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David Bradford, Ph.D.

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Expert on pharmaceutical policy and frequent expert testifier in healthcare-related litigation

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Education

Louisiana State University (Ph.D. in Economics)

Bio

Dr. Bradford is currently a health economist and the George D. Busbee Chair in Public Policy in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia.

He is a Co-Editor for Health Economics and has been an Associate Editor for Implementation Research and Practice. He serves as an elected Board Member of the American Society of Health Economists.

Dr. Bradford has three main areas of research interests studies on the impact of drug policy researching the role of time preferences on health care related decisions research into the U.S. pharmaceutical industry.

Relevant Research

  • Cesur R, Sabia JJ, Bradford WD. “The Effect of Combat Deployments on Veteran Opioid Abuse.” Health Economics. (forthcoming).
  • Bradford WD, Lozano-Rojas F. “Higher Rates of Homelessness Are Associated with Increases in Accidental Drug and Alcohol Mortality.” Health Affairs (forthcoming).
  • Bradford, AC, Bradford WD. “The Effect of State Housing Policies on Eviction Filings and Judgements in the United States, 2001-2018.” Housing Policy Debate (forthcoming)
  • Bradford WD, Doucette MH. “Effect of a Brief Intervention on Respondents’ Subjective Perception of Time and Discount Rates.” Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. 66:47-75. 2023.
  • Bradford AC, Bradford WD. “The Effect of Evictions on Accidental Drug and Alcohol Mortality.” Health Services Research. 55(1): 9-17. 2020.
  • Nguyen T, Bradford WD, Simon K. “Pharmaceutical Payments to Physicians May Increase Prescribing for Opioids.” Addiction. 114(6): 1051-1059. 2019.
  • Bradford WD, Dolan PJ, Galizzi MM. “Looking Ahead: Subjective Time Perception and Individual Discounting.” Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. 58(1): 43-69. 2019.
  • Bradford, WD Turner, JL, Williams JW. “Off-Label Use of Pharmaceuticals: A Detection Controlled Estimation Approach.” Journal of Industrial Economics. 66(4): 866-903. 2018.
  • Bradford AC, Bradford WD. “The Impact of Medical Cannabis Legalization On Prescription Medication Use and Costs in Medicare Part D.” Journal of Law and Economics. 61(3), 461-487. 2019.

Education

Louisiana State University (Ph.D. in Economics)

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