Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Stanford Health Policy
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Forum on Contemporary Europe
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
Program on Food Security and the Environment
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
People of CHP/PCOR
Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD
Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution and CHP/PCOR Adjunct Associate1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Research Interests
innovative statistical methods for using observational data to estimate the effects of medical interventions; financial and regulatory influences on physician and hospital behavior
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Working Papers
- Medical Liability, Managed Care, and Defensive Medicine
Daniel P. Kessler, Mark B. McClellan
NBER vol. w7537 (2000)
- How Liability Law Affects Medical Productivity
Daniel P. Kessler, Mark B. McClellan
NBER vol. w7533 (2000) - Medical Spending near the End of Life: An Update
Jeffrey J. Geppert, Mark B. McClellan
(1999) - Effects of Health Care 'Report Cards' on Health Care Providers, The
David Dranove, Daniel P. Kessler, Mark B. McClellan, Mark Satterthwaite
NBER vol. w8697 (1999)
Reports
Cost-Effectiveness of Positron Emission Tomography for Diagnosis of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules
Michael K. Gould, Gillian D. Sanders, Paul G. Barnett, Chara Rydzak, Mark B. McClellan, Douglas K. Owens, CC MacLean
Medical Decision Making vol. 21 (2001)
Prevention Quality Indicators
Sheryl M. Davies, Brad Duncan, Jeffrey J. Geppert, Michael K. Gould, Corinna Haberland, Paul A. Heidenreich, Mark B. McClellan, Kathryn M. McDonald, Patrick Romano, Mark Schleinitz
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2001)- Refinement of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Quality Indicators
Sheryl M. Davies, Jeffrey J. Geppert, Mark B. McClellan, Kathryn M. McDonald, Patrick Romano, Kaveh Shojania
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2001)
Journal Articles
International Differences in Patient and Physician Perceptions of "High Quality" Healthcare: A Model from Pediatric Cardiology
A Garson, C Yong, Cynthia A. Yock, Mark B. McClellan
American Journal of Cardiology vol. 97, 7 (2006).jpg)
Trends in inpatient treatment intensity among Medicare beneficiaries at the end of life
AE Barnato, Mark B. McClellan, CR Kagay, Alan M. Garber
Health Services Research vol. 39, 2 (2004).jpg)
Costs of decedents in the Medicare program: implications for payments to Medicare + Choice plans, The
Buntin MB, Alan M. Garber, Mark B. McClellan, Newhouse JP
Health Services Research vol. 39, 1 (2004)
Cardiac Procedure Use and Outcomes in Elderly Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States and Quebec, Canada, 1988 to 1994
L. Pilote, O. Saynina, F. Lavoie, Mark B. McClellan
Medical Care vol. 41, 7 (2003)
Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Management Strategies for Patients with Solitary Polmonary Nodules
Michael K. Gould, Gillian D. Sanders, Paul G. Barnett, C Rydzak, CC Maclean, Mark B. McClellan, Douglas K. Owens
Annals of Internal Medicine vol. 138, 9 (2003)
Association of Renal Insufficiency with Treatment and Outcomes after Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Patients
Shlipak MG, Paul A. Heidenreich, Noguchi H, Chertow G, Mark B. McClellan
Annals of Internal Medicine vol. 137, 7 (2002)
Relation Between Managed Care Market Share and the Treatment of Elderly Fee-for-Service Patients with Myocardial Infarction, The
Paul A. Heidenreich, Mark B. McClellan, CD Frances, Laurence C. Baker
The American Journal of Medicine vol. 112, 3 (2002)
Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in the Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias among Medicare Beneficiaries
JP Weiss, O Sayina, Kathryn M. McDonald, Mark B. McClellan, Mark A. Hlatky
American Journal of Medicine vol. 112 (2002)
Trends in Hospital Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1985-1995
Kathryn M. McDonald, Mark A. Hlatky, O Saynina, Jeffrey J. Geppert, Alan M. Garber, Mark B. McClellan
American Heart Journal vol. 144, 3 (2002)- Trends in the Use of Technology for Heart Attacks and Stroke, the US Experience in Light of the TECH Research Network
Mark B. McClellan, Daniel P. Kessler, Kathryn M. McDonald
Presented with Panel Session: Bridging the Gaps in the International Analysis of Health Care Systems: The Recent Experience of the OECD. Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy (2002) 
Utilization and Outcomes of the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator: 1987-1995
Mark A. Hlatky, O Saynina, Kathryn M. McDonald, Alan M. Garber, Mark B. McClellan
American Heart Journal vol. 144, 3 (2002)
Managed Care, Health Care Quality, and Regulation
Laurence C. Baker, Mark B. McClellan
Journal of Legal Studies vol. 30, 2 (2001)
Medicare Reform: Fundamental Problems, Incremental Steps
Mark B. McClellan
Journal of Economic Perspectives vol. 14, 2 (2000)
Designing a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Issues, Opportunities, and Challenges
Mark B. McClellan, I. Spatz, S. Carney
Health Affairs vol. 19, 2 (2000)
Is Hospital Competition Socially Wasteful?
Daniel P. Kessler, Mark B. McClellan
Quarterly Journal of Economics vol. 115, 2 (2000)
Medicare Reform: Who Pays, and Who Benefits?
Mark B. McClellan, J.S. Skinner
Health Affairs vol. 18, 1 (1999)
Global Analysis of Technological Change in Health Care: The Case of Heart Attacks, A
Mark B. McClellan, Daniel P. Kessler, for the TECH investigators
Health Affairs vol. 18, 3 (1999)
Risks and Costs of End-Stage Renal Disease after Heart Transplantation
J. Hornberger, J. Best, Jeffrey J. Geppert, Mark B. McClellan
Transplantation vol. 66, 12 (1998).jpg)
What Has Increased Medical-Care Spending Bought?
D. Cutler, Mark B. McClellan, J.P. Newhouse
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings vol. 88, 2 (1998).jpg)
Technological Change in Heart-Disease Treatment: Does High-Tech Mean Low Value?
Mark B. McClellan, H. Noguchi
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings vol. 88, 2 (1998)
Are Medical Prices Declining? Evidence for Heart Attack Treatments
D. M. Cutler, Mark B. McClellan, J.P Newhouse, D. Remler
Quarterly Journal of Economics vol. 113, 4 (1998)- Econometrics of Outcomes Research, The
J.P Newhouse, Mark B. McClellan
Annual Review of Public Health vol. 19 (1998) 
Hospital Reimbursement Incentives: An Empirical Analysis
Mark B. McClellan
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy vol. 6, 1 (1997)
Marginal Cost-Effectiveness of Medical Technology: A Panel Instrumental-Variables Approach, The
Mark B. McClellan, J.P. Newhouse
Journal of Econometrics vol. 77, 1 (1997)
Effects of Malpractice Pressure and Liability Reforms on Physicians' Perceptions of Medical Care, The
Daniel P. Kessler, Mark B. McClellan
Law and Contemporary Problems vol. 60, 1&2 (1997)
Marginal Returns to Technological Change in Health Care, The
Mark B. McClellan
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 93, 23 (1996)
Do Doctors Practice Defensive Medicine?
Daniel P. Kessler, Mark B. McClellan
Quarterly Journal of Economics vol. 111, 2 (1996)
Uncertain Demand for Medical Care, The
Mark B. McClellan
Journal of Health Economics vol. 14, 2 (1995).jpg)
Uncertainty, Health Care Technologies, and Health Care Choices
Mark B. McClellan
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings vol. 85, 2 (1995).jpg)
Health Care Technologies and Health Care Choices
Mark B. McClellan
Amer Econ Rev (1995).jpg)
Does More Intensive Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction Reduce Mortality?
Mark B. McClellan, B.J. McNeil, J.P. Newhouse
Journal of the American Medical Association vol. 272, 11 (1994)
Appropriateness of Care: A Comparison of Global and Outcome Methods to Set Standards
Mark B. McClellan, R.H. Brook
Medical Care vol. 30 (1992)
Books & Book Chapters
Technological Change in Health Care: A Global Analysis of Heart Attack
Mark B. McClellan, Daniel P. Kessler
University of Michigan Press (2002)
Trends in the Use of Intensive Procedures at the End of Life
AE Barnato, Alan M. Garber, CR Kagay, Mark B. McClellan
MIT Press In Garber, Alan (ed) "Frontiers in Health Policy Research" vol. 4 (2001)
Comparing the Quality of Health Care Providers
Mark B. McClellan, D. Staiger
MIT Press In "Frontiers in Health Policy Research", A. Garber, ed. vol. 3 (2000)- Comparing Hospital Quality at For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Hospitals
Mark B. McClellan, S. Staiger
University of Chicago Press in "The Changing Hospital Industry: Comparing Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Institutions", D. Cutler, ed. (2000) 
Distributional Effects of Medicare, The
J. Lee, Mark B. McClellan, J. Skinner
NBER and MIT Press (Cambridge, MA) in "Tax Policy and the Economy", Poterba, ed. vol. 13 (1999)
Medical Care at the End of Life: Diseases, Treatment Patterns, and Costs
Alan M. Garber, Thomas E. MaCurdy, Mark B. McClellan
MIT Press (Cambridge, MA) in "Frontiers in Health Policy Research", A.M. Garber, ed. vol. 2 (1999)
Persistence of Medical Expenditures among Elderly Beneficiaries
Alan M. Garber, Thomas E MaCurdy, Mark B. McClellan
MIT Press in A. Garber, ed., "Frontiers in Health Policy Research" vol. 1 (1998)
Health Events, Health Insurance, and Labor Supply: Evidence from the Health & Retirement Study
Mark B. McClellan
University of Chicago Press in "Frontiers in the Economics of Aging", D. Wise, ed. (1998)
Diagnosis and Medical Expenditures at the End of Life
Mark B. McClellan, Alan M. Garber, Thomas E. MaCurdy
University of Chicago Press in "Frontiers in the Economics of Aging", D. Wise, ed. (1998)- Incitations et Financement des Hospitaux: Le Partage Prospectif et Retrospectif des Couts
Mark B. McClellan
INSEE in "Economie de la Sante", S. Jacobzone, ed. (1998) 
Insurance or Self-Insurance? Variation, Persistence, and Individual Health Accounts
M. Eichner, Mark B. McClellan, D. Wise
University of Chicago Press in "Inquiries in the Economics of Aging", David A. Wise, ed. (1998)
What Is Technological Change?
D Cutler, Mark B. McClellan
University of Chicago Press in "Inquiries in the Economics of Aging", DA Wise, ed. (1998)
Designing Hospital Antitrust Policy to Promote Social Welfare
Daniel P. Kessler, Mark B. McClellan
MIT Press in Garber A, Ed., "Frontiers in Health Policy Research" (1998)
Feasibility of Medical Savings Accounts, The
M. Eichner, Mark B. McClellan, D. Wise
MIT Press in J. Poterba, ed., "Tax Policy and the Economy" vol. 11 (1997)
Medicare Reimbursement and Hospital Cost Growth
Mark B. McClellan
University of Chicago Press in "Advances in the Economics of Aging", D. Wise, ed. (1996)
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