Healthcare Economics and Finance

Rebecca T. Slifkin, Ph.D., Program Director

A central concern in the health care system is the rising cost of services and a growing realization that resources are more limited. The Sheps Center continues to focus on both the general economics of personal health services as well as the specifics of program and organizational finance. In the former category, the Center's emphasis is on issues of fair and effective distribution of resources, both public and private. In the financial sector, it examines issues of efficiency and productivity in delivery units and targeted programs.