Bryan Dowd, PhD

I specialize in economic and statistical modeling, and data analysis. My research focuses on the financing and delivery of health insurance, and health care services. 

• 2016–2017, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, "Assist the State of Minnesota with Analysis of a Tiered Clinic Cost-sharing Health Insurance Benefit Design," Principal Investigator
• 2016–2017, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, "MASTER: Advisory and Assistance Services in the Areas of Health Care Financing and Medicare," Principal Investigator
• 2016–2017, National Opinion Research Center, "Next Generation ACO Model Evaluation," Principal Investigator
• 2015–2018, US Dept of Health and Human Services AHRQ, "UMN National Research Service Award in Health Services Research," Principal Investigator
• 2012–2018, Medica Research Institute, "The Development of a Collaborative Health Insurance Research Program," Principal Investigator
• 2016–2017, NIH NHLBI, "Diffusion of Clinical Evidence into Practice: Physician Networks, Delivery Organizations, and Markets," Co-Investigator
• 2016–2017, CDC Nat'l Inst for Occup Safety & Health, "Midwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety Training Grant," Co-Investigator

See a full list of publications on PubMed

Selected Recent Publications

• Jutkowitz E, Kuntz KM, Dowd B, Gaugler JE, MacLehose RF, Kane RL. "Effects of cognition, function, and behavioral and psychological symptoms on out-of-pocket medical and nursing home expenditures and time spent caregiving for persons with dementia," Alzheimer's & Dementia, Feb 2017
• Zink T, Kralewski J, Dowd B. "The Transition of Primary Care Group Practices to Next Generation Models: Satisfaction of Staff, Clinicians, and Patients," The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 2017
• Carlin CS, Fertig AR, Dowd BE. "Affordable Care Act's Mandate Eliminating Contraceptive Cost Sharing Influenced Choices Of Women With Employer Coverage," Health Affairs, Sept 2016
• Garrido MM, Dowd B, Hebert PL, Maciejewski ML. "Understanding Treatment Effect Terminology in Pain and Symptom Management Research," Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Sept 2016
• Dowd BE, Swenson T, Parashuram S, Coulam R, Kane R. "PQRS Participation, Inappropriate Utilization of Health Care Services, and Medicare Expenditures," Medical Care Research and Review, Feb 2016