Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends (CFACT): Staff Biography

John A. Fleishman

Position
Social Science Analyst, 1992

Related Experience
Project Director, Evaluation of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation AIDS Health Services Program, Brown University
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland

Education
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Research Interests
Factors affecting health status
Utilization of health services
Adjustment to chronic illness

Current Research Projects
Patterns of coping among persons with HIV infection (with Cathy D. Sherbourne, Stephen Crystal, Paul D. Cleary, Albert Wu, and Ron Hays)
Measurement of disability in different age groups (with William Spector and Barbara Altman)
Change over time in functional status (with Barbara Altman)

Technical Assistance and Survey Contributions
Leader of Health Status Editing Team in Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Editing medical condition data in MEPS
Developed survey of persons with AIDS for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation project evaluation

Survey Experience
MEPS, HIV Cost and Service Utilization Study, AIDS Cost and Service Utilization Survey, National Health Interview Survey, General Social Survey, American National Election Studies

Awards
Phi Bet Kappa

Referee Experience
Journal of the American Medical Association, Medical Care, Journals of Gerontology, Health Services Research, Inquiry

Publications

Select for a bibliography of articles and reports by John A. Fleishman.

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