Faculty

Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
  -  Health Policy Analysis and Process Track, (MPH program)
  -  Master of Health Administration Program
  -  PhD program in Health Services
  -  Health Care and Population Health Research Track, (MPH program)
  -  Resource Center for Health Policy
  -  Extended Master of Public Health Program

Carolyn Watts holds adjunct appointments in the Evans School of Public Affairs, the Department of Economics and is core faculty in the Institute for Public Health Genetics. Dr. Watts teaches in the area of health economics, health policy, and effective writing. Her research is broad-based, and includes work on access to health insurance, reimbursement, and health care market structure.

(office)  H694, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington
1959 NE Pacific Street
Box:  357660
Seattle, WA 98195
(voice)  206-616-2986     (fax)  206-543-3964
watts@u.washington.edu
Health economics and policy. Effective writing and communication.

• PHG 541, Economic and Policy Issues for Genetic Technologies and Services

• HSERV 552
  Health Policy Development
• HSERV 587
  Health Policy Economics
• HSERV 587   (Executive MHA Program)
  Health Policy Economics
• HSERV 590   (Extended MPH Program)
  Public Health Policy Workshop
• HSERV 590   (Extended MPH Program)
  Public Policy and the Public's Health

Health care economics and policy; public health genetics; health care industry structure and incentives Centers for Disease Control
PI:   Seixas           Dates:    07/2005 - 06/2010
The Northwest center is a multidisciplinary training program in occupational safety and health whose primary focus is graduate student training with a strong emphasis in research-based education.

National Institutes of Health
PI:   Burke           Dates:    09/2004 - 07/2009
This proposal is for a Center of Excellence in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) research which will explore the clinical integration of genomics with a focus on medically underserved populations.

WA State Department of Health
PI:   Watts           Dates:    07/2004 - 05/2008
The purpose of this project is to investigate the current models through which genetic services are delivered in the US, to explore alternative models for their delivery, and to disseminate information about genetic services to relevant stakeholders.

National Society of Genetic Counselors
PI:   Watts           Dates:    01/2004 - 12/2005
The purpose of the proposed research is to provide information that will contribute to the "regularizing" of payment for genetic counseling services.

Association of Schools of Public Health
PI:   Thompson           Dates:    07/2002 - 09/2005
The primary goal of this project is to serve as the leader in providing curricula for ongoing public health preparedness and injury prevention to state and local health professionals in the 6 Northwestern states.

Commonwealth Fund
PI:   Watts           Dates:    02/2005 - 07/2005
The goal of this project is to provide an independent expert review of the analytic model developed by the OIC and suggest enhancements to the functionality of the model.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
PI:   Lafferty           Dates:    09/2001 - 05/2005
The proposed study will use claims data from the two largest insurance plans in WA to describe the economics of CAM integration under the state model, to identify predictors of CAM utilization and cost, to investigate whether CAM is used more frequently as a complement to or an alternative for traditional care, and to locate patient groups whose healthcare costs might decrease by substituting CAM for traditional services.

University of Minnesota, Division of Health Services Research
PI:   Watts           Dates:    09/1997 - 09/2002
The primary goal of this project is to study dual eligible programs within basic health plans.

WA State Office of Financial Management
PI:   Katz           Dates:    06/2001 - 04/2002
The major goal of this project is to "profile" the state of Washington's uninsured population.

Washington Health Foundation
PI:   Katz           Dates:    06/2000 - 05/2001


WA State Office of Financial Management
PI:   Katz           Dates:    11/1998 - 12/1999
To promote investigation and legislation efforts on improved public health policies affecting access, practice and education.

Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
PI:   Watts           Dates:    04/1998 - 07/1999
Develop and test methods to predict medical expenses of managed care enrollees for purposes of risk adjusting capitation payments.

WA State Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission
PI:   Katz           Dates:    05/1998 - 01/1999
To study the effects of the State CON project on health services and the expected effects of the repeal of the existing program.

Wilson, V. M., C. A. Smith, J. M. Hamilton, C. W. Madden, S. M. Skillman, B. MacKay, J. S. Mathisen, D. A. Frazzini. 1998. "Case Study: The Washington State Health Care Authority - Risk Adjustment for Capitation." Inquiry, 35(2): 178-192.

Madden, Carolyn. 1999. "Excess Capacity: Markets, Regulation and Values." Health Services Research, 33(6).

Blough, D. K., C. Madden, & M. Hornbrook. 1999. "Modeling Risk Using Generalized Linear Models." Journal of Health Economics. 18(2):153-172.

Madden, Carolyn W., Bret P. Mackay, Susan M. Skillman, Marcia Ciol, and Paula Diehr. 2000. "Risk Adjusting Capitation: Applications in Two Populations. Health Care Management Science. 3(2000):101-109.

Trude, Sally, J. Christianson, C. Lesser, C. Watts. 2002. "Employers' Responses to Rising Premiums: The Community Tracking Study." Health Affairs. 21(1):66-75.

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