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

Thomas M. Selden, Ph.D.

Position
Economist, 1993

Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A., Economics, Williams College

Research Interests
Employment-related health insurance coverage
Public insurance coverage for children
Health care expenditures and financing

Current Research Projects
Uninsured Children Eligible for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): Updated Estimates from the 1996-99 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) (with Julie Hudson and Jessica Banthin, CFACT)
Private Health Coverage and the Tax Price for Insurance: 1987 and 1996 (with Didem Bernard, CFACT)
Access, Burden, and the Eligibility of Children for Public Coverage, 1987 and 1996 (with Jessica Banthin, CFACT)
MEPS Estimates of the Tax Subsidy for Employment-Related Health Insurance (with Didem Bernard and John Moeller, CFACT)
Winners and Losers in the Employment-Related Health Insurance Market, 1987 and 1996 (with Didem Bernard, CFACT)
Health Care Expenditure Burdens among Seniors, 1987 and 1996 (with Jessica Banthin, CFACT)

Technical Assistance and Survey Contributions
Editing income and asset data, MEPS
Development of MEDSIM microsimulation model

Survey Experience
MEPS, National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES), Oak Ridge National Laboratory Panel on Carbon Emissions, Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Release Inventory

Awards
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Award for Article of the Year, 2000
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary's Award for Distinguished Service, 1999
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) Administrator's Award for Health Services Research, 1998

Selected Publications
Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics, Inquiry, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, National Tax Journal, Health Affairs, Health Services Research, Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Land Economics

Referee Experience
American Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics, Inquiry, Health Affairs, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Select for a bibliography of articles and reports by Thomas M. Selden.

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