Anirban Basu
Professor, Pharmacy
Professor, Health Services
Adjunct Professor, Economics
Magnuson Health Sciences Center
Box 357630
1959 NE Pacific St.Seattle, WA 98195-7630
206-616-2986
basua@uw.edu
Research Interests
Health econometrics; cost-effectiveness; comparative effectiveness and value of information analyses; quality of life; spill-over effects; substantive focus on cancer, mental health and diabetes
Education
PhD Health Economics, Public Policy, University of Chicago, 2004
MS Biostatistics, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1999
MS Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, 1997
BS Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jadavpur University, 1995
In the News
Rural hospital closings cause mortality rates to rise, study finds
NBC News, 09/06/2019
Researchers partner with Penn to study costs of Alzheimer's and dementia care
SPH News, 12/13/2018
Anirban Basu on panel that updated guide to caregivers’ decisions
HS NewsBeat, 09/22/2016
UW Professors Named American Statistical Association Fellows
ASPPH, 08/04/2016
Study Examines Outcomes, Costs after Return Visits to ER
SPH News, 02/25/2016
Outcomes from patient hospitalization after return visits to ER
JAMA, 02/16/2016
Drug projected at $1 million has spark mulling installment plan
Bloomberg Business, 08/06/2015
2014's Best & Worst States at Combating the High Cost of Lung Cancer
WalletHub, 11/20/2014
Politics Gets in the Way of Signing up for Health Insurance
Washington Post, 11/10/2014
Political Polarization and Health Insurance
National Bureau of Economic Research, 11/10/2014