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Paul A. Fishman, Ph.D. Dr. Fishman is a Health Economist and a Scientific Investigator at the Center for Health Studies at Group Health Cooperative and an Affiliate Associate Professor in the Department of Health Services at the University of Washington, Dr. Fishman received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Washington in 1990. His research interests focus on the cost of chronic conditions among adults and children and this work has led to an emphasis on the economic consequences of smoking and smoking cessation. Dr. Fishman has studied the impact that smoking has on managed care costs and the way that cessation effects health service delivery. Dr. Fishman also studies managed care payment structures and conducts research on ways to improve equity in payments to managed care organizations for people with chronic conditions. Dr. Fishman is also recognized as an expert in managed care information systems and has published several papers on the use of managed care data for cost and economic research. Dr. Fishman chairs the Economics Expert Team of the Cancer Research Network, a collaborative project among ten managed care organizations and the National Cancer Institute whose goal is to study cancer prevention strategies and assess cancer treatment effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in managed care settings.
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