Joseph Newhouse

John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy and Management
Chair, Committee on Higher Degrees in Health Policy
Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy
Office Address
Littauer-346
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 42
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-9307
Fax: 617-496-2860
Email: joseph_newhouse@harvard.edu
Assistant
Sally Makacynas (617-495-1197)
Joseph Newhouse

Profile

Joseph P. Newhouse, John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy and Management, is head of the Interfaculty Initiative on Health Policy and chairs the Committee on Higher Degrees in Health Policy, which administers the PhD program in Health Policy at Harvard. He edits the Journal of Health Economics, is a member of the editorial board of The New England Journal of Medicine, serves on the Board of Health Advisors of the Congressional Budget Office and the Comptroller Generals Advisory Committee, andhas been vice chair of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Newhouse was the first recipient of the David Kershaw Prize of the Associa­tion of Public Policy and Management and has received the Distinguished Investigator Award of the Association for Health Services Research, the Kenneth J. Arrow award, the Zvi Griliches award, and the Paul A. Samuelson Certificate of Excellence for various writings.

 

Courses

Fall

  • HCP-597 Core Course in Health Policy I

Spring

  • HCP-598 Core Course in Health Policy II
  • HCP-581 Doctoral Seminar in the Economics of Health and Medical Care
  • HCP-272 The Economics of Health Care Policy

Media Expertise

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Newhouse, Joseph P., and Anna D. Sinaiko. "Productivity Adjustment in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update." Health Care Financing Review 29.2 (Winter 2007/2008): 5-14.
    • Newhouse, Joseph P., and Anna D. Sinaiko. "Estimates of Physician Productivity: An Evaluation." Health Care Financing Review 29.2 (Winter 2007/2008): 33-39.
    • Newhouse, Joseph P., Robert H. Brook, Naihua Duan, Emmett B. Keeler, Arleen Leibowitz, Willard G. Manning, M. Susan Marquis, Carl N. Morris, Charles E. Phelps, and John E. Rolph. "Attrition in the RAND Health Insurance Experiment: A Response to Nyman." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 33.2 (April 2008): 295-308.
    • Reed, Mary, Richard Brand, Joseph P. Newhouse, Joseph V. Selby, and John T. Hsu. "Coping with Prescription Drug Cost-Sharing: Knowledge, Adherence and Financial Burden." Health Services Research 43.2 (April 2008): 785-797.
    • Newhouse, Joseph P. "Office Visit Copayments: Patient Knowledge, Response, and Communication with Providers." Medical Care 46.4 (April 2008): 403-409.
    • Timbie, Justin, Joseph P. Newhouse, Meredith B. Rosenthal, and Sharon-Lise T. Normand. "A Cost-Effectiveness Framework for Profiling the Value of Hospital Care." Medical Decision Making 28.3 (May-June 2008): 419-434.
    • Huskamp, Haiden A, Joseph P. Newhouse, Jessica Cafarella Norcini, and Nancy L. Keating. "Per Diem Payment and Variation in Patient-Level Hospice Costs." Inquiry 45.2 (Summer 2008): 232-244.
    • Chernew, Michael E., and Joseph P. Newhouse. "What does the RAND Health Insurance Experiment Tell Us About the Impact of High-Deductible Health Plans on Health Outcomes?" American Journal of Managed Care 14.7 (July 2008): 412-414.
    • Fung, Vicki, Ira B. Tager, Richard Brand, Joseph P. Newhouse, and John Hsu. "The Impact of Generic Only Drug Benefits on Patients' Use of Inhaled Corticosteroids in a Medicare Population with Asthma." BMC Health Services Research 8:151 (July 18, 2008).
    • David G. Stevenson, Haiden A. Huskamp, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Medicare Part D and the Nursing Home Setting." The Gerontologist 48.4 (August 2008): 432-441.
    • Newhouse, Joseph P. "The Effect of Medicare Part D on Drug and Medical Spending." New England Journal of Medicine 361.1 (July 2, 2009): 52-61.
  • Book Chapters
    • Newhouse, Joseph P., and Anna D. Sinaiko. "What We Know and Don't Know About the Effects of Cost Sharing on Demand for Medical Care - and So What?" Incentives and Choice in Health Care. Ed. Frank A. Sloan and Hirschel Kasper. MIT Press, 2008, 156-184.
    • Aaron, Henry J., and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Meeting the Dilemma of Health Care Access: Extending Insurance Coverage while Controlling Costs." Opportunity-08: Independent Ideas for America's Next President, 2nd edition. Ed. Michael O'Hanlon. Brookings Institution Press, 2008, 304-316.
    • Aaron, Henry J., and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Meeting the Dilemma of Health Care Quality: Achieve Reforms in Medicare, Quality, and Malpractice." Opportunity-08: Independent Ideas for America's Next President, 2nd edition. Ed. Michael O'Hanlon. Brookings Institution Press, 2008, 317-331.
    • Frank, Richard G., and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Mending Medicare Part D: Improving Consumer Choices and Restructuring Purchasing." Who Has the Cure? Ed. Jason Furman. Brookings Institution Press, 2008, 143-174.