John Kuder
Prof Assoc
2007
PAM

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Current Activities

Current Professional Activities
Dr. Kuder primarily teaches in The Sloan Program in Health Administration. He describes himself as a health economist and health services researcher.  He teaches courses in the areas of Managed Care, Entrepreneurship and Methods in Quality and Equity Analysis. Prior to coming to Ithaca, he was on the faculty of the School of Business and Management at Temple University and is the former Director of the Center for Applied Research at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He also maintains an appointment at Cornell University's Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in Medical Care Organization from the University of Michigan . His research and writing interests include the broad areas of, public policy and managed care, health program and technology assessment, health services decision-making, and access for at-risk populations. Current projects have him looking at the impact of policy on care decisions, the "market" for quality in health services, and the relationship between the health of children and poverty progams.

Current Research Activities
I currently am examining the potential for child healthcare services to be a portal to legal, public health and poverty programs as a means to improve long term health and safety for children at risk.  I am also working on projects that look at how patients' care choices and public policy jointly influence physician decisons about care.  I also am developing and testing a model framework to measure and explain disparities in the hospitals' investment in quality of care.


Biography

Biographical Statement
Dr. Kuder primarily teaches in The Sloan Program in Health Administration. He describes himself as a health economist and health services researcher. He teaches courses in the areas of Managed Care, Entrepreneurship and Methods in Quality and Equity Analysis. Prior to coming to Ithaca, he was on the faculty of the School of Business and Management at Temple University and is the former Director of the Center for Applied Research at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He also maintains an appointment at Cornell University's Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in Medical Care Organization from the University of Michigan . His research and writing interests include the broad areas of, public policy and managed care, health program and technology assessment, health services decision-making, and access for at-risk populations. Current projects have him looking at the impact of policy on care decisions, the "market" for quality in health services, and the relationship between the health of children and poverty progams.

Education

Ph.D. 1982 - University of Michigan, Medical Care Organizations-Health Economics
M.A. 1972 - University of Arkansas, Economics
B.A. 1971 - Drake University, Economics



Courses, Websites, Pubs

Courses Taught
PAM 215 - Research Methods
PAM 581 - Measuring and Evaluating Health Program Performance & Quality
PAM 656 - Managed Health Delivery Systems