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Peer-reviewed Publications from the Avalon Health Economics Team

The Avalon team has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and has produced a library of issue briefs on topics ranging from medical billing to public health economics

Litigation Economics
Health Economics & Outcomes Research
Policy & Regulatory Analysis
Data Science & Statistical Modelling
Management & Strategy Consulting
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Palgrave Macmillan, 2026
)

Schneider, J.E, The Economics of Pain: Regulation, Product Liability, and the Opioid Crisis

(
Int J Health Care Finance Econ 2008 Vol. 8 Issue 1 13-26
)

Schneider, J.E., P. Li, D. G. Klepser, N. A. Peterson, T. T. Brown and R. M. Scheffler, The effect of physician and health plan market concentration on prices in commercial health insurance markets

(
AEI Press 2006
)

Ohsfeldt, R.L. and J.E. Schneider, The Business of Health: The Role of Competition, Markets, and Regulation

(
Review of Industrial Organization 2003 Vol. 22 Issue 4 297-312
)

Schneider, J.E., Changes in the Effects of Mandatory Rate Regulation On Growth in Hospital Operating Costs, 1980–1996

(
J Health Econ Outcomes Res. 2025 Dec 16;12(2)
)

Cooper J.T., Schneider J.E., Economic Evaluation of a Novel MicroRNA-Based Assay to Determine Risk of Late Genitourinary Radiation Toxicity in Patients With Prostate Cancer

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Value in Health 2025 Vol. 28 Issue 1
)

Briggs, A.H., A. Doyle-Connolly, J. Schneider, T. Podkonjak, H. Taylor, E. Roffe, et al., An Attribution of Value Framework for Combination Treatments

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J Med Econ 2023 Vol. 26 Issue 1
)

Schneider, J.E., S. Davies, M. Do Valle, N. Chami, P. C. Pagano, D. Anderson, et al., Cost-effectiveness analysis of LungLB for the clinical management of patients with indeterminate pulmonary nodules

(
J Comp Eff Res 2022
)

Briggs, A.H., A. Howarth, S. Davies, J.E. Schneider, G. Spentzouris, F. Mughal, et al., Challenges for decision-makers when assessing within-class comparative effectiveness: the case of anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation

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BMC Cardiovasc Disorders 2021 Vol. 21 Issue 1
)

Bisognano, J., J.E. Schneider, S. Davies, R.L. Ohsfeldt, E. Galle, I. Stojanovic, et al., Cost-impact analysis of baroreflex activation therapy in chronic heart failure patients in the United States

(
Am J Manag Care 2021 Vol. 27 Issue 10
)

Veenstra, D.L., J. W. Rowe, J. A. Pagán, H. S. Brown, J.E. Schneider, A. Gupta, et al., Reimbursement for genetic variant reinterpretation: five questions payers should ask

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Journal of Health Economics and Outcomes Research 2020 Vol. 7 Issue 1
)

Schneider, J.E., J. Romanowsky, P. Schuetz, I. Stojanovic, et al., Cost Impact Model of a Novel Multi-mRNA Host Response Assay for Diagnosis and Risk Assessment of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections and Sepsis in the Emergency Department

(
Health Qual Life Outcomes 2020 Vol. 18:1
)

Cooper, J.T., A. Lloyd, J. J. G. Sanchez, E. Sörstadius, A.H. Briggs and P. McFarlane. Health related quality of life utility weights for economic evaluation through different stages of chronic kidney disease: a systematic literature review

(
J Med Econ 2020 Vol. 23 Issue 1
)

Dick, K., A.H. Briggs, R.L. Ohsfeldt, T. Sydendal Grand and S. Buchs, A quality-of-life mapping function developed from a grass pollen sublingual immunotherapy trial to a tree pollen sublingual immunotherapy trial

(
Aging Clin Exp Res 2019
)

Schneider, J.E., J. Cooper, C. Scheibling and A. Parikh, Economic evaluation of passive monitoring technology for seniors

(
J Health Econ Outcomes Res 2018 Vol. 6 Issue 1 53-62
)

Schneider, J.E., A. Parikh and I. Stojanovic, Impact of a Novel Insulin Management Service on Non-insulin Pharmaceutical Expenses

(
Clin Chem Lab Med 2015 Vol. 53 Issue 4
)

Schuetz, P., R. Balk, M. Briel, A. Kutz, M. Christ-Crain, D. Stolz, et al., Economic evaluation of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy in acute respiratory infections: a US health system perspective

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Health Outcomes Research in Medicine 2012 Vol. 3 Issue 1
)

Davies, A., A.H. Briggs, J.E. Schneider, A. Levy, O. Ebeid, S. Wagner, et al., The Ends Justify the Mean: Outcome Measures for Estimating the Value of New Cancer Therapies

(
Palgrave Macmillan, 2026
)

Schneider, J.E, The Economics of Pain: Regulation, Product Liability, and the Opioid Crisis

(
Front Pain Res 2025 Vol. 6
)

Hackworth, J.C., J.E. Schneider, M. Do Valle, D. Fam, C. Argoff, E. Offidani, et al., The burden of acute pain in the U.S. in the wake of the opioid crisis

(
Bull World Health Organ 2022 Vol. 100 Issue 10
)

Lam, J., J.E. Schneider, R. Shadbegian, F. Pega, S. St Claire and T.E. Novotny, Modelling the global economic costs of tobacco product waste

(
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020 Vol. 17 Issue 13
)

Schneider, J.E., C.M. Scheibling, N.A. Peterson, P.S. Granados, L. Fulton and T.E. Novotny, Online Simulation Model to Estimate the Total Costs of Tobacco Product Waste in Large U.S. Cities

(
J Clin Anesthesia 2016 Vol. 35
)

Ohsfeldt, R.L., T.R. Miller, J E. Schneider and C.M. Scheibling, Cost impact of unexpected disposition after orthopedic ambulatory surgery associated with category of anesthesia provider

(
Health Econ Rev 2012 Vol. 2 Issue 1
)

Schneider, J.E., R.L. Ohsfeldt, C.M. Scheibling and S.A. Jeffers, Organizational boundaries of medical practice: the case of physician ownership of ancillary services

(
Contemporary Economic Policy 2011 Vol. 29 Issue 2
)

Schneider, J.E., P. Li and R.L. Ohsfeldt, The Effects of Endogenous Market Entry of Physician-Owned Hospitals on Medicare Expenditures: An Instrumental Variables Approach

(
Int J Health Care Finance Econ 2008 Vol. 8 Issue 1 13-26
)

Schneider, J.E., P. Li, D. G. Klepser, N. A. Peterson, T. T. Brown and R. M. Scheffler, The effect of physician and health plan market concentration on prices in commercial health insurance markets

(
Med Care Res Rev 2008 Vol. 65 Issue 5
)

Schneider, J.E., T.R. Miller, R.L. Ohsfeldt, M.A. Morrisey, B.A. Zelner and P. Li, The economics of specialty hospitals

(
Inquiry 2007 Vol. 44 Issue 3
)

Schneider, J.E., R.L. Ohsfeldt, M.A. Morrisey, P. Li, T.R. Miller and B.A. Zelner, Effects of specialty hospitals on the financial performance of general hospitals, 1997-2004

(
AEI Press 2006
)

Ohsfeldt, R.L. and J.E. Schneider, The Business of Health: The Role of Competition, Markets, and Regulation

(
Prev Sci 2005 Vol. 6 Issue 4
)

Schneider, J.E., R.J. Reid, N.A. Peterson, J.B. Lowe and J. Hughey, Tobacco outlet density and demographics at the tract level of analysis in Iowa: implications for environmentally based prevention initiatives

(
Review of Industrial Organization 2003 Vol. 22 Issue 4 297-312
)

Schneider, J.E., Changes in the Effects of Mandatory Rate Regulation On Growth in Hospital Operating Costs, 1980–1996

(
Health Care Finance Rev 1993 Vol. 15 Issue 2
)

Schneider, J.E., J. Cromwell and T.P. McGuire, Excluded facility financial status and options for payment system modification

(
Value in Health 2025 Vol. 28 Issue 1
)

Briggs, A.H., A. Doyle-Connolly, J. Schneider, T. Podkonjak, H. Taylor, E. Roffe, et al., An Attribution of Value Framework for Combination Treatments

(
J Comp Eff Res 2022
)

Briggs, A.H., A. Howarth, S. Davies, J.E. Schneider, G. Spentzouris, F. Mughal, et al., Challenges for decision-makers when assessing within-class comparative effectiveness: the case of anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation

(
Health Econ Rev 2021 Vol. 11 Issue 1
)

Dick, K., J.E. Schneider, A.H. Briggs, P. Lecomte, S.A. Regnier and M. Lean, Mendelian randomization: estimation of inpatient hospital costs attributable to obesity

(
J Med Econ 2020 Vol. 23 Issue 1
)

Dick, K., A.H. Briggs, R.L. Ohsfeldt, T. Sydendal Grand and S. Buchs, A quality-of-life mapping function developed from a grass pollen sublingual immunotherapy trial to a tree pollen sublingual immunotherapy trial

(
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020 Vol. 17 Issue 13
)

Schneider, J.E., C.M. Scheibling, N.A. Peterson, P.S. Granados, L. Fulton and T.E. Novotny, Online Simulation Model to Estimate the Total Costs of Tobacco Product Waste in Large U.S. Cities

(
J Health Econ Outcomes Res 2018 Vol. 6 Issue 1 53-62
)

Schneider, J.E., A. Parikh and I. Stojanovic, Impact of a Novel Insulin Management Service on Non-insulin Pharmaceutical Expenses

(
Health Outcomes Research in Medicine 2012 Vol. 3 Issue 1
)

Davies, A., A.H. Briggs, J.E. Schneider, A. Levy, O. Ebeid, S. Wagner, et al., The Ends Justify the Mean: Outcome Measures for Estimating the Value of New Cancer Therapies

(
Contemporary Economic Policy 2011 Vol. 29 Issue 2
)

Schneider, J.E., P. Li and R.L. Ohsfeldt, The Effects of Endogenous Market Entry of Physician-Owned Hospitals on Medicare Expenditures: An Instrumental Variables Approach

(
Genet Med 2023 Vol. 25 Issue 5
)

Appelbaum, P.S., S. M. Berger, E. Brokamp, H. S. Brown, W. Burke, E. W. Clayton, et al., Practical considerations for reinterpretation of individual genetic variants

(
Population Health Management 2021 Vol. 24 Issue 3
)

Pagán, J.A., H.S. Brown, J. Rowe, J.E. Schneider, D.L. Veenstra, A. Gupta, et al., Genetic Variant Reinterpretation: Economic and Population Health Management Challenges

(
J Clin Anesthesia 2016 Vol. 35
)

Ohsfeldt, R.L., T.R. Miller, J E. Schneider and C.M. Scheibling, Cost impact of unexpected disposition after orthopedic ambulatory surgery associated with category of anesthesia provider

(
Health Econ Rev 2015 Vol. 5 Issue 1
)

Ohsfeldt, R.L., P. Li and J E. Schneider, In-office magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment ownership and MRI volume among Medicare patients in orthopedic practices

(
Health Econ Rev 2012 Vol. 2 Issue 1
)

Schneider, J.E., R.L. Ohsfeldt, C.M. Scheibling and S.A. Jeffers, Organizational boundaries of medical practice: the case of physician ownership of ancillary services

(
Med Care Res Rev 2008 Vol. 65 Issue 5
)

Schneider, J.E., T.R. Miller, R.L. Ohsfeldt, M.A. Morrisey, B.A. Zelner and P. Li, The economics of specialty hospitals

(
AEI Press 2006
)

Ohsfeldt, R.L. and J.E. Schneider, The Business of Health: The Role of Competition, Markets, and Regulation

(
Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2006 Vol. 22 Issue 1
)

Schneider, J.E., N.A. Peterson, T.E. Vaughn, E.N. Mooss and B.N. Doebbeling, Clinical practice guidelines and organizational adaptation: a framework for analyzing economic effects

(
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2005 Vol. 12 Issue 1
)

Ohsfeldt, R.L., M.M. Ward, J.E. Schneider, M. Jaana, T.R. Miller, Y. Lei, et al., Implementation of hospital computerized physician order entry systems in a rural state: feasibility and financial impact

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