Bryan Dowd

Bryan Dowd is a Professor in the Division of Health Policy & Management at the University of Minnesota. With a PhD in Public Policy Analysis from the University of Pennsylvania (1982), MS in Urban Administration from Georgia State University (1976), and BA in Architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology (1972), his work focuses on health economics, statistical modeling, and healthcare financing.

• PhD, Public Policy Analysis, University of Pennsylvania, 1982
• MS, Urban Administration, Georgia State University, 1976
• BA, Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1972

His research spans health insurance dynamics, payment models, and statistical methodologies in healthcare. Key themes include upcoding practices, instrumental variable applications, and policy implications of risk ratios. Publications often address healthcare access, economic incentives, and data-driven policy evaluation.

Recent article trends highlight moral hazard decomposition, odds ratio critiques, and switching cost analysis in Medicare Advantage. These works emphasize causal inference, economic modeling, and policy design challenges.

Contact: dowdx001@umn.edu