Ph.D. Economist, About
Dr. Shafrin is a Healthcare Economist working to quantative analysis improve the quality and efficiency of the American health care system. After receiving a PhD in Economics from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Dr. Shafrin put his quantiative and analytical skills to practical use by working for Acumen, LLC. As a Research Associate, he has worked on projects to: develop a value-based purchasing system in Medicare for both the physician and home health settings, improve the methodology to estimate geographic differences in the price of labor, and propose methodologies to improve estimates of national health expenditure over the next 75 years. Dr. Shafrin's published research examines such topics as: how physician compensation affects surgery rates and whether the CDC's vaccine distribution system is efficient. In addition, Dr. Shafrin is the founder and editor of the Healthcare Economist blog.Specialties
Health economics, health services research, applied econometrics, pay-for-performance, expenditure forecasting, Medicare payment policy, Stata programming.Contact information
Email
jshafrin@acumenllc.com
Phone
650.558.8882 x185
Address
500 Airport Blvd, Suite 365
Burlingame, CA 94010 (map)
Last updated 5 December 2010