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Henry J. Aaron is Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Senior Fellow in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. From 1990 through 1996 he was the director of the Economic Studies Program. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the advisory committee of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy. Currently he is chairman of the board of the National Academy of Social Insurance. He is a member of the board of directors of Abt Associates and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Aaron’s most recent books are The Plight of Academic Medical Centers (Brookings 2000); Countdown to Reform: The Great Social Security Debate (Century Foundation 2001), which he coauthored; and Setting National Priorities: The Year 2000 and Beyond (Brookings 1999), which he coedited. He is the author or coauthor of sixteen books and the editor or coeditor of fourteen others, including: Can America Afford to Grow Old? (Brookings, 1988), Serious and Unstable Condition: Financing America’s Health Care (Brookings, 1991), Economic Effects of Fundamental Tax Reform (editor, with William Gale) (Brookings, 1997), Behavioral Aspects of Retirement Economics (editor) (Brookings and Russell Sage Foundation, 1999).

Jeffrey A. Alexander is the Richard Carl Jelinek Professor of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health, University of Michigan. He also holds positions as professor of organizational behavior and human resources management, School of Business; faculty associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research; and research scientist, VA Health Services Research and Development Center. He received his Ph.D. in sociology (organization theory) from Stanford University in 1980, after earning a master’s degree in health services administration from Stanford in 1976. His teaching and research interests focus on organizational change in the health care sector, multi-institutional systems, governance, and physician participation in institutional management and policy making. His research has focused extensively on interorganizational arrangements in the health care sector and includes studies of integrated health care systems, public-private partnerships, physician-organization [End Page 169] arrangements, and multihospital systems. His recent publications have appeared in Health Services Research, Milbank Quarterly, Medical Care Research and Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Gloria J. Bazzoli is professor of health administration with Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Previously she was research professor with the Institute for Health Services Research and Policy Studies, Northwestern University. Bazzoli undertakes research on the restructuring of health care organizations and health markets. She is a lead investigator in studies of physician-hospital integration, the effects of hospital mergers, the management and policy implications of provider financial risk bearing, and examination of the key strategic/structural characteristics of emerging health organizations. She also recently completed research examining safety net hospitals with her colleagues at the Urban Institute. Bazzoli received her M.S. and Ph.D. in economics from Cornell University and her B.S. in economics from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.

Elizabeth Casey served as the research associate for the CCN Evaluation Project. Prior to coming to the Health Research and Education Trust, Casey worked for the CCN Evaluation Project at Northwestern University. In addition, she has implemented and evaluated community health projects in Latin America, rural Colorado, and Chicago. Her areas of interest include qualitative evaluation, prevention, and international public health. Casey has an M.P.H. from Tulane University and an M.S. and a B.S. in education from Eastern Illinois University.

Benjamin Y. Chan is the senior research associate at the Health Research and Educational Trust, American Hospital Association (AHA). Prior to coming to AHA in 1997, he was a research scientist in the Family Health Division of the Minnesota Department of Health. His areas of interest include rural hospitals and delivery systems, child health, disability issues, and the Medicaid program. His paper “Interorganizational Strategies in the Health Industry: Effects on Hospital Financial Performance,” coauthored with Gloria Bazzoli and Stephen Shortell, was selected as the best paper submitted to the Health Care Management Division’s program at the Academy of Management 1999 Annual Meeting. Chan received his M.S. in industrial engineering from North Dakota State University and his Ph.D. in health...

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