MIRON STANO, Professor of Economics and Management, specializes in health economics and the financing of health care.  He conducts research in managed care, the professional services markets, outcomes analysis, and cost evaluation.  His research has been supported by the Health Care Financing Administration, the Health Resources Services Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the Michigan Health Care Education and Research Foundation.  His article, "Individual Health Accounts: An Alternative Health Care Financing Approach," (Health Care Financing Review, 1981) introduced the concept of medical savings accounts.  Other publications include: The Economics of Health and Health Care, now in its 8th.edition (Routledge), and many articles in journals such as the Journal of Health Economics, Medical Care, Health Services Research, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Inquiry, Southern Economic Journal, RAND Journal of Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Public Finance Review, Economics Letters, Health Policy, American Journal of Managed Care, American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law, and Health Economics.  Prof. Stano has served as Associate Editor of the American Journal of Managed Care and as a research consultant to various organizations including Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Michigan, Wayne State University's School of Medicine and the U.S. General Accounting Office.  He has also served as an expert witness in antitrust cases involving the health care professions.

Specialties

Managed Care
Health System Reform
Health Care Evaluation/Cost-Effectiveness
Professional Services Markets

Education

McGill University (B. Commerce)
Cornell University (M.A. and Ph.D.)

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(248) 370-4275 fax
Stano@oakland.edu