Departmental Affiliations
Matthew Eisenberg, PhD, uses economics to analyze governmental, insurer, and employer healthcare policies with applications to mental health and substance use disorders.
Contact Info
624 N. Broadway, Hampton House 406
Baltimore
Maryland
21205
US
Research Interests
Health economics; health insurance; mental health; substance use disorder
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Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
Carnegie Mellon University
2015
BS
Cornell University
2009
Overview
Matthew Eisenberg, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management (Primary) and Department of Mental Health (Joint) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School (Joint). 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 won a best abstract award at the 2020 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting (ARM), the top national conference for health services and health policy research.
He has published over 55 peer-reviewed papers in top economics, medical, and policy journals including Journal of Health Economics, American Journal of Health Economics, JAMA, JAMA: Psychiatry, and Health Affairs. He is principal investigator of three R01s and received more than $10 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.
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 won a best abstract award at the 2020 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting (ARM), the top national conference for health services and health policy research.
He has published over 55 peer-reviewed papers in top economics, medical, and policy journals including Journal of Health Economics, American Journal of Health Economics, JAMA, JAMA: Psychiatry, and Health Affairs. He is principal investigator of three R01s and received more than $10 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, 2022, 2023
Bloomberg School of Public Health Excellence in Teaching for Health Economics II, 2016, 2017, 2018
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, 2022, 2023
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