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Eric D. Jacobson

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND POLICY SCIENTIST

ericj@udel.edu e-mail
302-831-1711 phone/voice-mail
302-831-3488 fax

178 Graham Hall | University of Delaware | Newark, Delaware 19716-7380

 
Professor Jacobson serves as the Assistant Director of the Institute for Public Administration. He’s a Policy Scientist with the Institute and holds a faculty appointment as an Assistant Professor with the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy. His teaching, service and research interests are primarily in the areas of health policy, public economics, and compensation management. From 2000-2002, he served as the Director of the University of Delaware’s Master of Public Administration program.

Professor Jacobson has ongoing projects sponsored by the State Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, the State of Delaware Office of the Controller General, the State Office of Personnel, and the Delaware Health Care Commission. He frequently collaborates with the staff of the University’s Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research, and has served as a consultant for the University of Delaware’s Office of Employee Relations. His recent public service and research activities have focused on healthcare quality assessment, funding of senior centers, and economic impact of sporting events. Professor Jacobson maintains a compensation database for governments in the mid-Atlantic region.
 

 
MPA, University of Delaware 1981, Public Administration

BS, University of Delaware 1978, Economics
 

 
NASPAA Leslie A. Whittington National Excellence in Teaching Award, October 2004

University of Delaware Excellence in Teaching Award, 2001

University of Delaware Professional Merit Award, 1994
 

 

1997 - present		Assistant Professor, Assistant Director, and Policy Scientist, Institute for Public Administration, CHEP, University of Delaware
2001 - 2002		Director, Masters of Public Administration Program, School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, CHEP, University of Delaware
1987 - 1996		Assistant Professor and Assistant Director, Institute for Public Administration, CHEP, University of Delaware

 
UAPP657--Health Policy

UAPP834--Economics in Public and Nonprofit Sectors

ECON490--Economics of Health Policy

ECON390--Economics of Health Care

ECON300--Intermediate Microeconomics
 

"Measuring Health Disparities in Delaware (Scientific Article)," coauthored with Edward Ratledge, and Barbara Gladders, Delaware Medical Journal , September 2005, Vol 77 No 9.

"Health Disparities in Delaware 2004,"coauthored with John Jaeger, Edward Ratledge, with Barbara Gladders.   Prepared for the Delaware Health Care Commission. Institute for Public Administration and Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research, CHEP (2005).

"Health Disparities in Delaware 2004: An Overview," coauthored with with John Jaeger, Edward Ratledge, with Barbara Gladders. Prepared for the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, and the Department of Health and Social Services. Institute for Public Administration and Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research, CHEP (2005).

"Promising Programs to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities," coauthored with Sarah McCloskey, Erin Kennedy, and Michele Sloan.   Prepared for the Delaware Health Care Commission and the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League.   Institute for Public Administration, CHEP (2005).

"Demographics and Profiles of Delaware's Elderly," Institute for Public Administration fact sheet/issue brief. Coauthored with Julia O'Hanlon, Simon Condliffe, Carrie Bennett, and Michele Sloan, Institute for Public Administration and Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research, CHEP (2005).

"The Impact of Senior Centers and Geriatric Healthcare Policy," Institute for Public Administration issue fact sheet/issue brief. Coauthored with Julia O'Hanlon, Carrie Bennett, and Sarah McCloskey. Institute for Public Administration, CHEP (2004).  

"What Delawareans Say about the Quality of Their Health Plans and Medical Care: 2002 CAHPS Note," coauthored with Charles Whitmore, Sarah McCloskey, and Edward Ratledge. Prepared for the Delaware Health Care Commission. Institute for Public Administration and Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research, CHEP (2004).  

"What Delaware's Uninsured Say about the Quality of Their Health Care: 2002 Delaware CAHPS Notes," coauthored with Charles Whitmore and Edward Ratledge. Prepared for the Delaware Health Care Commission. Institute for Public Administration and Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research, CHEP (2004).

"Consumer Assessment of Health Plans in Delaware, with Lisa Schieffert, Wei Fan, and Ed Ratledge, IPA and the Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research, University of Delaware, 2002. Funded by the Delaware Health Care Commission, the survey and study present a comprehensive analysis of Delawareans experience with the health care system and health insurance plans.

"Delaware’s Small Employers: the Health Insurance Dilemma," with Ed Ratledge, Tibor Tooth, Amanda Litzau, and Lisa Schieffert, Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research and IPA, 2002. Study, based on a survey of small employers, analyzes strategies for expanding health insurance coverage among small employers.

"Delaware Senior Center Funding Formula," with Stephanie Moody, Lisa Schieffert, and Christie Gross, IPA, University of Delaware, 2001. A comprehensive description and analysis of the State of Delaware Grant-In-Aid Senior Center Funding Formula developed and updated by IPA.

"Economic Impact of Slam Dunk To The Beach," with Simon Condliffe and Ed Ratledge, Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research, University of Delaware, 2001. Commissioned by the State of Delaware Joint Finance Committee, the study estimates a $3.5 million annual impact of the national high school basketball tournament held in Lewes, Delaware.

"Optimizing Services for Delaware's Seniors," with Stephanie Moody, Lisa Schieffert, and Christie Gross, IPA, University of Delaware, 2001. A report based on the April 2001 senior center conference sponsored by the State of Delaware Joint Finance Committee and IPA.

"The Diamond State Health Plan: Delaware's Experience with Medicaid Managed Care, with Amy Droskoski, a chapter in Mark Daniels’ book Medicaid Reform and the American States, Auburn House, 1998.

"Improving Information on Healthcare Available to Policymakers," with Wei Fan, New Perspectives in Healthcare, Spring 2000. Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 10-12.
 

 
"Pathways to Communities of Color." Presentation at the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League racial and ethnic health care conference, "Stronger Together," November 2004.

"Understanding Delaware's New Senior Center Funding Formula."   Presentation at a forum organized by the Delaware Office of the Controller General, the Joint Finance Committee, and the Institute for Public Administration, December 2003.

"Delaware's Senior Center Funding Formula," typically present annual updates and recommended changes to the State of Delaware Joint Finance Committee, most recent presentation–May 2002.

"Consumer Assessment of Health Plans in Delaware (Del–CAHPS)," annual presentations to the Delaware Health Care Commission, most recent presentation–January 2002.

"Evaluating the Health Care Residents of Delaware Receive: Use of GIS and GLM Models," Seventh National CAHPS User Group Meeting, Las Vegas, Nev., March 2001. Conference sponsored by the (federal) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Health Care Financing Administration (now Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services).

"Effective Employee Benefit Design," frequent presentations at regional conferences sponsored by Towers Perrin and the Employer's Council on Flexible Compensation, 1990-1996.