Gerald F. Kominski, Ph.D.

Professor, Health Services Associate Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research UCLA Center for Health Policy Research 10960 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1550 Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA (310) 794-2681 Fax: (310) 794-2686 E-mail: Kominski@ucla.edu

Biographical Information

Gerald F. Kominski, Ph.D., is Professor, Department of Health Services, and Director of the Health Economics and Evaluation Research Program at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Dr. Kominski received his Ph.D. in public policy analysis with a concentration in health economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985, and his B.A. in chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1978. He teaches classes in advanced research methods, health economics, and cost-effectiveness analysis. His research focuses on evaluating the costs and cost-effectiveness of health care programs and technologies; improving access and health outcomes, particularly among ethnic and vulnerable populations; and developing models for estimating health expenditures and forecasting population health. He currently serves as Vice Chair for the Financial Impact Analysis Team that analyses insurance mandates for the California legislature as part of the California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP). Prior to joining the faculty at UCLA in 1989, he served as a staff member for the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (ProPAC) in Washington, D.C., a Congressional agency that monitored and developed Medicare hospital payment policy and is now known as the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). His is co-editor of the widely used textbook, Changing the U.S. Health Care System: Key Issues in Health Services Policy and Management, which was published in its third edition in 2007.

Kominski GF, Varon SF, Morisky DE, Malotte CK, Ebin VJ, Coly A, Chiao C. Costs and cost-effectiveness of adolescent compliance with treatment for latent tuberculosis infection: results from a randomized trial. Journal of Adolescent Health 2007;40(1):61-68.

Afifi AA, Morisky DE, Kominski GF, Kotlerman JB.  Impact of disease management programs on health care utilization: evidence from Florida: a health state (FAHS) Medicaid program. Preventive Medicine 2007;44(6):547-553.

Kominski GF, Morisky DE, Afifi AA, Kotlerman JB. The impact of disease management on utilization of services by race and ethnicity: evidence from the Florida Medicaid program. American Journal of Managed Care 2008;14(3):168-172.

Rosenstock L, Silver GB, Helsing K, Evashwick C, Katz R, Klag M, Kominski GF, Richter D, Sumaya C, Wahl P. Confronting the public health workforce crisis: ASPH statement on the public health workforce. Public Health Reports 2008;123(3):395-398.

Kominski GF, Pourat N, Roby D, Cameron M. Return to work and degree of recovery among injured workers in California’s workers’ compensation system. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2008;50(3):296-305.

Roby DH, Kominski GF, Pourat N. Assessing the barriers to engaging challenging populations in disease management programs: the Medicaid experience. Disease Management and Health Outcomes 2008;16(6):421-428.

Chen J, Swonger S, Kominski GF, Liu H, Lee J, Diamant A. Cost-effectiveness of insuring the uninsured: the case of Korean American children. Medical Decision Making 2009; 29(1):51-60.

van Meijgaard J, Fielding JE, Kominski GF. Assessing and forecasting population health: integrating knowledge and beliefs in a comprehensive framework. Public Health Reports 2009;124(6):778-789.

Meng YY, Pourat N, Cosway R, Kominski GF. Estimated costs of expanding coverage for asthma self-management education to children with symptomatic versus uncontrolled asthma in California HMOs. Journal of Asthma 2010;47(5):581-586.

Roby DH, Pourat N, Pirritano NJ, Vrungos SM, Dajee H, Castillo D, Kominski GF. Impact of patient-centered medical home assignment on emergency room visits among uninsured patients in a county health system. Medical Care Research and Review 2010;67(4):412-430.