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Member Information
Alan Hillman, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Care Systems
Associate Dean for Health Services Research, School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Office Phone: 215-898-9400
Office Fax: 215-573-7025
Email: garnetla@mail.med.upenn.edu
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Education: MD 1981, Cornell University Medical College ; MBA 1986, University of Pennsylvania
Keywords: health economics, health services research
Research and/or Clinical Interests:
Health economics; technology assessment; financial incentives to physicians; cost-effectiveness analysis; health policy
Summary:
Cost-effectiveness analysis and decision analysis-based economic evaluations of new pharmaceutical, devices, and other technologies, focusing on developing methodology to avoid bias in such studies and to convert data from controlled, clinical trials into information relevant to the way doctors actually practice. Analysis of the contractual arrangements between physicians and managed care, emphasizing the financial incentives guidelines used to influence practice patterns of health care providers.
Representative Publications (with M.V. Pauly and J. Kerstein):
"How Do Financial Incentives Affect Physicians' Clinical Decisions and the Financial Performance of Health Maintenance Organizations?" The New England Journal of Medicine 321 (1989).
"Financial Incentives for Physicians in HMOs: Is There a Conflict of Interest?" The New England Journal of Medicine 317 (1987).
"Managing the Physicians: Rules Versus Incentives." Health Affairs 10.4 (1991).
