Timothy T. Brown, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Health Policy & Management
Associate Director for Research, Berkeley Center for Health Technology
PHONE: (510) 281-5612
FAX: (510) 281-5611
LOCATION: 243 University Hall
E-MAIL: timothy.brown@berkeley.edu
WEBSITES: Berkeley Center for Health Technology, Nicholas C. Petris Center
Courses
- PH 231A: Analytic Methods for Health Policy and Management
Research (view CV)
- Social capital and health
- Health care labor markets
- Child behavioral health
- Oral health
Publications
Yoon J, Brown TT. Does the Promotion of Community-Level Social Capital Reduce Obesity Risk? Journal of Socio-Economics 2011, 40(3): 296-305.
Ronconi L, Brown TT, Scheffler RM. Social Capital and Self-Rated Health in Argentina. Health Economics Letters. 2010 December 8 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: 10.1002/hec.1696
Brown TT, dela Cruz E, Brown SS. The Effect of Dental Care on Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes: An Application of Instrumental Variables in the Presence of Heterogeneity and Self-Selection. Health Economics 2010 September 28 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: 10.1002/hec.1667
Bruckner TA, Yoon J, Brown TT, Adams N. Involuntary Civil Commitments after the Implementation of California’s Mental Health Services Act. Psychiatric Services 2010, 61(10):1006-11.
Bruckner TA, Snowden L, Subbaraman M, Brown TT. Economic Antecedents of Medicaid-financed Mental Health Services among Youths in California. International Journal of Mental Health 2010, 39(2):75-91.
Borgonovi F, Brown TT. The relationship between social capital, human capital and health. In Social Capital, Human Capital, and Health. What is the Evidence? OECD and Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, 2010. (Not refereed publication)
Felton M. Cashin C, Brown TT. California County Funding Requests for Recovery-Oriented Full Service Partnerships Under the Mental Health Services Act. Community Mental Health Journal 2010, 46(5): 441-451.
Brown TT, Mahoney C, Adams N, Felton M, Pareja C. What Predicts Recovery Orientation in County Departments of Mental Health? A Pilot Study. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 2010, 37(5): 388-398.
Miller L, Brown TT, Pilon D, Scheffler RM, Davis M. Patterns of Recovery from Severe Mental Illness: A Pilot Study of Outcomes. Community Mental Health Journal 2010. 46(2):177-187.
Stone S, Brown TT, Hinshaw S. ADHD-Related School Compositional Effects: An Exploration. Teachers College Record 2010, 112(5):1275-1299.
Brown TT. Oral Health and the Demand for Dental Care. Journal of the California Dental Association 2009, 37(8):537-538. (Not refereed article-introduction to set of refereed articles)
Brown TT, Goryakin Y, Finlayson TL. The Demand for Dental Care among Adults 65 and Older: The Effect of Functional Limitations. Journal of the California Dental Association 2009, 37(8):549-558.
Brown TT, Fulton B, Finlayson TL, Jahedi S. The Demand for Dental Care and Financial Barriers in Accessing Needed Care among Adults in California. Journal of the California Dental Association 2009, 37(8):539-547.
Brown TT, Goryakin Y. The Oral Health Status of Adults 65 and Older in California: 1995-2006. Journal of the California Dental Association 2009, 37(8):571-578.
Finlayson TL, Brown TT, Fulton B, Jahedi S. Adult oral health status in California, 1995-2006: Prevalence of tooth loss due to disease. Journal of the California Dental Association 2009, 37(8):561-570.
Fulton BD, Scheffler RM, Hinshaw SP, Levine P, Stone S, Brown TT, Modrek S. ADHD Diagnostic Prevalence and Medication Use Variation across U.S. States: An Examination of Health Care Providers and Education Policies. Psychiatric Services 2009, 60:1075-1083.
Brown TT, Liu, JX, Scheffler RM. Does the Under- or Overrepresentation of Minority Physicians across Geographical Areas Affect the Location Decisions of Minority Physicians? Health Services Research 2009, 44(4):1290-1308.
Scheffler RM. Brown TT, Fulton B, Hinshaw S, Stone S, Levine P. Positive Association Between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Medication Use and Academic Achievement During Elementary School. Pediatrics 2009, 123(5):1-7.
Brown TT. Rational Praying: The Economics of Prayer. Journal of Socio-Economics 2009, 38: 37-44.
Scheffler RM, Brown TT. Social Capital, Economics, and Health: New Evidence. Health Economics, Policy and Law 2008, 3:321-331.
Scheffler RM, Brown TT, Syme L, Kawachi I, Tolstykh I, Iribarren C. Community-Level Social Capital and Recurrence of Acute Coronary Syndrome. Social Science and Medicine 2008, 66(7):1603-1613.
Schneider JE, Li P, Klepser DG, Peterson NA, Brown TT, Scheffler RM. The Effect of Physician and Health Plan Market Concentration on Prices in Commercial Health Insurance Markets, International Journal of Health Finance and Economics 2008, 8(1):13-26.
Scheffler RM, Brown TT, Rice J. The Role of Social Capital in Reducing Non-Specific Psychological Distress: The Importance of Controlling for Omitted Variable Bias. Social Science and Medicine 2007, 65(4):842-854.
Brown TT, Finlayson TL, Scheffler RM. How Do We Measure Shortages of Dental Hygienists and Dental Assistants? Evidence from California: 1997-2005. Journal of the American Dental Association 2007, 138:94-100.
Brown TT, Scheffler RM, Tom S, Schulman K. Does the Market Value Racial and Ethnic Concordance in Physician-Patient Relationships? Health Services Research 2007, 42(2):706-726.
Brown TT, Scheffler RM, Seo S, Reed M. The Empirical Relationship between Community Social Capital and the Demand for Cigarettes. Health Economics 2006, 15(11):1159-1172.
Brown TT, Coffman JM, Quinn B, Scheffler RM, Schwalm D. Do Physicians Always Flee from HMOs? New Results Using Dynamic Panel Estimation Methods. Health Services Research 2006, 41(2):357-73.
Iribarren C, Tolstykh I, Somkin C, Ackerson LM, Brown TT, Scheffler R, Syme L, Kawachi I. Sex and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Outcomes after Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Cohort Study among Members of a Large Integrated Health Care Delivery System In Northern California. Archives of Internal Medicine 2005, 165(18):2105-13.
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