Luisa Franzini, PhD

Professor & Director
University of Texas School of Public Health
Management, Policy and Community Health Division
1200 Pressler Drive
Houston, TX
USA 77401

Biographical Sketch: Luisa Franzini is a health economist at the University of Texas School of Public Health. She obtained a B.Sc, M.Sc, and Ph.D in Economics and Econometrics from the London School of Economics. After several years working as a theoretical econometrician, she is currently engaged in the fields of health economics, cost analysis, and social determinants of health.

Papers:
2068.0 Health care expenditure among hypertensive diabetics and its association with quality of care 3093.0 Cesarean section rate variation across hospital referral regions in Texas: A claims analysis of privately insured population from 2008-2011 3368.0 Inappropriate MRI utilization for low back pain in Texas: Variation across the state and predictive factors 4238.0 Role of utilization and price in spending variation in a privately insured Texas population: 2008-2011 5042.0 Pathways linking neighborhood socioeconomic context to self-rated health in African americans in houston, TX 5060.0 Geographic variation in asthma admission rates across hospital referral regions in Texas: An analysis of private insurance population between 2008 and 2011