Paul Shafer
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Paul R. Shafer, PhD

Assistant Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-2961
pshafer@bu.edu
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Biography

Dr. Shafer is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health, co-director of the Boston University Medicaid Policy Lab, and affiliate faculty of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. His research focuses on the effects of state and federal health insurance policy on coverage, health care use, and health equity. He is also an investigator at the Partnered Evidence-based Policy Resource Center at the VA Boston Healthcare System, where his research focuses on veterans' access to care. His big picture interest is in understanding the effect of health and social policies on health and well-being. Do they actually work and are the benefits distributed equitably? If they don't work or have unintended consequences, can we understand why and propose changes?

He previously served as a research economist in the Center for Health Policy Science and Tobacco Research at RTI International and junior fellow in the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He is a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar, which amplified his commitment to policy-engaged scholarship and research translation. He holds a PhD in health policy and management with a concentration in health economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MA in applied economics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a BA in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Education

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PhD
  • University of North Carolina at Greensboro, MA

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHPM807
  • SPHPM822
  • SPHPM844

Publications

  • Published on 12/1/2022

    Auty SG, Griffith KN, Shafer PR, Gee RE, Conti RM. Improving Access to High-Value, High-Cost Medicines: The Use of Subscription Models to Treat Hepatitis C Using Direct-Acting Antivirals in the United States. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2022 Dec 01; 47(6):691-708. PMID: 35867531.

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  • Published on 11/1/2022

    Dore EC, Livingston Iii MD, Shafer PR. Easing Cash Assistance Rules During COVID-19 Was Associated With Reduced Days Of Poor Physical And Mental Health. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 Nov; 41(11):1590-1597. PMID: 36343321.

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  • Published on 10/5/2022

    Katchmar A, Shafer P, Siegel M. Analysis of state portrayals of the risks of e-cigarette use and the cause of the EVALI outbreak. Harm Reduct J. 2022 Oct 05; 19(1):112. PMID: 36199112.

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  • Published on 10/3/2022

    Bovell-Ammon A, McCann NC, Mulugeta M, Ettinger de Cuba S, Raifman J, Shafer P. Association of the Expiration of Child Tax Credit Advance Payments With Food Insufficiency in US Households. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Oct 03; 5(10):e2234438. PMID: 36269356.

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  • Published on 9/21/2022

    Feyman Y, Figueroa SM, Yuan Y, Price ME, Kabdiyeva A, Nebeker JR, Ward MC, Shafer PR, Pizer SD, Strombotne KL. Effect of mental health staffing inputs on suicide-related events. Health Serv Res. 2023 Apr; 58(2):375-382. PMID: 36089760.

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  • Published on 9/1/2022

    Shafer PR, Horný M, Dusetzina SB. Monthly Cost-Sharing Limits and Out-of-pocket Costs for Commercially Insured Patients in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 09 01; 5(9):e2233006. PMID: 36107430.

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  • Published on 8/1/2022

    Myerson R, Anderson DM, Baum LM, Fowler EF, Gollust SE, Shafer PR. Association of Funding Cuts to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Navigator Program With Privately Sponsored Television Advertising. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Aug 01; 5(8):e2224651. PMID: 35913740.

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  • Published on 1/4/2022

    Shafer PR, Gutiérrez KM, Ettinger de Cuba S, Bovell-Ammon A, Raifman J. Association of the Implementation of Child Tax Credit Advance Payments With Food Insufficiency in US Households. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 01 04; 5(1):e2143296. PMID: 35024837.

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  • Published on 1/1/2022

    Shafer PR, Hinde JM. Medicaid Applications Spike during Marketplace Open Enrollment: Lessons from Covered California. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2022; 33(3):1155-1162. PMID: 36245153.

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  • Published on 12/1/2021

    Horný M, Shafer PR, Dusetzina SB. Concordance of Disclosed Hospital Prices With Total Reimbursements for Hospital-Based Care Among Commercially Insured Patients in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 12 01; 4(12):e2137390. PMID: 34902037.

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