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67
Citations
21193
World Ranking
892
National Ranking
424

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

José J. Escarce is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within health professions, economics, and public health, with a particular focus on healthcare policy and management, primary care, and geriatric care.

Their work is published across a variety of academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Health Services Research
  • Medical Care
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • JAMA Health Forum
  • PLoS ONE

Escarce's research topics cover a wide range of subjects, such as:

  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Healthcare Systems and Technology

Their main fields of study include Health Professions and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with subfields highlighting general health professions, economics and econometrics, public health, environmental and occupational health, and health-related organizational behavior.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Peter J. Huckfeldt
  • Maria DeYoreo
  • Cheryl L. Damberg
  • Neeraj Sood
  • Ioana Popescu

Selected recent papers include:

  • Intergenerational Associations between Parents' and Children's Adverse Childhood Experience Scores, 2021, Children
  • Health system affiliation of physician organizations and quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries who have high needs, 2020, Health Services Research
  • Racial and ethnic disparities in care for health system-affiliated physician organizations and non-affiliated physician organizations, 2020, Health Services Research
  • Effects of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on the Distribution of New General Internists Across States, 2021, Medical Care
  • Geographic Variation in Medicare Fee-for-Service Health Care Expenditures Before and After the Passage of the Affordable Care Act, 2021, JAMA Health Forum

Escarce was named a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2008, recognizing their contributions to the field.

Best Publications

  • The Effect of Race and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Catheterization

    Kevin A. Schulman;Jesse A. Berlin;William Harless;Jon F. Kerner

  • Participation of Patients 65 Years of Age or Older in Cancer Clinical Trials

    Joy H. Lewis;Meredith L. Kilgore;Dana P. Goldman;Edward L. Trimble

  • Immigrants And Health Care: Sources Of Vulnerability

    Kathryn Pitkin Derose;José J. Escarce;Nicole Lurie

  • Effectiveness of Remote Patient Monitoring After Discharge of Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure: The Better Effectiveness After Transition–Heart Failure (BEAT-HF) Randomized Clinical Trial

    Michael K. Ong;Michael K. Ong;Patrick S. Romano;Sarah Edgington;Harriet U. Aronow

  • Survival of Medicare Patients After Enrollment in Hospice Programs

    Nicholas A. Christakis;José J. Escarce

  • Pharmacy Benefits and the Use of Drugs by the Chronically Ill

    Dana P. Goldman;Geoffrey F. Joyce;Jose J. Escarce;Jennifer E. Pace

  • SOCIOECONOMIC, CULTURAL, AND BEHAVIORAL FACTORS AFFECTING HISPANIC HEALTH OUTCOMES

    Leo S. Morales;Marielena Lara;Raynard Kington;Robert Otto Burciaga Valdez

  • Neighborhood socioeconomic status and fruit and vegetable intake among whites, blacks, and Mexican Americans in the United States

    Tamara Dubowitz;Melonie Heron;Chloe E. Bird;Nicole Lurie

  • Racial differences in the elderly's use of medical procedures and diagnostic tests.

    J J Escarce;K R Epstein;D C Colby;J S Schwartz

  • Review: immigrants and health care access, quality, and cost.

    Kathryn Pitkin Derose;Benjamin W. Bahney;Nicole Lurie;José J. Escarce

  • Revised Estimates of Diagnostic Test Sensitivity and Specificity in Suspected Biliary Tract Disease

    Judy A. Shea;Jesse A. Berlin;José J. Escarce;John R. Clarke;John R. Clarke

  • Developing Predictive Models of Health Literacy

    Laurie T. Martin;Teague Ruder;Jose J. Escarce;Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar

  • Employer Drug Benefit Plans and Spending on Prescription Drugs

    Geoffrey F. Joyce;José J. Escarce;Matthew D. Solomon;Dana P. Goldman

  • Admission Source to the Medical Intensive Care Unit Predicts Hospital Death Independent of APACHE II Score

    José J. Escarce;Mark A. Kelley

  • Medicare spending and outcomes after postacute care for stroke and hip fracture.

    Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin;Carrie Hoverman Colla;Partha Deb;Neeraj Sood

  • Neighborhoods and cumulative biological risk profiles by race/ethnicity in a national sample of U.S. adults: NHANES III.

    Sharon Stein Merkin;Ricardo Basurto-Davila;Arun Karlamangla;Chloe E. Bird

  • Neighbourhood socioeconomic status and biological ‘wear and tear’ in a nationally representative sample of US adults

    Chloe E. Bird;Teresa E. Seeman;Jose J. Escarce;Ricardo Basurto-Davila

  • Using Medicare Claims for Outcomes Research

    Janet B. Mitchell;Thomas Bubolz;John E. Paul;Chris L. Pashos

  • Race and sex differences in the management of coronary artery disease

    Stuart E. Sheifer;Jose J. Escarce;Kevin A. Schulman

  • A Case-Mix Classification System for Medical Rehabilitation

    Margaret G. Stineman;José J. Escarce;James E. Goin;Byron B. Hamilton

  • Socioeconomic, Cultural, and Behavioral Factors Affecting Hispanic Health Outcomes

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Frequent Co-Authors

Neeraj Sood
Neeraj Sood University of Southern California
Nicole Lurie
Nicole Lurie Harvard University
Chloe E. Bird
Chloe E. Bird RAND Corporation
Daniel Polsky
Daniel Polsky Johns Hopkins University
Dana P. Goldman
Dana P. Goldman University of Southern California
Joseph P. Newhouse
Joseph P. Newhouse Harvard University
Leo S. Morales
Leo S. Morales University of Washington
Brian Karl Finch
Brian Karl Finch University of Southern California
Arleen F. Brown
Arleen F. Brown University of California, Los Angeles
Carol M. Mangione
Carol M. Mangione University of California, Los Angeles

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