• PHD Economics, The University of Wisconsin - Madison 1987
Specialization:
Health Economics
Relevant Experience:
• 2011-2012 Senior Advisor at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Dept. of Health and Human Services, USA
Distinctions:
• 2011-2012 Health and Aging Policy Fellow, Washington DC
Dissertations and Theses Supervised in Past 5 Years:
5
Recent Publications:
• 2017 Jakubowski, A, SC Stearns, ME Kruk, G Angeles, H Thirumurthy. “The US President’s Malaria Initiative and Under-Five Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Difference-In-Differences Analysis.” PLOS Medicine. http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002319
• 2017 Maynard, A., SA Altman, SC Stearns. “Redistribution and redesign in health care: An ebbing tide in England versus growing concerns in the United States.” (Editorial) Health Economics. Epub ahead of print: 4 May 2017. DOI: 10.1002/hec.3516
• 2015 Do, YK, EC Norton, SC Stearns, C Van Houtven. “Informal Care and Caregiver’s Health.” Health Economics. DOI: 10.1002/hec.3012. 24:224-237, 2015.
• 2015 Geissler, K, GM Holmes, C Becker, SC Stearns, H Thirumurthy. "The Relationship Between Violence in Northern Mexico and Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations in the US-Mexico Border Region." Journal of Public Health, doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdv012, 2015.
• 2014 Geissler, K, GM Holmes, C Becker, SC Stearns, H Thirumurthy. "Exploring the association of homicides in northern Mexico and healthcare access for US residents." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Published online 11 June 2014. DOI 10.1007/s10903-014-0053-4.
• 2013 Ku, LJ, SC Stearns, CH Van Houtven, SYD Lee, P Dilworth-Anderson, TR Konrad. “The Impact of Caring for Grandchildren on the Health of Grandparents in Taiwan.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt090. 68(6):1009-1021, 2013.
• 2012 Ku, LJE, SC Stearns, Van Houtven, CH, GM Holmes. “The Health Effects of Caregiving by Grandparents in Taiwan: an Instrumental Variable Estimation.” Review of Economics of the Household. DOI: 10.1007/s11150-012-9154-9, 10(4):521-540, December 2012.
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