U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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NOTE: Submission Date Extended to 12/17/2014

The Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets (CDOM) at AHRQ has openings for Ph.D. economists in 2015. The Center includes a team of 30 Economists, Social Scientists, and clinicians who conduct and sponsor cutting-edge research on healthcare affordability, markets, and competition; payment, public reporting, and other financial incentives; and healthcare organization and delivery. With the recent identification of Healthcare Affordability as an Agency-wide priority, the need and opportunity for such work has been magnified. The successful candidate(s) will join CDOM's high-energy, nationally-recognized, multidisciplinary team that works on the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), an Agency flagship program. HCUP is a Federal-State-Industry Partnership that creates a family of heath care databases and related software tools and products. HCUP contains the largest collection of all-payer encounter-level hospital care data in the U.S. that enable research on a broad range of health care policy, cost, quality, efficiency, access, and outcomes issues at the national, State, and local market levels. Used in over 3,000 peer-reviewed publications, HCUP is a highly visible data source for federal and state policy-makers seeking to identify or predict the impact on health reform or other policy changes on the quality, safety, cost, and equity of healthcare.

The successful candidate(s) will join the HCUP team managing contract activities, performing data analyses, and conducting original complex research that leads to peer-reviewed publications in economics, health policy, and health services research journals. CDOM seeks Ph.D. candidates who expect their degrees in 2015 as well as experienced Ph.D. economists with strong research, applied economics, and econometric skills who are interested in applied microeconomics, health economics, industrial organization, econometrics, and/or labor. Other preferred skills include competency in Stata, SAS, and other statistical software; the ability to work independently and multi-task efficiently; and a desire to work in a multidisciplinary team-oriented environment.

The positions are Staff Service Fellow appointments, for an initial period of two years with the possibility of further extensions, at a salary range of $75,621 - $138,136 depending on qualifications; applications from U.S. Citizens and non-citizens with permanent resident status welcomed. CDOM will interview highly qualified applicants at the January 2015 AEA Meetings. AHRQ is an Equal Opportunity Employer.