Dr. Johnson started at HCCI in June of 2017. As a senior researcher, he oversees the Healthy Marketplace Index project and supports a variety of other HCCI research priorities. His research focuses on how local market factors, such as health care provider market structure, can impact the cost and type of care patients receive. He has also published work estimating shortages of the public provision of mental health services across localities in Virginia.

Dr. Johnson received his MA and PhD in Economics from the University of Virginia.

Authored by Bill Johnson, Ph.D.

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The Healthy Marketplace Index: Furthering Transparency to Improve our Understanding of Commercial Healthcare Markets Across the Country

A new report from the Health Care Cost Institute, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, examined relative healthcare prices across the U.S. and found widespread healthcare price variation across metro areas.
Posted By Bill Johnson, Ph.D., Kevin Kennedy, BS , Niall Brennan, M.P.P., Sally Rodriguez, M.P.H.
Topics Using Health Data Paying for Care Costs & Payments