Edward Norton

Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center.
Professor, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health.
Professor, Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests: Dr. Norton's research interests in health economics include long-term care and aging, econometrics, and the use of biomarkers in social science research. Dr. Norton has led several studies of the economics of long-term care and aging. He has studied how nursing home reimbursement affects quality and cost of care, the extent of adverse selection and the bequest motive in the private long-term care insurance market, and the behavioral effect of Medicaid long-term care insurance on residents who enter a nursing home as private payers.

ecnorton@umich.edu

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Modi, Parth K., Edward Norton, Samuel R. Kaufman, Tudor Borza, Phyllis Yan, David C. Miller, Ted A. Skolarus, John M. Hollingsworth, et al. 2018. "Variation in prostate cancer treatment and spending among Medicare shared savings program accountable care organizations." Cancer, 124(16): 3364-3371.

VonAchen, P., Rodney A. Hayward, Edward Norton, B. Denton, and C. Ellimoottil. Forthcoming. "The Challenge of Measuring Surgeon Spending for Payment Policies." Annals of Surgery.

Norton, Edward. 2018. "Long-term care and pay-for-performance programs." Review of Development Economics, 22(3): 1005-1021.

Norton, Edward, Bryan E. Dowd, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. 2018. "Odds Ratios-Current Best Practice and Use." JAMA, 320(1): 84-85.

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Essays on the Heterogeneous Effects of Medicare Advantage (AHRQ)

Understanding the relationship between Medicare's Readmission Reduction program and 30-day readmissions among patients in Michigan with private insurance (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation)

Imaging Practices and Overdiagnosis of Thyroid Cancer (AHRQ R01) (AHRQ)

Evaluating Policies for Improving Surgical Care in the Elderly (NIA)

Effects of accountable care organizations on post-acute care (AHRQ)

Population Health Strategies for Reducing Surgical Costs (AHRQ)

Will the Reach of ACOs Extend to Specialty Care? (AHRQ)

"Enhanced Recovery" Protocols and the Cost and Quality of Inpatient Surgery (NIA)

Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Variation in Emergency Department Hospitalization Practices Across the United States (AHRQ)

Accountable care organizations and the diffusion of new surgical procedures (NIA)

Medical Consultants and the Value of Hospital Care (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation)

Toward More Effective "Enhanced Recovery" Protocols for Major Surgery in Older Adults (NIA)

Understanding optimal delivery systems for cancer care (NCI)

Understanding Quality and Costs in Congenital Heart Surgery (NHLBI)

Long-Term Comparative Effectiveness of the Lap Band (NIDDK)

Explaining Variation in Mortality after Pediatric Cardiac Surgery (NHLBI)

Improving Patient Decisions About Bariatric Surgery (PCORI)

Improving Cost-Benefit Analysis of Tobacco Regulation (NCI)

Causes and Consequences of Health Care Efficiency (NIA)

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