Dan Sacks
Expert in health economics, with focuses on health insurance, and healthcare policy, and health behaviors such as vaccinations and addictive substance use
Associate professor, Risk and Insurance Wisconsin School of Business Work: 608-263-5514 — Home and cell phones available upon request dan.sacks@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- I have studied how federal health policy affects insurance coverage and access
- My work on addiction investigates the determinants of substance use, and ways for policymakers to reduce initiation
- I study vaccination choices and outcomes in real world settings
Achievements
- My research has been published in leading economics journals, and covered by national and international outlets
- Research support from the Social Security Foundation, the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and Sloan Foundation