Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management; Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy, HMS; Chief, Section on Health Services and Policy Research, Division of General Medicine (Brigham & Women's Hospital); Associate Editor, New England Journal of Medicine

Dr. Epstein's research interests focus on access and quality of care especially for disadvantaged populations. Among ongoing projects are studies that examine:

1. The impact of Pay-for-Performance on quality of care for low-income patients;
2. The impact of public quality performance reporting on quality improvement;
3. The relationship between publicly reported measures of discharge planning and rates of readmission;
4. Hospital governance and quality of care; and
5. The relationship between expenditures and quality of care for persons with mental health conditions.

M.D., 1976, Duke University