This dissertation examines two topics, alcohol use disorder (AUD) and oral health disparity,
through the lenses of population health and health economics. AUD is a brain disorder …

Introduction: Alcohol use is a major risk factor for mortality and morbidity burden, and alcohol
use disorders contribute markedly to this burden. Effective interventions for alcohol use …

A formal evaluation of the health equity impact of a new intervention is hardly ever
performed as part of a health technology assessment to understand its value. This should …

Health economics is a multifaceted scientific discipline which is concerned with maximizing
people's health and well-being given available resources. The overarching goal of JPHD is …

Economic evaluation can inform decision-makers on which policies, programs, and
interventions would offer the highest value. The overarching goal of all economic analyses is …

Objectives Given the emergence of new therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD), it is critical
to understand the impact of access factors on health equity. Distributional cost-effectiveness …

The literature on dental disparities has focused extensively on describing the nature and
extent of the problem and relatively little on evaluating the impact of interventions. Rational …

Individuals hospitalized for alcohol use disorders had significantly higher mortality than the
general population, while women of high socio-economic status might also have a …

Objectives To examine socioeconomic and ethnic variations in the provision of health advice
by dental professionals. Methods Data were from the National Health and Examination …

Objectives. To examine the extent to which recently published cost-utility analyses (cost-
effectiveness analyses using quality-adjusted life-years to measure health benefits) have …