Patrick Richard PhD; MA (Division Director)

Education

Post-doctorate Research Fellow, Health Economics -University of California, Berkeley, CA
Ph.D. Health Economics -Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Master of Arts Economics- American University, Washington, DC
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Finance and economics-Baruch College (CUNY)

Biography

Dr. Richard is a Professor of Health Economics and the Director of the Health Policy and Management (HPM) Division, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). Dr. Richard has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles in a broad range of journals and disciplines including health economics, health services research, health policy and bio-medical. His current research focus is on the economics of traumatic brain injury in the Military Health System. He specializes in health econometrics (linear and non-linear models of health care costs and count data) and has over 21 years of experience in health economics, health services and health policy research and practice.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Bauer, M. R., Larson, M. J., Moresco, N., Huntington, N., Walker, R., & Richard, P. (2021). Association between one-year patient outcomes and opioid-prescribing group of emergency department clinicians: a cohort study with Army active duty soldiers. Academic Emergency Medicine: Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

Richard, P., Bauer, M. R., Moresco, N., Walker, R., Bowser, D., Reed, D., & Larson, M. J. (2021). Opioid prescribing for surgical dental procedures in dental clinics of military treatment facilities. The Journal of the American Dental Association, 152(2), 94-104.

Richard, P., Patel, N., Gedeon, D., Hyppolite, R., & Younis, M. (2021). Common symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury and work functioning of active-duty service members with a history of deployment. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(15), 8079.

Muthuuri, P., Kassim, J., Richard, P., & Mwarania, F. (2021). Last Mile Access to Enriched Children's Complementary Food: Mitigating Malnutrition in Meru (Kenya). Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 7.

Richard, P., Patel, N., Lu, Y. C., Walker, R., & Younis, M. (2021). The financial burden of cancer on families in the United States. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7), 3790

Luan, W. P., Leroux, T. C., Olsen, C., Robb, D., Skinner, J. S., & Richard, P. (2020). Variation in bariatric surgery costs and complication rates in the Military Health System. Military medicine, 185(7-8), e1057-e1064.

Eaglehouse, Y. L., Georg, M. W., Richard, P., Shriver, C. D., & Zhu, K. (2019). Costs for colon cancer treatment comparing benefit types and care sources in the US Military Health System. Military Medicine, 184(11-12), e847-e855.

Eaglehouse, Y. L., Georg, M. W., Richard, P., Shriver, C. D., & Zhu, K. (2019). Cost- Efficiency of Breast Cancer Care in the US Military Health System: An Economic Evaluation in Direct and Purchased Care. Military Medicine, 184(9-10), e494-e501.

Dye, B. A., Duran, D. G., Murray, D. M., Creswell, J. W., Richard, P., Farhat, T & Engelgau, M. M. (2019). The Importance of Evaluating Health Disparities Research. American journal of public health, 109(S1), S34-S40.

Richard, P., Walker, R., & Alexandre, P. (2018). The burden of out of pocket costs and medical debt faced by households with chronic health conditions in the United States. PloS one, 13(6), e0199598.