VA Palo Alto Health Care System
795 Willow Road (152 MPD)
Menlo Park, CA 94025

mark.smith9@va.gov
(650) 493-5000 ext. 22945 (voice)

Research Interests
health treatment and outcomes of veterans; cost-effectiveness of health interventions; economic impact of violent trauma among women; pharmacoeconomics; use and cost of mental health services

Mark Smith is Associate Director and economist at the Health Economics Resource Center of the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, and a CHP/PCOR associate. His research focuses primarily on measuring the cost and outcomes of VA health care. Methodological interests include micro-costing methods, implementation research, and the cost of non-VA care paid by VA. Current research projects include clinical trials on kidney dialysis, heart-disease prevention, and posttraumatic stress disorder, and health services research on military sexual trauma, interpersonal violence, and physician retention. Smith serves on many research advisory and oversight committees and the editorial board of Implementation Science.

Smith earned a B.A. at Oberlin College and M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees at Yale University, all in economics. From 1998-2001 he worked as an economist for Thomson Medstat, a research consulting firm.

Other affiliations
Veterans Affairs Palo Alto