Susmita Pati, MD, MPH
| pati@email.chop.edu | |
| Personal Website | http://www.chop.edu/consumer/pat_care_fam_serv/staff_profile_page.jsp?id=75183 |
Faculty Information | |
| CCEB Appointment | Associate Scholar, Epidemiology |
| Primary Faculty Appointment | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania SOM/CHOP |
Research Statement
Dr. Susmita Pati is a pediatrician and health services researcher who examines the impact of health policy on access to care for underserved children and families. Funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, she is the principal investigator of the The Health Insurance Improvement Project (HIP), a three year longitudinal observational study of 750 Medicaid-eligible mothers and their infants designed to determine the impact of maternal, child, and policy factors on Medicaid enrollment and retention. She also conducts projects examining immigrant health, racial/ethnic disparities, and health care financing.
Selected Publications
Pati S, Romero D, Chavkin W. Changes in utilization of health insurance and food assistance programs in Manhattan in the wake of welfare reform. American Journal of Public Health 2002; 92: 1441-1445.
Pati S, Shea S, Rabinowitz D, Carasquillo O. Does gatekeeping control health expenditures for privately insured children? Findings from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Pediatrics 2003; 111: 456-460.
Pati S, Keren R, Alessandrini EA, Schwarz DF. Generational Differences in Public Spending, 1980-2000. Health Affairs 2004; 23(5): 131-151.
Mohanty S, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Pati S, Bor D. Health care expenditures of immigrants: findings from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and the National Health Interview Survey. American Journal of Public Health 2005; 95(8): 1431-1438 .
Satchell M, Pati S. Insurance gaps among vulnerable children in the United States, 1999-2001. Pediatrics 2005: 116(5); 1148-1154.
