Kosali Simon, PhD, MA

Contact : simonkos@iu.edu

We generate a lot of information in daily life. My research mission is to harness these data together with economic models of human behavior and tools of causal analysis to improve patient and provider outcomes.

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Research Scientist, William M. Tierney Center for Health Services Research, Regenstrief Institute
Distinguished Professor, Indiana University
Herman Wells Professor
Paul O’Neill Chair, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Associate Vice Provost for Health Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington
Associate Director, Irsay Institute
Executive Director, Indiana University-Research Data Commons

Dr. Kosali Simon, an economist, is a Distinguished Professor and Herman B. Wells Professor at Indiana University, Bloomington, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, where she is also an O’Neill Chair and the Associate Vice Provost of Health Sciences for the campus. She studies impacts of state and federal health care policies on health and related outcomes, especially among at-risk populations. She is editor of the Journal of Health Economics, co-editor of the Journal of Human Resources, a member of the U.S. Congressional Budget Office’s panel of health advisors, and a Board member of the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI). In 2021 she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

Highlighted Publications

Oct 27, 2023

Transparency in Coverage Data and Variation in Prices for Common Health Care Services

Publication: JAMA Health Forum

doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.3663

Authors: Chartock BL, Simon KI, Whaley CM

Nov 2, 2023

Changes in Employment in the US Health Care Workforce, 2016-2022

Publication: JAMA

doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.18932

Authors: Nguyen T, Whaley C, Simon KI, Cantor J

May 19, 2023

Trends in Methadone Dispensing for Opioid Use Disorder After Medicare Payment Policy Changes

Publication: JAMA Network Open

doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.14328

Authors: Taylor EA, Cantor JH, Bradford AC, Simon KI, Stein BD

Sep 2023

Competitive effects of federal and state opioid restrictions: Evidence from the controlled substance laws

Publication: Journal of Health Economics

doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2023.102772

Authors: Gupta S, Nguyen T, Freeman PR, Simon KI

Aug 2018

Strategic Formulary Design in Medicare Part D Plans

Publication: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

doi: 10.1257/pol.20160248

Authors: Lavetti K, Simon KI

May 2006

The Impact of Rate Regulation on Access to Supplemental {Medicare} Health Insurance

Publication: American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings

Authors: Bundorf K, Simon KI

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Kosali Simon, PhD, MA

Highlighted Publications

The Impact of Rate Regulation on Access to Supplemental {Medicare} Health Insurance