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Overview

Richard M. Scheffler is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of economics, econometrics, finance, and health professions, with a notable focus on healthcare policy and management.

The scientist's work includes investigations into various aspects of healthcare systems, policies, and market dynamics. Main fields of study encompass:

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Health Professions

Subfields addressed in their research cover:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Health Professions
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Management of Technology and Innovation
  • Oncology

The principal topics explored include:

  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Intellectual Property and Patents

Frequent publication venues for Scheffler's research are:

  • Health Affairs
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Public Policy & Aging Report
  • JAMA Health Forum
  • Milbank Quarterly

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard M. Scheffler include:

  • "Soaring Private Equity Investment in the Healthcare Sector: Consolidation Accelerated, Competition Undermined, and Patients at Risk" (2023, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "Private Equity-Acquired Physician Practices And Market Penetration Increased Substantially, 2012-21" (2024, Health Affairs)
  • "The Rise Of Cross-Market Hospital Systems And Their Market Power In The US" (2022, Health Affairs)
  • "States' Merger Review Authority Is Associated With States Challenging Hospital Mergers, But Prices Continue To Increase" (2021, Health Affairs)
  • "New evidence on the impacts of cross-market hospital mergers on commercial prices and measures of quality" (2024, Health Services Research)

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Brent D. Fulton
  • Daniel R. Arnold
  • Jaime S. King
  • Arjun Teotia
  • Ola Abdelhadi

Best Publications

  • Human resources for mental health care: current situation and strategies for action

    Ritsuko Kakuma;Ritsuko Kakuma;Harry Minas;Nadja van Ginneken;Mario R Dal Poz

  • Health workforce skill mix and task shifting in low income countries: a review of recent evidence

    Brent D Fulton;Richard M Scheffler;Susan P Sparkes;Erica Yoonkyung Auh

  • Global Health Workforce Labor Market Projections for 2030

    Jenny X. Liu;Yevgeniy Goryakin;Akiko Maeda;Tim Bruckner

  • The mental health workforce gap in low- and middle-income countries: a needs-based approach

    Tim A Bruckner;Richard M Scheffler;Gordon Shen;Jangho Yoon

  • Forecasting the global shortage of physicians: an economic- and needs-based approach

    Richard M Scheffler;Richard M Scheffler;Jenny X Liu;Yohannes Kinfu;Mario R Dal Poz

  • Estimates of the economic costs of birth defects.

    N. J. Waitzman;Patrick S Romano;R. M. Scheffler

  • The global market for ADHD medications.

    Richard M. Scheffler;Stephen P. Hinshaw;Sepideh Modrek;Peter Levine

  • Positive Association Between Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder Medication Use and Academic Achievement During Elementary School

    Richard M Scheffler;Timothy T Brown;Brent D Fulton;Stephen P Hinshaw

  • The empirical relationship between community social capital and the demand for cigarettes

    Timothy T. Brown;Richard M. Scheffler;Sukyong Seo;Mary Reed

  • A comprehensive health labour market framework for universal health coverage

    Angelica Sousa;Richard M Scheffler;Jennifer Nyoni;Ties Boerma

  • International Variation in Treatment Procedures for ADHD: Social Context and Recent Trends

    Stephen P. Hinshaw;Richard M. Scheffler;Brent D. Fulton;Heidi Aase

  • Projecting shortages and surpluses of doctors and nurses in the OECD: what looms ahead.

    Richard M Scheffler;Daniel R Arnold

  • Demand analysis of mental health service use among ethnic subpopulations.

    Scheffler Rm;Miller Ab

  • Private Health Insurance In Developing Countries

    Mark V. Pauly;Peter Zweifel;Richard M. Scheffler;Alexander S. Preker

  • Folic acid fortification of grain: an economic analysis.

    Patrick S Romano;N. J. Waitzman;R. M. Scheffler;R. D. Pi

  • Social capital, economics, and health: new evidence.

    Richard M. Scheffler;Timothy T. Brown

  • Estimates Of Health Care Professional Shortages In Sub-Saharan Africa By 2015

    Richard M. Scheffler;Chris Brown Mahoney;Brent D. Fulton;Mario R. Dal Poz

  • Supply Dynamics of the Mental Health Workforce: Implications for Health Policy

    Susan L. Ivey;Richard Scheffler;James L. Zazzali

  • National variation of ADHD diagnostic prevalence and medication use: health care providers and education policies.

    Brent D. Fulton;Richard M. Scheffler;Stephen P. Hinshaw;Peter Levine

  • A manpower policy for primary health care.

    R M Scheffler;N Weisfeld;G Ruby;E H Estes

  • Community-Based Interventions

    Martha L. Bruce;William Smith;Jeanne Miranda;Kimberly Hoagwood

  • Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research

    Richard M. Scheffler

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy T. Brown
Timothy T. Brown University of California, Berkeley
Stephen M. Shortell
Stephen M. Shortell University of California, Berkeley
Kimberly Hoagwood
Kimberly Hoagwood New York University
Javier I. Escobar
Javier I. Escobar Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Teh-wei Hu
Teh-wei Hu University of California, Berkeley
Jeanne Miranda
Jeanne Miranda University of California, Los Angeles
Stephen P. Hinshaw
Stephen P. Hinshaw University of California, Berkeley
Lonnie R. Snowden
Lonnie R. Snowden University of California, Berkeley
Joan R. Bloom
Joan R. Bloom University of California, Berkeley
Barbara Starfield
Barbara Starfield Johns Hopkins University

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