RESEARCH INTERESTS
Health economics and policy evaluation: healthcare provider incentives and behaviors, addiction policy, public insurance programs, incentivized medical-fraud enforcement, and corruption.
SELECTIVE PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Andraka-Christou B, Simon KI, Bradford WD, Nguyen TD. Buprenorphine Treatment For Opioid Use Disorder: Comparison Of Insurance Restrictions, 2017-21. Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 May;42(5):658-664. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.01513. PMID: 37126752
Gupta, S., Nguyen TD, Freeman, P., Simon KI Competitive Effects of Federal and State Opioid Restrictions: Evidence from the Controlled Substance Laws. Journal of Health Economics. 2023 Jun 14. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2023.102772. A previous version appeared as National Bureau of Economic Research Working paper No. 27280. (Link)
Nguyen, TD, Ziedan, E, Simon, K, Miles, J, Crystal, S, Samples, H, Gupta, S. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Buprenorphine and Extended-Release Naltrexone Filled Prescriptions During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jun 1;5(6):e2214765. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.14765. PMID: 35648400.
Nguyen, TD, Andraka-Christou B, Bradford WD, Simon K. Opting into the Public List of DATA-Waivered Practitioners: Variations by Specialty, Treatment Capacity, and Practitioner Characteristics. J Addict Med. 2021 Oct 18. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000911. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34669615.
Nguyen TD, Muench U, Andraka-Christou B, Simon K, Bradford WD, Spetz J. The Association Between Scope of Practice Regulations and Nurse Practitioner Prescribing of Buprenorphine After the 2016 Opioid Bill. Med Care Res Rev. 2022 Apr;79(2):290-298. doi: 10.1177/10775587211004311. Epub 2021 Apr 1. PMID: 33792414; PMCID: PMC8594929.
Nguyen TD, Gupta S, Ziedan E, Simon KI, Alexander GC, Saloner B, Stein BD. Assessment of Filled Buprenorphine Prescriptions for Opioid Use Disorder During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Apr 1;181(4):562-565. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7497. PMID: 33346795; PMCID: PMC7754073.
Nguyen TD, Bradford WD, Simon KI. Pharmaceutical payments to physicians may increase prescribing for opioids. Addiction. 2019 Jun;114(6):1051-1059. doi: 10.1111/add.14509. Epub 2019 Jan 22. PubMed PMID: 30667135.
Nguyen TD, Andraka-Christou B, Simon K, Bradford WD. Comparison of Rural vs Urban Direct-to-Physician Commercial Promotion of Medications for Treating Opioid Use Disorder. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Dec 2;2(12):e1916520. doi: 0.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.16520. PubMed PMID: 31790568.
Nguyen TD, Andraka-Christou B, Simon K, Bradford WD. Provider-directed marketing may increase prescribing of medications for opioid use disorder. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2019 Sep;104:104-115. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2019.06.014. Epub 2019 Jul 1. PubMed PMID: 31370974.
Nguyen TD. Does firm growth increase corruption? Evidence from an instrumental variable approach. Small Bus Econ. 2020 June;55:237–256. doi: 10.1007/s11187-019-00160-x
Gupta S, Nguyen TD, Rojas F, Raman S, Lee B, Bento A, Simon K, Wing C. Tracking Public and Private Response to the COVID-19 Epidemic: Evidence from State and Local Government Actions. American Journal of Health Economics. 2021 October 6. DOI: 10.1086/716197. A previous version appeared as NBER Working paper #27027.
Cantor, J, Whaley, C, Simon, KI & Nguyen, TD. US Health Care Workforce Changes During the First and Second Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Health Forum. Vol. 3. No. 2. American Medical Association, 2022.
Bento AI, Nguyen TD, Wing C, Lozano-Rojas F, Ahn YY, Simon K. Evidence from internet search data shows information-seeking responses to news of local COVID-19 cases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 May 26;117(21):11220-11222. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2005335117. Epub 2020 May 4. PubMed PMID: 32366658.