Jeffrey S. Hoch, Ph.D.

Specialties

Health Economics

Economic Evaluation

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Title

Professor and Chief, Division of Health Policy and Management, Department of Public Health Sciences
Associate Director, Center for Healthcare Policy and Research

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Sacramento, CA 95817
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UC Davis

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Davis, CA 95616
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Phone: 916-734-2818

Social Networking

LinkedIn:
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Research/Academic Interests

Dr. Hoch’s experience is in health services research related to cancer, mental health, and other health issues affecting poor and vulnerable populations. An award winning teacher, Dr. Hoch has taught Health Economics and Economic Evaluation classes in the United States and internationally. Dr. Hoch pursues research making health economics more useful to decision makers.

Division

Health Policy and Management

Center/Program Affiliation

Public Health Sciences
Center for Healthcare Policy and Research

Education

Ph.D., Health Economics, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore MD 1999

MA, Economics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD 1994

B.A., UC San Diego, San Diego CA 1992

Professional Memberships

International Health Economics Association

Society for Medical Decision Making

Honors and Awards

Teaching Award, Best Short Course Faculty. Society for Medical Decision Making, USA., 2013, 2016

Teaching Award, Dept of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada., 2008

Dean?s Award of Excellence (Research and Teaching), School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Canada., 2004

Research Excellence Award for Methodology Excellence, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, USA, 2003

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News

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When: Thursday, October 11, 2018 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Where: Vanderhoef Commons

UC Davis CHPR-Led Research Informs New National Cervical Cancer Screening Recommendation

A comprehensive analysis of eight clinical trials and four cohort studies on cervical cancer screening by researchers from UC Davis and Kaiser Permanente Northwest has found that while Pap smears are still highly effective for detecting pre-cancerous cells and cancer, testing for the virus that causes these cancers also is an excellent screening tool.

The research was led by Joy Melnikow, director of the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research (CHPR), a family and community medicine physician and expert on evidence-based cancer screening.

The findings, published August 21 in the Journal of the American Medical Association(JAMA), were used to inform the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which published its updated recommendation on cervical cancer screening in the same issue of the journal. The Task Force is an independent panel of experts that makes evidence-based recommendations on disease prevention. The Task Force also provides an annual report to Congress on the evidence base for clinical preventive services and recommends priority areas that deserve further examination.

"Our work demonstrated that there is now strong evidence for the effectiveness of high-risk HPV testing used alone as a cervical cancer screening test," said Melnikow.

Melnikow added that researchers found that regular screening with any method will lead to lower cervical cancer rates. "In the U.S., where most women are not part of an organized screening program, our biggest challenge is reaching women who have not been screened," she said.

More information about specific findings from this research are posted in the UC Davis Health Newsroom.

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