Sanford School of Public Policy
Duke University
Christopher Conover, Research Scholar of Public Policy Studies and Director, Jim Bernstein Health Policy Scholars Program; Senior Fellow, Health Inequalities Program
Office Location: 104 Trent Hall
Office Phone: (919) 668-4052
Email Address: conoverc@duke.edu
Areas of Expertise
- Health Policy
- Access to health care
- Economics
- Insurance
Education:
PhD in Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School (Santa Monica, CA), 1995
Master of Arts in Political Science, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis), 1981
Master of Philosophy in Policy Analysis, RAND Graduate Institute (Santa Monica, CA), 1979
B.A., Franklin & Marshall College, 1972
Research Categories: Health Regulation, Access to Medical Care, Uninsured, State Health Policy
Current projects: Cost of health services regulation, Jim Bernstein Health Policy Scholars Program, Who's Who in Health Services Regulation on-line directory, Duke Health Policy Gateway
Research Description: Chris Conover's research interests are in the area of health regulation and state health policy, with a focus on issues related to health care for the medically indigent (including the uninsured), and estimating the magnitude of the social burden of illness.
Conover has been working on estimates of the cost of health services regulation for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and has testified before Congress on this issue. He also has provided policy advice on access and cost issues to governors and legislative groups from several states within the southeast region. He also has developed the Duke Health Policy Gateway (http://www.hpolicy.duke.edu/cyberexchange) in hopes of using the Internet to foster more evidence-based health policy decisions.
With support from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation of North Carolina, he directs the Jim Bernstein Health Policy Fellows Program, which will include the development of an on-line expert directory (Who's Who in N.C. Health Policy) and companion N.C. Health Policy Gateway.
He also recently served as a consultant to the North Carolina Department of Insurance on the impact of conversion of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina to for-profit status.
Recent Publications (More Publications)
- Conover CJ, Weaver M, Ang A, Arno P, Flynn PM, Ettner SL. "Costs of Care for People Living with Combined HIV/AIDS, Chronic Mental Illness, and Substance Abuse Disorders." AIDS Care (Accepted, Forthcoming 2009).
- LaPierre T, Conover CJ, Henderson JW,Seward JA, Taylor BA. "Estimating the Impact of State Health Insurance Mandates on Premium Costs Using the Community Tracking Survey." Journal of Insurance Regulation (Accepted, Forthcoming 2009).
- C.J. Conover, M. Weaver, P. Arno, A. Ang, S.L. Ettner. "Insurance Coverage Among People Living with Combined HIV/AIDS, Chronic Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Disorders." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (Submitted, June 16, 2009). [abs]
- Weaver MR, Conover CJ, Proescholdbell RJ, Arno PS, Ang A, Ettmer SL. "Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Integrated Care for People with HIV, Chronic Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Disorders." Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 12.1 (March, 2009): 33-46. [abs]
- Robert Cook-Deegan, Christopher DeRienzo, Julia Carbone, Subhashini Chandrasekharan, Christopher Heaney, and Christopher Conover. "Impact of Patents and Licensing Practices on Access to Genetic Testing for Inherited Susceptibility to Cancer: Comparing Breast and Ovarian Cancers to Colon Cancers." Impact of Gene Patents and Licensing Practices on Access to Genetic Testing Compendium of Case Studies Commissioned for SACGHS by the Duke University Center for Genome Ethics, Law & Policy. Secretary's Advisory Commission on Genetics, Health, and Society, February, 2009 [pdf]
Bio/Profile
Christopher J. Conover is a Research Scholar in the Center for Health Policy, Duke University, and Director of the Jim Bernstein Health Policy Scholars Program. He received his doctorate in policy analysis from the RAND Graduate School. He teaches in the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, the Duke School of Medicine and also has taught in the Fuqua School of Business at Duke.
