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Steven Eastaugh

  • Expert on Health Finance and Economics
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  • Health Policy Advisor to President Obama (2008-2010)

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As a speaker, consultant, professor and agent of change, Dr. Eastaugh has served as Health Policy Advisor to President Obama and taught health economics for 37 years. The author of nine books including his latest, Health Care Finance and Economics and more than 100 journal articles.

Dr. Steven Eastaugh has traveled to some 36 countries as part of his health services research. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the American College of Healthcare Executives Edgar Hayhow award for "Best Health Care Article of the Year

 

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Rave Reviews About Steven Eastaugh
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I wanted to weigh in and give you my unambiguous recommendation on behalf of Steve and his ability to engage a hospital trade association audience. I have known Steve for almost 30 years and there is no academic who is a more dynamic and insightful speaker. He has a rare ability to make complex topics accessible to wide audiences.

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"The most erudite compilation….The author is above reproach in his fairness."

-American Hospital Association

"Eastaugh’s book is an indispensable resource for all healthcare executives. I am planning on sharing the information about the book with my close colleagues. I truly enjoyed reading this book and have learned tremendously from it. The reader will develop admiration for what a manager can do to enhance productivity, market strategy, quality, and profitability."

-Administrative Science Quarterly

"Regarding Dr. Eastaugh's book, Healthcare Finance and Economics: I know of no other work that is so well grounded in the theoretical and empirical studies that have used modern economic theory and economic techniques to get beneath the surface of what is happening and what should happen in health-care policy….What is more, the author writes clearly and is no ideologue. He demonstrates repeatedly that he has thought long and hard about various complex issues of fact and policy in health care, and he refuses to offer simple solutions for complexities for which neither he nor other investigators have answers."

-New England Journal of Medicine
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Preserving Health Care Value-based Initiatives

Improving Provider Productivity while Enhancing Service Quality

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The Hidden Story of Longterm Costs for Electronic Health Records

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Books by Steven Eastaugh
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Facing Tough Choices

Health Care Finance and Economics

Health Care Finance and Economics

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Biography

Steven Eastaugh was a professor in health economics and management for 38 years at Cornell University and George Washington University.     Four thousand health care  leaders in the USA and around the world have had their careers shaped in part by Professor Eastaugh.   He taught health economics and finance at Schools of Public Health, business schools, and medical schools.  He is the author of nine books and more than 90 journal articles.  Dr. Eastaugh is a nationally acclaimed speaker, consultant and agent of change who has traveled to some 36 countries as part of his health services research.  In 2008-2010 he was health policy advisor to Barack Obama.  In 2016-2017 he was health policy advisor to Hillary Clinton.

Professor Eastaugh has won numerous awards, including the American College of Healthcare Executives Edgar Hayhow Award for “best health care article of the year.” He also won the Marriott Award for productivity enhancement in the service sector.  He has been a forceful advocate for universal affordable health insurance, which he believes can be funded through dramatic reductions in health care paperwork and administrative costs.  Prior to coming teaching, he was senior staff health economist at the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.

 

Education

Bachelor of Arts (Biochemistry and Economics), Harvard University, 1973

Master of Science (Public Health), Harvard University, 1975

Doctor of Public Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 1978

 

Research

Professor Eastaugh’s main research interests include health economics, health systems reform, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness and technology assessment.

 

Community Service

Dr. Eastaugh works actively with a number of professional organizations, including the American Public Health Association, the American College of Healthcare Executives, Association of University Programs in Health Administration, and Operations Research Society of America.

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