James Robinson

Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Economics

Berkeley Public Health

Faculty URL

http://sph.berkeley.edu/james-robinson

Contact

james.robinson@berkeley.edu

(510) 643-6841

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Research Expertise and Interest

health policy and management, health services and policy analysis

Research Description

Professor Robinson's research focuses on the economics of the life sciences, health insurance, and health care delivery sectors. He has published three books and over 140 papers in peer-reviewed journals such as JAMA, the New England Journal of Medicine, and Health Affairs. His econometric research centers on drug pricing, drug price markups by hospitals and other intermediaries, and the impact of reference-based pricing for consumer choices. His case study research centers on industrial policy in the life sciences and comparative analyses of pricing and patient access for biopharmaceuticals in Germany, France, Italy, England, and the US.

In the News

Study Shows That Hospitals Impose Major Price Markups on Cancer and Other Specialty Drugs

A new Berkeley Public Health study found that a large share of insurer payments for drugs, which are intended to support further research and development, are instead siphoned off by hospitals for their own use.

Hospital mergers and acquisitions leading to increased patient costs

The trend of hospitals consolidating medical groups and physician practices in an effort to improve the coordination of patient care is backfiring and increasing the cost of patient care, according to a new study led by a UC Berkeley health-policy expert.

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