Jayanta Bhattacharya

Professional Education

• PhD, Stanford University Economics (2000)
• MD, Stanford University (1997)

Web Site Links

• Profile at CHP/PCOR

Research Interests

I have published empirical economics and health services research on the elderly, adolescents, HIV/AIDS and managed care. Most recently, I have been working on the labor market consequences of the obesity epidemic. I have researched the regulation of the viatical-settlements market (a secondary life-insurance market that often targets HIV patients) and summer/winter differences in nutritional outcomes for low-income American families. I am working on a project examining the labor-market conditions that help determine why some U.S. employers do not provide health insurance.

Publications

• The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in Africa: an evaluation of outcomes. Bendavid E,  Bhattacharya J.  Ann Intern Med.  2009; 150 (10): 688-95
• Insuring the Near-Elderly: How Much Would Medicare Save? Bhattacharya J,  Ann Intern Med.  2009;
• Hormone replacement therapy and cardiovascular health in the United States. Shetty KD,  Vogt WB, Bhattacharya J.  Med Care.  2009; 47 (5): 600-6
• Cost implications of reduced work hours and workloads for resident physicians. Nuckols TK,  Bhattacharya J, Wolman DM, Ulmer C, Escarce JJ.  N Engl J Med.  2009; 360 (21): 2202-15
• The incidence of the healthcare costs of obesity. Bhattacharya J,  Bundorf MK.  J Health Econ.  2009; 28 (3): 649-58
• Chronic disease and severe disability among working-age populations. Bhattacharya J,  Choudhry K, Lakdawalla D.  Med Care.  2008; 46 (1): 92-100
• Changes in hospital mortality associated with residency work-hour regulations. Shetty KD,  Bhattacharya J.  Ann Intern Med.  2007; 147 (2): 73-80
• Estimating probit models with self-selected treatments. Bhattacharya J,  Goldman D, McCaffrey D.  Stat Med.  2006; 25 (3): 389-413
• Specialty Selection and Lifetime Returns to Specialization Within Medicine Bhattacharya J,  Journal of Human Resources.  2005; 40 (1): 115-143
• Technological advances in cancer and future spending by the elderly. Bhattacharya J,  Shang B, Su CK, Goldman DP.  Health Aff (Millwood).  2005; 24 Suppl 2 W5R53-66
• Are the young becoming more disabled? Lakdawalla DN,  Bhattacharya J, Goldman DP.  Health Aff (Millwood).  2004 Jan-Feb; 23 (1): 168-76
• Poverty, food insecurity, and nutritional outcomes in children and adults. Bhattacharya J,  Currie J, Haider S.  J Health Econ.  2004; 23 (4): 839-62
• Disability forecasts and future Medicare costs. Bhattacharya J,  Cutler DM, Goldman DP, Hurd MD, Joyce GF, Lakdawalla DN, Panis CW, Shang B.  Front Health Policy Res.  2004; 7 75-94
• Price Regulation in Secondary Insurance Markets Bhattacharya J,  Goldman D, Sood N.  Journal of Risk and Insurance.  2004; 71 (4): 643-75
• Impacts of informal caregiver availability on long-term care expenditures in OECD countries. Yoo BK,  Bhattacharya J, McDonald KM, Garber AM.  Health Serv Res.  2004; 39 (6 Pt 2): 1971-92
• A Simple Model of Pharmaceutical Price Dynamics Bhattacharya J,  Vogt WB.  Journal of Law and Economics.  2003; 46 (2): 599-626
• Forecasting the nursing home population. Lakdawalla D,  Goldman DP, Bhattacharya J, Hurd MD, Joyce GF, Panis CW.  Med Care.  2003; 41 (1): 8-20
• The link between public and private insurance and HIV-related mortality. Bhattacharya J,  Goldman D, Sood N.  J Health Econ.  2003; 22 (6): 1105-22
• Heat or eat? Cold-weather shocks and nutrition in poor American families. Bhattacharya J,  DeLeire T, Haider S, Currie J.  Am J Public Health.  2003; 93 (7): 1149-54
• Comparing severity of impairment for different permanent upper extremity musculoskeletal injuries. Reville RT,  Neuhauser FW, Bhattacharya J, Martin C.  J Occup Rehabil.  2002; 12 (3): 205-21
• Personal choices of health plans by managed care experts. Studdert DM,  Bhattacharya J, Schoenbaum M, Warren B, Escarce JJ.  Med Care.  2002; 40 (5): 375-86
• Comparing Measures of Overtime across BLS Surveys Deleire T,  Bhattacharya J, MaCurdy T.  Industrial Relations.  2002; 41 (2): 362-69
• Optimal Contributions to Flexible Spending Accounts Bhattacharya J,  Schoenbaum M, Sood N.  Economics Letters.  2002; 76 (1): 129-35
• New methods and data sources for measuring economic consequences of workplace injuries. Reville RT,  Bhattacharya J, Sager Weinstein LR.  Am J Ind Med.  2001; 40 (4): 452-63
• Health plan choice and information about out-of-pocket costs: an experimental analysis. Schoenbaum M,  Spranca M, Elliott M, Bhattacharya J, Short PF.  Inquiry.  2001; 38 (1): 35-48
• The impact of state policy on the costs of HIV infection. Goldman DP,  Bhattacharya J, Leibowitz AA, Joyce GF, Shapiro MF, Bozzette SA.  Med Care Res Rev.  2001; 58 (1): 31-53; discussion 54-9
• The Effect of Insurance on Mortality in an HIV+ Population in Care Goldman D,  Bhattacharya J, McCaffrey D, Duan N, Leibowitz A, Morton S..  Journal of the American Statistical Association.  2001; 96 (455): 883-894
• The design of Healthcare for Communities: a study of health care delivery for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health conditions. Sturm R,  Gresenz C, Sherbourne C, Minnium K, Klap R, Bhattacharya J, Farley D, Young AS, Burnam MA, Wells KB.  Inquiry.  1999; 36 (2): 221-33
• Cause-Specific Mortality among Medicare Enrollees Bhattacharya J,  Garber A, MaCurdy T.  Inquiries in the economics of aging.  1998; 311-24
• The Utilization of Outpatient Medical Services in Japan Bhattacharya J,  Vogt WB, Yoshikawa A, Nakahara T.  Journal of Human Resources.  1996; 31 (2): 450-76