Joel W. Hay
An expert on health insurance reform, medical costs, and comparative effectiveness research
Professor of Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, USC School of Pharmacy
Professor of Economics, USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Contact at: (323) 442-3296 or jhay@usc.edu
Expertise:
- health economics
- pharmaceutical economics
- HIV/AIDS medical costs and
epidemiology
- health insurance reform
- cost/benefit analysis, and comparative effectiveness research
- economic assessment of medical
technology and medical interventions
- public policy issues relating to substance
abuse
- socioeconomic costs of drug and alcohol
abuse -- the harm users do to others
- perinatal consequences of maternal drug
and alcohol abuse
- economic costs of drug-related crime
- costs of drug-prohibition laws and supply
interdiction
- drug legalization -- arguments pro and con
Additional Information:
- Founding editor-in-chief of Value in Health, the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
- Author of Health Care in Hong Kong: An Economic Policy Assessment (1992)
- Author of numerous health-related op-ed pieces published in The Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Newsday and The Sacramento Bee
- Consultant to U.S. Health Care Financing Administration, U.S. Agency for Health Care and Policy Research, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Public Health Service, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Hungarian Parliament and the Rand Corp.