Director
USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy
Richard G. Frank, PhD, is the Director of the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy and the Margaret T. Morris Professor of Health Economics in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. His research is focused on the economics of mental health and substance abuse care, long term care financing policy, health care competition, implementation of health reform, and disability policy.
Dr. Frank has nothing to disclose.
Expert on health care pricing, policy, and management.
view profileResearch has focused on economic issues in healthcare.
view profileWritten extensively on the pricing, demand, and supply of prescription drugs.
view profileFocused on increasing access to healthcare, with specific attention to reducing prescription drug costs.
view profileFocused on measuring and evaluating population-level use and costs of medications in the USA.
view profileFocused on the economics of mental health and substance abuse care, long term care financing policy, implementation of health reform and disability policy.
view profileFocused on the interaction of intellectual property law, food and drug regulation, and health law.
view profileFocused on the effects of laws and regulations on therapeutic development, approval, use, and related public health outcomes.
view profileFocused on improving pharmaceutical coverage, affordability, and access for older adults and individuals living with chronic conditions.
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