Departmental Affiliations
Matthew Eisenberg, PhD, uses economics to analyze governmental, insurer, and employer healthcare policies with applications to mental health and substance use disorders.
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Research Interests
Health economics; health insurance; mental health; substance use disorder
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Experiences & Accomplishments
Matthew Eisenberg, PhD, is an associate professor of Health Policy and Management at the
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an associate professor, by courtesy, at
the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. At Johns Hopkins, he serves as Associate Chair for
Faculty in the Department of Health Policy and Management and the Director of the PhD
Program in Health Economics and Policy. He completed his BS, with honors, in Policy Analysis
and Management at Cornell University and received his PhD in Public Policy and Management
from Carnegie Mellon University with a specialization in Health Economics.
Much of his research has been focused on analyzing the impact of governmental, insurer, and
employer level health care policies, specifically with applications to mental health and substance
use disorder. In his work, he brings econometric research designs and economic theory to
important policy questions with the goal of improving the functioning of health care markets and
improving health. His work on high-deductible health plans and substance use disorder treatment
was featured as one of the eight best papers at the 2020 Academy Health Annual Research
Meeting (ARM), the top national conference for health services and health policy research.
He has published over 45 peer-reviewed papers in top economics, medical, and policy journals
including Journal of Health Economics, American Journal of Health Economics, JAMA: Internal
Medicine, JAMA: Psychiatry, and Health Affairs. He is principal investigator of three R01s and
received more than $9 million in funding in grants as principal investigator from the National
Institutes for Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and other prominent
foundations.
Honors & Awards
Best of ARM Abstract. Selected as one of eight abstracts to be featured as the Best of the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, 2020
Bloomberg School of Public Health Excellence in Teaching for Applied Microeconomics for Policymaking, 2019, 2021
Bloomberg School of Public Health Excellence in Teaching for Intermediate Health Economics, 2019, 2020, 2021
Bloomberg School of Public Health Excellence in Teaching for Health Economics II, 2016, 2017, 2018
Select Publications
Selected publications listed. A full CV can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19gxzx_7tJnyEwgv8Tm_w1Sl-SIHGuyR4
Eisenberg MD, Eddelbuettel JC, McGinty EE. 2022. Employment in Office Based and Intensive Behavioral Health Settings in the U.S., 2016-2022. JAMA. 328(16): 1642-1643.
Eisenberg MD, Kennedy-Hendricks A, Schilling C, Busch A, Huskamp HA, Stuart L, Meiselbach M, Barry CL. 2022. The Impact of High-Deductible Health Plans on Substance Use Disorder Treatment Use and Spending. American Journal of Managed Care. 28(10): 500-506.
Eisenberg M, Du S, Kennedy-Hendricks A, Sen A, Barry CL. 2020. Health care spending by enrollees with substance use and mental health disorders in high-deductible health plans v traditional plans. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online April 15, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.0342
Eisenberg MD, Stone EM, Pittell H, McGinty EE. 2020. The impact of academic medical center policies restricting direct-to-physician marketing on opioid prescribing. Health Affairs. 39(6): 1002-1010.
Eisenberg M, Haviland A, Mehtora A, Huckfedlt P, Sood N. 2017. The Long-Term Effects of Consumer-Directed Health Plans on the Use of Preventive Care. Journal of Health Economics. 55:61-75