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Anirban Basu

Professor, Health Systems and Population Health
Professor, Pharmacy
Adjunct Professor, Economics
Stergachis Family Endowed Professor and Director, Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics (CHOICE) Institute, Pharmacy

206-616-2986 | basua@uw.edu

Office H-375Q, Health Sciences Building
Box 357630
Magnuson Health Sciences Center, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, WA 98195

http://faculty.washington.edu/basua/

Research Interests

Health econometrics; cost-effectiveness; comparative effectiveness and value of information analyses; quality of life; spill-over effects; substantive focus on cancer, mental health and diabetes

Bio

Anirban Basu’s work sits at the intersection of microeconomics, statistics, and health policy. His research focuses on comparative and cost effectiveness analyses, causal inference methods, program evaluation, and outcomes research.

Currently the Stergachis Family Endowed Professor and Director of the Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program at the University of Washington, Basu also serves as faculty member in the Department of Health Services and as an adjunct in the Department of Economics. Previously, Basu taught on the faculty of the University of Chicago Department of Medicine, where he remains an external affiliate of the Center for Health and the Social Sciences.

In addition to his position as a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Basu is as an associate editor for Health Economics, Journal of Health Economics, and Observational Studies, and has served as panelist or speaker at many economics and health studies conferences, nationally and abroad.

Education

PhD Health Economics, Public Policy, University of Chicago, 2004
MS Biostatistics, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1999
MS Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, 1997
BS Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jadavpur University, 1995

Academic Programs and Affiliations

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Comparative effectiveness of gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy on predicted 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease 5 years after surgery.
PubMed
Basu A, Barton LJ, Fischer H, Reynolds K, Arterburn DE, Barthold D, Courcoulas A, Crawford CL, Fedorka PN, Kim BB, Mun EC, Murali SB, Zane RE, Coleman KJ. Comparative effectiveness of gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy on predicted 10-year risk of card
Impact of a statewide Emergency Department Information Exchange on health care use and expenditures.
PubMed
Sabbatini AK, McConnell KJ, Parrish C, Frogner BK, Reddy A, Zatzick DF, Kreuter W, Basu A. Impact of a statewide Emergency Department Information Exchange on health care use and expenditures. Health Serv Res. 2022 Jun;57(3):603-613. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773
Lifetime medical costs attributable to sickle cell disease among nonelderly individuals with commercial insurance.
PubMed
Johnson KM, Jiao B, Ramsey SD, Bender MA, Devine B, Basu A. Lifetime medical costs attributable to sickle cell disease among nonelderly individuals with commercial insurance. Blood Adv. 2022 May 16. pii: bloodadvances.2021006281. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvance
Cost-Effectiveness of Remdesivir for COVID-19 Treatment: What Are We Missing?
PubMed
Chhatwal J, Basu A. Cost-Effectiveness of Remdesivir for COVID-19 Treatment: What Are We Missing? Value Health. 2022 May;25(5):697-698. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2022.02.002. Epub 2022 Mar 19.
Development of a conceptual model for evaluating new non-curative and curative therapies for sickle cell disease.
PubMed
Johnson KM, Jiao B, Bender MA, Ramsey SD, Devine B, Basu A. Development of a conceptual model for evaluating new non-curative and curative therapies for sickle cell disease. PLoS One. 2022 Apr 28;17(4):e0267448. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267448. eCollect
Medical and Non-medical Costs of Sickle Cell Disease and Treatments from a US Perspective: A Systematic Review and Landscape Analysis.
PubMed
Baldwin Z, Jiao B, Basu A, Roth J, Bender MA, Elsisi Z, Johnson KM, Cousin E, Ramsey SD, Devine B. Medical and Non-medical Costs of Sickle Cell Disease and Treatments from a US Perspective: A Systematic Review and Landscape Analysis. Pharmacoecon Open. 20
A landscape analysis and discussion of value of gene therapies for sickle cell disease.
PubMed
Quach D, Jiao B, Basu A, Bender MA, Hankins J, Ramsey S, Devine B. A landscape analysis and discussion of value of gene therapies for sickle cell disease. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2022 Apr 18:1-21. doi: 10.1080/14737167.2022.2060823. [Epub ah
Public spending on acute and long-term care for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
PubMed
Coe NB, White L, Oney M, Basu A, Larson EB. Public spending on acute and long-term care for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Mar 16. doi: 10.1002/alz.12657. [Epub ahead of print]
Health State Utilities for Sickle Cell Disease: A Catalog Prepared From a Systematic Review.
PubMed
Jiao B, Basu A, Ramsey S, Roth J, Bender MA, Quach D, Devine B. Health State Utilities for Sickle Cell Disease: A Catalog Prepared From a Systematic Review. Value Health. 2022 Feb;25(2):276-287. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2021.08.002. Epub 2021 Sep 4.
Correction to: A sub-group evaluation of the multi-month dispensing strategy for differentiated HIV care: is personalization of care guidelines warranted in Haiti?
PubMed
Parrish C, Basu A, Fishman P, Koama JB, Robin E, Francois K, Honoré JG, Van Onacker JD, Puttkammer N. Correction to: A sub-group evaluation of the multi-month dispensing strategy for differentiated HIV care: is personalization of care guidelines warranted

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