Health Policy and Management


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Phaedra S. Corso

Associate Professor
pcorso@uga.edu

University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
706.583.8926 (voice)
706.583-0695 (fax)



Educational Background

Ph.D., Health Policy, Harvard University

Research Interests

  • Economic evaluation of public health interventions
  • Quality of life assessment for vulnerable populations
  • Evaluating preferences for health risks
  • Violence and injury prevention

    • Professional Affiliations

  • American Public Health Association - www.apha.org
  • Society for Medical Decision Making - www.smdm.org

    • Selected Publications

    Corso P, Edwards V, Fang X, Mercy J. Health-related quality of life in adults who experienced maltreatment during childhood. American Journal of Public Health, in press 2008.

    Fang X, Corso P. Gender differences in the connections between violence experienced as a child and perpetration of intimate partner violence in young adulthood. Journal of Family Violence, in press 2008.

    Corso PS, Mercy JA, Simon TR, Finkelstein EA, and Miller TR. Medical costs and productivity losses due to interpersonal and self-directed violence in the United States. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2007;32(6):474–482.

    Fang X, Corso P. Child maltreatment, youth violence, and intimate partner violence: a developmental trajectory. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2007;33(4):281–290.

    Prosser L, Corso P. Measuring preference-based quality of life for child maltreatment. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2007;5(42):1-10 (accessed from www.hqlo.com/contents/5/1/42).

    Corso PS. Prevention just in case or treatment just because: Measuring societal preferences. Harvard Health Policy Review, 2006;7(2):32–41.

    Parmer JE, Corso PS, Ballesteros MF. A cost analysis of a smoke alarm installation and fire safety education program. Journal of Safety Research 2006;37:367–373.

    Corso PS, Finkelstein EA, Miller TR. The incidence and costs of injuries. Injury Prevention 2006;12:212–218 .

    Stephens JA, Corso PS, Finkelstein EA, Miller TR. The costs of fatal and nonfatal falls among older adults. Injury Prevention 2006;12:290–295.

    Corso PS, Lutzker JM. The need for economic analysis in child maltreatment prevention research. Child Abuse & Neglect 2006;30:727–738.

    Arias I, Corso PS. Average cost per person victimized by an intimate partner of the opposite gender: A comparison of men and women. Violence and Victims 2005;20(4):379–391.

    Stevens JA, Corso PS, Finkelstein EA, Miller TR. News and Notes: CDC economic analysis of fall-related injuries among older adults. Injury Prevention 2005;11(5):275.

    Corso PS, Grosse S, Finkelstein E. The skinny on COI analysis. Obesity Research 2004; 12(7):1189.

    Finkelstein E, Corso P. Cost-of-illness analyses for policy making: a cautionary tale of use and misuse . Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. 2003;3(4):367–9.

    Corso PS, Kramer MH, Blair KA, Addiss DG, Davis JP, Haddix AC. Cost of illness in the 1993 waterborne Cryptosporidium outbreak, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2003;9(4):426–31.

    Corso PS, Thacker SB, Koplan JP. The value of prevention: experiences of a public health agency. Medical Decision Making. 2002;22(5):S11-S15.

    Corso PS, Hammitt JK, Graham JD, Dicker RC, and Goldie SM. Assessing preferences for prevention versus treatment using willingness to pay. Medical Decision Making. 2002;22(5):S92-S100.

    Corso PS, Hammitt JK, Berg GD. Attitudes toward uncertain longevity under expected utility and cumulative prospect theories. Abstract in Medical Decision Making. 2001;6:543.

    Corso PS, Hammitt JK, and Graham JD. Valuing mortality-risk reduction: using visual aids to improve the validity of contingent valuation. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. 2001;23(2):165-184.

    Messonnier ML, Corso PS, Teutsch SM, Haddix AC and Harris JR. An ounce of prevention…What are the returns? 2nd edition, 1999. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 1999;16(3):248-263.

    Graham JD, Corso PS, Morris, JM, Segui-Gomez M, and Weinstein MC. Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of clinical and public health measures. Annual Review of Public Health. 1998;19:125-52



    Courses Taught

    HADM 7600: Intro to Health Policy & Management
    HADM 8400: Advanced Topics in Health Policy
    HADM 8850: Economic Evaluation in Public Health