Patrick Richard

PhD; MA (Division Director)

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics
Title
Director, Health Services Administration
Location: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Research Interests:
Economic outcomes of military patients with traumatic brain injury and associated burden on patients and caregivers; prescription opioid and associated long term outcomes in the military.
Email
patrick.richard@usuhs.edu
Office Phone
(301) 295-9770

Education

Baruch College, CUNY, New York, NY B.B.A 1992 Finance and Economics
American University, Washington, DC M.A. 2000 Microeconomic Theory/Development Economics
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Ph.D. 2007 Health Economics
University of California, Berkeley, CA Post-Doctorate 2008 Health Economics

Biography

Dr. Richard is a Professor of Health Economics and the Director of the Health Services Administration (HSA) 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.