Getzen, Thomas E.

Thomas E. Getzen is Professor ofRisk, Insurance andHealthManagement atTempleUniversity and the founder and Executive Director of "i"HEA, the International Health Economics Association. After receiving an undergraduate degree in literature from Yale University, he worked for the U.S.P.H.S. Centers for Disease Control Venereal Disease program in New York and Los Angeles, and then obtained an MHA degree in Medical Care Organization and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Washington. Dr. Getzen's main research contributions have been in the areas of contracting, price indexes and forecasting...