Christopher J. Conover, Assistant Research Professor of Public Policy Studies and Director, Health Policy Certificate Program, Center for Health Policy; Director, Jim Bernstein Health Policy Scholars Program; Senior Fellow, Health Inequalities Program
Office Location: 126 Rubenstein Hall
Office Phone: 919.613.9369
Email Address: conoverc@hpolicy.duke.edu
Areas of Expertise:
Health Policy
Education:
PhD, Pardee RAND Graduate School (Santa Monica, CA), 1995
Master of Arts, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis), 1981
Master of Philosophy, 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)
- Weaver M, Conover CJ, Ang A, Arno P, Ettner SL. "Utilization of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS, Chronic Mental Illness, and Substance Abuse disorders." Journal of AIDS (Accepted, Forthcoming, 2008).
- Conover CJ, Ang A, Arno P, Ettner SL, Flynn PM, Weaver M, Porto JV. "Costs of Care for People Living with Combined HIV/AIDS, Chronic Mental Illness, and Substance Abuse Disorders." Journal of American Medical Association (Submitted, Submitted January, 2007).
- C.J. Conover. "Distributional Considerations in the Overregulation of Health Professionals, Health Facilities, and Health Plans." Law and Contemporary Problems Symposium Issue: Who Pays? Who Benefits? 69 (Fall, 2006): 181-193. [pdf]
- Rachel A. Whetten, Kathryn Whetten, Brian Pence, Susan Reif, Christopher J. Conover, Stephanie Bouis. "Providing transportation to care: Does it make a difference?." AIDS Care 18.Supplement 1 (September, 2006): 27-34.
- K. Whetten, S. Reif, J. Ostermann, M. Swartz, R. Whetten, C.J. Conover, S. Bouis, N. Theilman, J. Eron. "Improving health outcomes among individuals with HIV, mental illness and substance abuse disorders in the Southeast." AIDS Care 18.Supplement 1 (September, 2006): 18-26.
Bio/Profile
Christopher J. Conover is an Assistant Research Professor of Public Policy Studies in the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Senior Fellow in the Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University, Director of the Health Policy Certificate Program 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.
