Richard M. Scheffler, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Health Economics & Public Policy
Director, Petris Center & GCHEPR
PHONE: (510) 643-4199
FAX: (510) 643-4281
LOCATION: 345-347 Mulford Hall
E-MAIL: rscheff@berkeley.edu
Websites
Research Interests (view CV)
- Organization and financing of mental health services
- Incentives and mergers in managed care
- Reforming health systems in Eastern Europe
- The supply of physicians in the 21st Century
Courses
- PH 226D International Health Economics (SP)
- PH 226D International Health Economics
Selected Publications
Scheffler, R.M. Is There a Doctor in the House? Market Signals and Tomorrow's Supply of Doctors. (Forthcoming: Stanford University Press, September 2008).
Scheffler, R.M., M. Potůcĕk, eds. Mental Health Care Reform in the Czech and Slovak Republics, 1989 to the Present. Prague, Czech Republic: Charles University Press, 2008.
Scheffler RM, Brown TT. Social Capital, Economics, and Health: New Evidence. Introduction. (Forthcoming: Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2008).
Scheffler, R.M., J.X. Liu, Y. Kinfu, and M.R. Dal Poz. "Forecasting the Global Shortages of Physicians: An Economic- and Needs-based Approach." The Bulletin of the World Health Organization 86:7 (July 2008): 516-523.
Schneider, J.E., P. Li, D.G. Klepser, N.A. Peterson, T.T. Brown, and R.M. Scheffler. "The Effect of Physician and Health Plan Market Concentration on Prices in Commercial Health Insurance Markets." International Journal of Health Finance and Economics 8:1 (March 2008): 13-26.
Scheffler, R.M., T.T. Brown, L. Syme, I. Kawachi, I. Tostykh, and C. Iribarren. "Community-Level Social Capital and Recurrence of Acute Coronary Syndrome." Social Science & Medicine 67:7 (2008): 1603-1613.
Preker, A.S., R.M. Scheffler, and M. Bassett, eds. Private Health
Insurance in Development: Friend not Foe. The World Bank. (Forthcoming,
2006).
Durkin, M.S., Helen Schneider, V.S. Pathania, K. Nelson, G. Solarsh,
N.M. Bellows, R. Scheffler, and K.J. Hofman. "Disease Control Priorities
in Low- and Middle-Income Countries." Learning and Developmental
Disabilities, 2nd Edition, Chapter 53. (Forthcoming)
Bokhari, F., R. Mayes, and R.M. Scheffler. "An Analysis of the Significant
Variation in Psychostimulant Use across the U.S." Pharmacoepidemiology
and Drug Safety early view published online, DOI: 10.1002/pds.980,
June 2004.
Scheffler, R., and D. Eisenberg. "Cash Flow: How Money Makes Its Way
through the Mental Health System." Family Therapy Magazine (Mar./Apr. 2004): 12-20.
Scheffler, R., Kirby, P., "The Occupational Transformation of the
Mental Health System.", Health Affairs, 177-188., September 2003
Peck, M. C., Scheffler, R. M., "An Analysis of the Definition of Mental
Illness Used in State Parity Laws.", Psychiatric Services, 1089-1095,
September 2002
Snowden, L., Scheffler, R., Zhang, A, "The Impact of Realignment on
the Client Population in California's Public Mental Health System.", Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 229-241, January 2002
Scheffler, R., Durham, M., McGuire, T., Wells, K. B., "Policy Intervention", Mental Health Services Research, 215-222, December 2002
Pingitore, D.P., Scheffler, R. M., Sentell, T., "Comparisons of Psychiatrists
and Psychologists in Clinical Practice", Psychiatric Services, 977-983,
August 2002
Bloom, J. R., Hu, T., Wallace, N., Cuffel, B., Hausman, J. W., Sheu,
M., Scheffler, R, "Mental Health Costs and Access Under Alternative
Capitation Systems in Colorado", Health Services Research, 37(2),
April 2002
Other Interests
- Chair, Task force on Private Insurance- World Bank
- International Health Economics Association- iHEA
Profile updated: March 16, 2012