Vivian Valdmanis, PhD
Assistant Professor of Health Policy
Health Policy Program
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Email: v.valdma@usip.edu

Economic analysis of hospitals, health care delivery, and burden of illness issues yields insights into current approaches to financing and organization of clinic services, generating new policy options. These analyses are particularly critical in low income countries and in areas of advanced countries where people suffering from diabetes and chronic disease are served by public entities with limited resources.

Objectives in the public policy area as they pertain to economic analysis of health care include cost containment, quality, and access. Economics is the study of allocating resources to the best possible uses, which is information needed by public and private health care providers/producers.

CURRENT AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST

Dr. Valdmanis' research interests include productivity analysis of hospitals, burden of illness – focusing on diseases of the eye and burdens due to diabetes.

FACULTY MEMBER’S PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO THIS TOPIC

Refereed Publications:

Berta, W., A. Laporte, and V. Valdmanis.  “Observations on Institutional Long-Term Care in Ontario: 1996-2001”.  Canadian Journal on Aging (Forthcoming).

*Dervaux, B., H.Leleu, and V. Valdmanis “Estimating Tradeoffs Among Health Care System’s Objectives Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

(Forthcoming)

*Blank, J. and V. Valdmanis “A Modified three-Stage DEA: Application to Homes for the Mentally Disabled in The Netherlands” European Journal of Health Economics (Forthcoming)

Valdmanis, V., L. Kumanarayake, and J. Lertiendumrung (2004) “Capacity in Thai Public Hospitals and the Production of Care for Poor and Non-Poor Patients” Health Services Research, 39 (6) Part II, 2117-2134

* Dervaux, B., G. Ferrier, H. Leleu, and V. Valdmanis (2004). Comparing French And US Hospital Technologies: A Directional Input Distance Function Approach, Applied Economics , 36 (10), 1065-1081

*Ferrier, G. and V. Valdmanis “Hospital Mergers and Efficiency over Time: A Malmquist

Approach” (2004) Journal of Operations Research Society 55 (10), 1071-1080

*Grosskopf, S., D. Margaritis, and V. Valdmanis (2004) “Competitive Effects on Teaching Hospitals” European Journal of Operations Research 154 (2), 515-525

*Dervaux, B., H.Leleu, H. Nantes, and V. Valdmanis “Assessing French Nursing Home Efficiency: An Indirect Output Distance Approach” Socio-Economic Planning Sciences (Forthcoming)

Valdmanis, V., D. Walker, and J. Fox-Rushby (2003) “Are Vaccination Sites in Bangladesh Scale Efficient?” International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 19:692-697.

*Dervaux, B., H. Leleu, V. Valdmanis, and D. Walker (2003) “Parameters of Control when Facing Stochastic Demand: A DEA Approach Applied to Bangladeshi Vaccination Sites” International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics 3(4) 287-299

*Ferrier, G. and V. Valdmanis (2003) “Exploring Psychiatric Hospital Performance Using Data