2026 Mark McClellan: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	55	1050	930	652	562	242	15831

Research.com Recognitions

2003 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Mark McClellan is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has a substantial body of research across economics, medicine, and health professions. Their work spans multiple interconnected fields, emphasizing the intersection of economic evaluation, healthcare policy, and clinical outcomes.

The following are some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Mark McClellan:

Food Is Medicine: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association, 2023, Circulation
The potential for artificial intelligence to transform healthcare: perspectives from international health leaders, 2024, npj Digital Medicine
Understanding Use of Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence to Support Regulatory Decisions on Medical Product Effectiveness, 2021, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Advancing Value-Based Models for Heart Failure, 2020, Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
Comparing Associations of State Reopening Strategies with COVID-19 Burden, 2020, Journal of General Internal Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McClellan include:

R. S. Saunders
William K. Bleser
Marianne Hamilton Lopez
Rebecca Whitaker
Charles N. Kahn

McClellan publishes regularly in various venues with repeated contributions to:

Forefront Group
Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
JAMA Health Forum
Health Affairs Scholar
Health Affairs

Their primary fields of study cover:

Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Medicine
Health Professions

Within these disciplines, they have focused on subfields including:

Economics and Econometrics
General Health Professions
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Oncology

The main research topics addressed in their publications comprise:

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Healthcare Policy and Management
Primary Care and Health Outcomes
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
Healthcare cost, quality, practices
Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

Best Publications

Does More Intensive Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly Reduce Mortality? Analysis Using Instrumental Variables

M. Mcclellan;B. J. Mcneil;J. P. Newhouse

1629
Citations
Is Technological Change In Medicine Worth It

David M. Cutler;Mark McClellan

1157
Citations
Is More Information Better? The Effects of 'Report Cards' on Health Care Providers

David Dranove;Daniel Kessler;Mark McClellan;Mark Satterthwaite

1062
Citations
Is Hospital Competition Socially Wasteful

Daniel P. Kessler;Mark B. McClellan

927
Citations
Do Doctors Practice Defensive Medicine

Daniel P. Kessler;Mark B. McClellan

873
Citations
Econometrics in outcomes research: the use of instrumental variables.

Joseph P. Newhouse;Mark McClellan

746
Citations
Association of renal insufficiency with treatment and outcomes after myocardial infarction in elderly patients.

Michael G. Shlipak;Paul A. Heidenreich;Haruko Noguchi;Glenn M. Chertow

705
Citations
A National Strategy To Put Accountable Care Into Practice

Mark McClellan;Aaron N. McKethan;Julie L. Lewis;Joachim Roski

511
Citations
Developing the Sentinel System — A National Resource for Evidence Development

Rachel E. Behrman;Joshua S. Benner;Jeffrey S. Brown;Mark McClellan

373
Citations
How does managed care do it

David M. Cutler;Mark McClellan;Joseph P. Newhouse

360
Citations
Are Medical Prices Declining? Evidence from Heart Attack Treatments

David M. Cutler;Mark McClellan;Joseph P. Newhouse;Dahlia Remler

327
Citations
Using Digital Health Technology to Better Generate Evidence and Deliver Evidence-Based Care

Abhinav Sharma;Abhinav Sharma;Abhinav Sharma;Robert A. Harrington;Mark B. McClellan;Mintu P. Turakhia

311
Citations
Fostering Accountable Health Care: Moving Forward In Medicare

Elliott S. Fisher;Mark B. McClellan;John Bertko;Steven M. Lieberman

293
Citations
Mortality After Acute Myocardial Infarction in Hospitals That Disproportionately Treat Black Patients

Jonathan Skinner;Jonathan Skinner;Amitabh Chandra;Amitabh Chandra;Douglas Staiger;Douglas Staiger;Julie Lee

284
Citations
The New Sentinel Network — Improving the Evidence of Medical-Product Safety

Richard Platt;Marcus Wilson;K. Arnold Chan;Joshua S. Benner

271
Citations
Trends in Inpatient Treatment Intensity among Medicare Beneficiaries at the End of Life

Amber E. Barnato;Mark B. Mcclellan;Christopher R. Kagay;Alan M. Garber;Alan M. Garber

269
Citations
Call to Action: Urgent Challenges in Cardiovascular Disease: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association.

Mark McClellan;Nancy Brown;Robert M. Califf;John J. Warner

268
Citations
Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Management Strategies for Patients with Solitary Pulmonary Nodules

Michael K. Gould;Gillian D. Sanders;Paul G. Barnett;Chara E. Rydzak

253
Citations
Trends in treatment and outcomes for acute myocardial infarction: 1975-1995.

Paul A Heidenreich;Paul A Heidenreich;Mark McClellan

235
Citations
Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities From a National Academy of Medicine Initiative

Victor J. Dzau;Mark B. McClellan;J. Michael McGinnis;Sheila P. Burke

228
Citations
Medicare coverage of ICDs

Mark B. McClellan;Sean R. Tunis

221
Citations
Managed care, hospice use, site of death, and medical expenditures in the last year of life

Ezekiel J. Emanuel;Arlene S. Ash;Wei Yu;Gail Gazelle

218
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel P. Kessler Stanford University

Joseph P. Newhouse Harvard University

Jonathan S. Skinner Dartmouth College

Douglas O. Staiger Dartmouth College

Laurence C. Baker Stanford University

Dana P. Goldman University of Southern California

Frank Windmeijer University of Bristol

Jeff Richardson Monash University

Alistair McGuire London School of Economics and Political Science

Stephen H. Friend Sage Bionetworks

External Links

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