to evaluate the health information exchange in Nevada, analyze questions posed by a state Medicaid program, and evaluate the impact of incentives on wellness behaviors. She has coauthored published papers on the impacts of wellness, preventive care and disease management programs, and the impact of weight-gain on smoking cessation efforts. She has also coauthored published papers on quality improvement, hospital costs, the impact of organization size on risk, he impact of bundled payments efficiency, and the impact of competition on hospital provision of uncompensated care.

William O'Donahue, PhD:

William O'Donahue, PhD is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada Reno. He received his doctorate in psychology from SUNY at Stony Brook and has published over 75 books and 200 journal articles. He has directed the Victims of Crime Treatment Center for 20 years where children who have been sexually abused and women who have been sexually assaulted can receive free treatment. He has also helped numerous organizations forms and sustain integrated care delivery systems.

Teresa D. Serratt PhD, RN: