Truven Health Analytics
7700 Old Georgetown Rd, Ste 650
Bethesda, MD 20814

mark.w.smith@truvenhealth.com
301-547-4395 (voice)

Research Interests
quality measurement in health care; health services research; health treatment and outcomes of veterans; cost-effectiveness of health interventions; use and cost of mental health and substance abuse services

Health Economist Mark Smith is a Director in Behavioral Health and Quality Research at Truven Health Analytics and a Stanford Health Policy Adjunct Affiliate. From 2001-2011 he was an economist at VA Palo Alto. His research focuses primarily on mental health and substance abuse, trauma, and economic analyses alongside clinical trials.  He leads a Truven Health team that’s collaborating with Stanford Health Policy and others to develop health care quality indicators based on emergency department services. International projects include implementation of health care quality measurement in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and determining predictors of sustainability in water-quality improvement projects in Nicaragua.  He earned a B.A. at Oberlin College and M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees at Yale University, all in economics.