Neeraj Sood, Ph.D., is an economist at RAND, faculty research fellow at NBER and the managing editor of Forums for Health Economics and Policy. His prior work has focused on the economics of innovation, economic epidemiology, healthcare financing and HIV/AIDS policy. His work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Health Affairs, Journal of Risk and Insurance, and Pediatrics.
Articles
HIV Treatment and Risky Sexual Behavior (with Darius Lakdawalla and Dana P. Goldman), Quarterly Journal of Economics (2008)
The Effect of State Cost Containment Strategies on the Insurance Status and Use of Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) for HIV Infected People (with Arkadipta Ghosh and Arleen Leibowitz), Forum for Health Economics & Policy (2008)
In an effort to balance their budgets many states are considering reducing eligibility for Medicaid....
The Short and Long Run Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Fatal Automobile Crashes (with Arkadipta Ghosh), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2008)
Prior literature suggests that Daylight Saving Time (DST) can both increase the risk of automobile...
Does How Much and How You Pay Matter? Evidence from the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (with Melinda Buntin and José J. Escarce), Forthcoming in Journal of Health Economics (2008)
We use the implementation of a new prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient rehabilitation facilities...
Adverse Selection in Retiree Prescription Drug Plans (with Dana P. Goldman, Geoffrey Joyce, and Pinar Karaca-Mandic), Forum for Health Economics & Policy (2006)
We used claims data from a large U.S. employer that introduced changes in its medical...
Unpublished Papers
Criminal Prosecution and HIV-related Risky Behavior (with Adeline Delavande and Dana P. Goldman), American Law & Economics Association Annual Meetings (2008)
The Welfare Effects of Public Drug Insurance (with Darius Noshir Lakdawalla), NBER Working Paper (2007)
Rewarding inventors with inefficient monopoly power has long been regarded as the price of encouraging...
Health Insurance as a Two-Part Pricing Contract (with Darius Noshir Lakdawalla), Darius N. Lakdawalla (2006)
Monopolies appear throughout medical care markets, as a result of patents, limits to the extent...
Comparison of Medicare Spending and Outcomes for Beneficiaries with Lower Extremity Joint Replacements (with Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Partha Deb, José Escarce, Carrie Hoverman, and Susan Paddock), RAND Health working paper series (2005)
The primary objective of this study is to conduct a set of analyses comparing costs...
Technology, Monopoly, and the Decline of the Viatical Settlements Industry (with Abby Alpert and Jay Bhattacharya), NBER (2005)
The viatical settlement industry provides an opportunity for terminally-ill consumers, typically HIV patients, to exploit...