Frank Sloan
J. Alex McMahon Professor, Health Policy
Appointment:
Frank Sloan
J. Alex McMahon Professor, Health Policy
Professor Sloan is interested in studying the subjects of health policy and the economics of aging, hospitals, health, pharmaceuticals, and substance abuse. He has received funding from numerous research grants that he earned for studies of which he was the principal investigator. His most recent grants were awarded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Center for Disease Control, the Pew Charitable Trust, and the National Institute on Aging. Titles of his projects include, "Why Mature Smokers Do Not Quit," "Legal and Economic Vulnerabilities of the Master Settlement Agreement," "Determinants and Cost of Alcohol Abuse Among the Elderly and Near-elderly," and "Reinsurance Markets and Public Policy." He received the Investigator Award for his work on the project, "Reoccurring Crises in Medical Malpractice." Some of his earlier works include the studies entitled, "Policies to Attract Nurses to Underserved Areas," "The Impact of National Economic Conditions on the Health Care of the Poor-Access," and "Analysis of Physician Price and Output Decisions." Professor Sloan's latest research continues to investigate the trends and repercussions of medical malpractice, physician behavior, and hospital behavior.
Publications
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Myers A, Ristau B, Mossanen M, Tyson MD, Chisolm S, Sloan F, et al. Patient reported treatment burden and attitudes towards in-home intravesical therapy among patients with bladder cancer. Urologic oncology. 2024 Feb;42(2):29.e17-29.e22.Sloan FA, Valdmanis VG. Relative Productivity of For-Profit Hospitals: A Big or a Little Deal? Medical care research and review : MCRR. 2023 Aug;80(4):355–71.Wu B, Luo H, Tan C, Qi X, Sloan FA, Kamer AR, et al. Diabetes, Edentulism, and Cognitive Decline: A 12-Year Prospective Analysis. J Dent Res. 2023 Jul;102(8):879–86.Smith VK, Taylor DH, Sloan FA, Johnson FR, Desvousges WH. Do smokers respond to health shocks? In: The Economics of Environmental Risk: Information, Perception and Valuation. 2022. p. 255–67.
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