Education

Education: BA in Economics, University of Chicago, 1996. PhD Health Policy, Harvard University, 2006

Research Interests

• Genetic information and Health Insurance Markets: How will genetic information affect the rate and price insurance in the private health insurance markets?
• Managed care and Prevention: Does managed care provide more prevention? This question is re-examined in the context of secondary prevention of AMI, Diabetes and use of cancer screenings.
• Behavioral Economics: How do psychological biases affect individual and physician decision making with respect to medical care?
• Quality of Medical Care: What is the rate of return on spending in health care? What is the rate of diffusion of new technologies in medical markets?

Experience

Prior to joining the pharmacy faculty Dr. Kadiyala was a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. At the NBER he worked on a variety of helath economic questions including estimating the rate of return to medical spending in the United States and the effects of managed care on use of medical care and spending.

Selected Publications

The Return to Biomedical Research: Treatment and Behavioral Effects in Exceptional Returns: The Value of Medical Research, Eds. Kevin M. Murphy, Robert H. Topel (with David M. Cutler)

Working Papers:

The Effect of Cancer Incidence in the Family on the Demand for Health Insurance and Cancer Screenings, June 2006

Managed Care and Screening: Evidence from Cancer Screening Guideline Discontinuities, June 2006

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Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy
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