Personnel
Ana Balsa, Ph.D.
Research Assistant ProfessorTel: (305) 284-1522
Fax: (305) 284-5716
Email: abalsa@miami.edu
Office Address
5665 Ponce de Leon Boulevard
Sociology Research Center
Flipse Building 1st floor, Room 122
Mailing Address
Ana Balsa
Health Economics Research Group
Sociology Research Center
PO Box 248251
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0719
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Background Information
Dr. Ana I. Balsa received her Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University in 2003. Her primary area of research is health economics, with interests in the economics of substance use and the economics of health and healthcare disparities.
In the area of disparities, she has studied the impact of statistical discrimination on physicians' allocation of medical resources and has worked on the distribution of health care resources across socioeconomic groups. Her research on substance use and abuse includes studies of the consequences of parental alcohol misuse on children's use of health care services, children’s health and labor outcomes at adulthood; evaluations of substance abuse treatments; and studies of the consequences of alcohol use and misuse on health and health care. Dr. Balsa is currently the principal investigator in a NIH grant studying the associations between popularity and alcohol use among adolescents. Dr. Balsa's recent publications include articles in the Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and Health Services Research.
