Douglas Barthold

Associate Professor, CHOICE Faculty Fellow, HEOR Graduate Program Associate Director

CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center for Aging Faculty, School Faculty

Telephone: (206) 543-3023 

Email: barthold@uw.edu

Office Location: 1959 NE Pacific ave H375V Box 357630 Seattle, WA 98195

Website: google.com - Douglas Barthold

Expertise:
Chronic Disease, Claims Data, Drug and Medical Products Regulation, Drug Policy, Economic Evaluation, Geriatrics, Health Economics, Health Policy, Health Services Research, Legislation and Policies, Medication adherence, Pharmaceutical and health outcomes research, Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, Policy Evaluations, Preference Elicitation, Real World Data Methods

Education:

  • PhD, Economics, McGill University

Research Interests:

  • Health policy and healthy aging
  • Chronic disease management
  • Alzheimer’s disease and dementia prevention and management
  • Disparities in utilization and effectiveness of pharmaceutical therapies
  • Pharmacist regulations
  • Health insurance design

Courses Taught:

  • Health Economics

Biography:

Douglas Barthold is a health economist and Associate Professor at the University of Washington, specializing in the intersection of health policies, healthcare utilization, and health outcomes, with particular focus on aging, dementia, and prescription drug policy. He is faculty at the Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics (CHOICE) Institute, serves as Co-Director of the Program in Health Economics and Outcomes Research Methodology (PHEnOM), and is a Board Member of the Washington State Prescription Drug Affordability Board. His research explores how health insurance design and prescription drug costs impact management of chronic diseases, including mid-life risk factors for dementia. Barthold holds a Ph.D. in Economics from McGill University and previously did postdoctoral research at the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California.

Selected Publications:

https://sites.google.com/site/douglasbarthold/peer-reviewed-publications