Associate Professor of Health Services

UCLA School of Public Health
Box 951772
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
(310) 206-4744
Fax: (310) 206-4722
E-mail: Jluck@ucla.edu

Jeff Luck is Associate Professor of Health Services. He teaches courses in health care information systems, management strategy, and quality improvement. Dr. Luck received his MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA and his Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis from the RAND Graduate School of Policy Studies. Dr. Luck is Co-Principal Investigator of the California Health Interview Survey and participates in other projects that analyze and disseminate population health data for management and policy analysis. Dr. Luck’s research also addresses applications of new management practices and information systems to improve the quality and efficiency of health care organizations in industrialized and developing countries. He participates in projects developing innovative methods, such as clinical vignettes and standardized patients, to measure the quality of outpatient care.

Selected Publications

Fielding, J, J Luck, and G Tye, “Reinvigorating Public Health Core Functions: Restructuring Los Angeles County’s Public Health System,” 9(1):7–15, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2003.

Luck, J, “Applications of Information Systems to Public Health,” in Oxford Textbook of Public Health, R Detels, J McEwen, R Beaglehole, and H Tanaka (Eds.), 4th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2002.

Luck, J and JW Peabody, “When Do Developing Countries Implement Managed Care Policies and Techniques? Part II: Infrastructure, Techniques, and Reform Strategies,” American Journal of Managed Care, 8(12):1093–1103, 2002.

Peabody, JW and J Luck, “When Do Developing Countries Implement Managed Care Policies and Techniques? Part I: Policies, Experience, and a Framework of Preconditions,” American Journal of Managed Care, 8(11):997–1007, 2002.

Luck, J and JW Peabody, “Using Standardised Patients to Measure Physicians’ Practice: Validation Study Using Audio Recordings,” British Medical Journal, 325:679-82, 2002.

Luck, J, R Andersen, S Wenzel, L Arangua, D Wood, and L Gelberg, “Providers of Primary Care to Homeless Women in Los Angeles County,” Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 25(2):53–67, 2002.

Kominski, G, P Simon, A Ho, J Luck, Y Lim, J Fielding, “Assessing the Burden of Disease and Injury in Los Angeles County Using Disability-Adjusted Life Years,” Public Health Reports, 117(2)185-191, 2002.

Luck, J, JW Peabody, T Dresselhaus, M Lee, and P Glassman, “How Well Does Chart Abstraction Measure Quality? A Prospective Comparison of Standardized Patients with the Medical Record,” American Journal of Medicine, 108:642-649, 2000.

Peabody, JW, J Luck, P Glassman, T Dresselhaus, and M Lee, “Comparison of Vignettes, Standardized Patients and Chart Abstraction: A Prospective Validation Study of 3 Methods for Measuring Quality,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 283(13):1715-1722, 2000.

Luck, J., and JW Peabody, “Improving the Public Sector: Can Reengineering Identify How to Boost Efficiency and Effectiveness at a VA Medical Center?,” Health Care Management Review 25(2):34-44, 2000.