Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Research Professor of Public Policy Studies, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 1997 - 2008
  • Assistant Research Professor, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 1996 - 1997
  • Assistant Research Professor in the Center for Health Policy Research and Education, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 1996 - 1997
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Health Policy
  • Medical economics
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  Global Scholarship

  • Expertise

    • United States of America (Country) 

  • Research

    • United States of America (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • The Economic Benefits of More Fully Utilizing Advance Practice Registered Nurses in the Provision of Health Care in NC awarded by North Carolina Nurses Association 2014 - 2016
  • Evaluation of SAS Worksite Health Center awarded by SAS Institute 2013 - 2015
  • Improving HAART Adherence in Depressed HIV Clinic Patients: A Real-World RCT awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2015
  • Study on Regulation of Health Care: The Impact of Regulation on the Health Insurance Market and Health Care Providers awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2004 - 2008
  • Evaluation Of An Adaptive Patient Data Entry Interface awarded by National Institutes of Health 1998 - 2002
  • Evaluation of Ancillary Services for HIV/AIDS Patients awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) 1998 - 2000
  • Impact Of State Health Insurance Reforms On Access To Cove awarded by National Institutes of Health 1995 - 1996
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Conover, Christopher J. The American Health Economy Illustrated. AEI Press, 2012.

  • Academic Articles

    • Conover, Chris, and Robert Richards. “Economic benefits of less restrictive regulation of advanced practice nurses in North Carolina.” Nursing Outlook 63, no. 5 (September 2015): 585–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2015.05.009.
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    • Conover, Christopher, Rebecca Namenek Brouwer, Gale Adcock, David Olaleye, John Shipway, and Truls Østbye. “Worksite medical home: health services use and claim costs.” Am J Manag Care 21, no. 7 (July 1, 2015): e422–29.
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    • Stroo, M., C. Conover, G. Adcock, R. Myneni, D. Olaleye, and T. Østbye. “The Relationship Between the Use of a Worksite Medical Home and ED Visits or Hospitalizations.” Inquiry (United States) 52 (January 1, 2015). https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958015609608.
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    • Conover, C. J. “Is U.S. Health Spending on Another Planet?” The American, February 2012.
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    • Conover, C. J. “Romney, Perry, and Huntsman: A Tale of Three Governors.” The American, January 2012.
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    • Conover, C. J. “The Family Healthcare Budget Squeeze.” The American, November 2011.
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    • Conover, C. J. “In Sickness or in Wealth.” The American, November 2011.
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    • Conover, C. J. “Is Medicare a Ponzi Scheme?” The American, October 2011.
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    • Conover, C. J. “Entitled to Leisure?” The American, September 2011.
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    • Conover, C. J. “Government Share of Healthcare Is Far Bigger Than Advertised.” The American, August 2011.
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    • Conover, C. J. “Feeling Poorer? Healthcare Bears Some Blame.” The American, August 2011.
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    • Conover, C. J. “Health Is the Health of the State.” The American, July 2011.
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    • Conover, C. J., M. Weaver, P. Arno, A. Ang, and S. L. Ettner. “Insurance Coverage Among People Living with Combined HIV/AIDS, Chronic Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Disorders.” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 21, no. 3 (August 2010): 1006–30.
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    • Chandrasekharan, Subhashini, Christopher Heaney, Tamara Jones, Christopher Conover, and Robert Cook-Deegan. “Impact of Gene Patents and Licensing Practices on Access to Genetic Testing for Cystic Fibrosis.” Genetics in Medicine 12, no. 4 (April 2010): S194–211.
    • Cook-Deegan, Robert, Christopher DeRienzo, Julia Carbone, Subhashini Chandrasekharan, Christopher Heaney, and Christopher Conover. “Impact of Patents and Licensing Practices on Access to Genetic Testing for Inherited Susceptibility to Cancer: Comparing Breast and Ovarian Cancers to Colon Cancers.” Genetics in Medicine 12, no. 4 (April 2010): S15–38.
    • Conover, C. J., and J. Ostermann. “The Impact of Blue Cross Conversions on Health Expenditures, Hospital Profits and the Uninsured: An Update (In preparation).” Health Affairs, December 2009.
    • Conover, C. J., M. Weaver, A. Ang, P. Arno, P. M. Flynn, and S. L. Ettner. “Costs of Care for People Living with Combined HIV/AIDS, Chronic Mental Illness, and Substance Abuse Disorders.” Aids Care 21, no. 12 (December 2009): 1547–59.
    • LaPierre, T., C. J. Conover, J. W. Henderson, J. A. Seward, and B. A. Taylor. “Estimating the Impact of State Health Insurance Mandates on Premium Costs Using the Community Tracking Survey.” Journal of Insurance Regulation 27, no. 3 (March 2009): 3–36.
    • Weaver, Marcia R., Christopher J. Conover, Rae Jean Proescholdbell, Peter S. Arno, Alfonso Ang, Karina K. Uldall, and Susan L. Ettner. “Cost-effectiveness analysis of integrated care for people with HIV, chronic mental illness and substance abuse disorders.” The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 12, no. 1 (March 2009): 33–46.
    • Conover, C. J., P. Arno, M. Weaver, A. Ang, and S. L. Ettner. “What are the Social Costs of People Living with Combined HIV/AIDS, Chronic Mental Illness, and Substance Abuse Disorders? (In preparation)” Inquiry, December 2008.
    • Ettner, Susan L., Christopher J. Conover, Rae Jean Proescholdbell, Marcia R. Weaver, Alfonso Ang, Peter S. Arno, and Peter S. HIV/AIDS Treatment Adherence, Health Outcomes and Cost Study Group. “Triply-diagnosed patients in the HIV/AIDS Treatment Adherence, Health Outcomes and Cost Study: patterns of home care use.” Aids Care 20, no. 10 (November 2008): 1177–89. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540120801918644.
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    • Weaver, Marcia R., Christopher J. Conover, Rae Jean Proescholdbell, Peter S. Arno, Alfonso Ang, Susan L. Ettner, and Susan L. Cost Subcommittee of the HIV/AIDS Treatment Adherence, Health Outcomes, and Cost Study Group. “Utilization of mental health and substance abuse care for people living with HIV/AIDS, chronic mental illness, and substance abuse disorders.” J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 47, no. 4 (April 1, 2008): 449–58. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181642244.
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    • Whetten, R. A., K. Whetten, B. Pence, S. Reif, C. J. Conover, and S. Bouis. “Providing transportation to care: Does it make a difference?” Aids Care 18, no. Supplement 1 (September 2006): 27–34.
    • Conover, C. J., P. Arno, M. Weaver, A. Ang, and S. Ettner. “Income and Employment of People Living With Combined HIV/AIDS, Chronic Mental Illness, and Substance Abuse Disorders.” Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 9, no. 2 (June 2006): 71–86.
    • Henderson, James W., J Allen Seward, Beck A. Taylor, and Christopher J. Conover. “The Economic Impact of State-Level Health Insurance Regulation on the Number of Uninsured (Submitted).” Review of Economics and Statistics, June 2006.
    • Seward, J. A., C. J. Conover, J. W. Henderson, B. A. Taylor, and F. A. Sloan. “State Regulations, the Uninsured, and Public, Private and Group Health Insurance Coverage (In preparation).” Inquiry, June 2006.
    • Hall, Mark A., and Christopher J. Conover. “Privatization of Blue Cross Plans: Public Benefit or Public Harm?” Annual Review of Public Health 27 (2006).
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    • Whetten, K., S. Reif, J. Ostermann, B. W. Pence, M. Swartz, R. Whetten, C. Conover, S. Bouis, N. Thielman, and J. Eron. “Improving health outcomes among individuals with HIV, mental illness, and substance use disorders in the Southeast.” Aids Care 18 Suppl 1 (2006): S18–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540120600839330.
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    • Conover, C. J. “How the U.S. Achieved Universal Health Coverage Under George W. Bush (Submitted).” The American Enterprise, August 2005.
    • Conover, C. J., J. Ostermann, R. A. D. Whetten, S. Bouis, M. Swartz, and K. D. Whetten. “Cost-Effectiveness of Integrated Services Delivery for Patients in North Carolina Living with Combined HIV/AIDS, Chronic Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Disorders (Submitted).” Aids Care, June 2005.
    • Conover, C. J., M. A. Hall, and J. Osterman. “The Impact of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Conversions on Health Expenditures and the Uninsured.” Health Affairs 24, no. 2 (December 2004).
    • Sloan, Frank A., Carrie A. Matthews, Christopher J. Conover, and William M. Sage. “Public Medical Malpractice Insurance: An Analysis of State-Operated Patient Compensation Funds.” Depaul Law Review 54, no. 2 (November 2004): 247–76.
    • Conover, C. J., S. L. Ettner, M. Weaver, P. M. Flynn, and J. V. Porto. “Economic Evaluations of HIV Treatment and Health Research with People Diagnosed with HIV Infection and Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders.” Aids Care 16, no. Supplement 1 (2004): S121–36.
    • Sloan, Frank A., Christopher J. Conover, and Jan Ostermann. “Rates of return from hospital conversions.” Health Care Management Review 28, no. 2 (April 2003): 107–17. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004010-200304000-00003.
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    • Hall, M. A., and C. J. Conover. “The Impact of Blue Cross Conversions on Accessibility, Affordability, and the Public Interest.” Milbank Quarterly 81, no. 4 (2003): 509–42.
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    • Sloan, Frank A., Jan Ostermann, and Christopher J. Conover. “Antecedents of hospital ownership conversions, mergers, and closures.” Inquiry : A Journal of Medical Care Organization, Provision and Financing 40, no. 1 (January 2003): 39–56. https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_40.1.39.
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    • Sloan, Frank A., Christopher J. Conover, May Ling Mah, and Peter J. Rankin. “Impact of medicaid managed care on utilization of obstetric care: evidence from TennCare's early years.” South Med J 95, no. 8 (August 2002): 811–21.
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    • Conover, C. J., and K. Whetten Goldstein. “The Impact of Ancillary Services on Primary Care Use and Outcomes for HIV/AIDS Patients with Public Insurance Coverage.” Aids Care 14, no. Supplement 1 (August 2002): S59–71.
    • Conover, C. J., P. J. Rankin, and F. A. Sloan. “Effects of Tennessee Medicaid managed care on obstetrical care and birth outcomes.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 26, no. 6 (December 2001): 1291–1324. https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-26-6-1291.
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    • Sloan, F. A., P. J. Rankin, D. J. Whellan, and C. J. Conover. “Medicaid, managed care, and the care of patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction.” American Heart Journal 139, no. 4 (April 2000): 567–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-8703(00)90032-2.
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    • Sloan, F. A., C. J. Conover, and D. Provenzale. “Hospital credentialing and quality of care.” Social Science & Medicine (1982) 50, no. 1 (January 2000): 77–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0277-9536(99)00269-5.
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    • Sloan, F. A., C. J. Conover, and P. J. Rankin. “Physician participation and nonparticipation in Medicaid managed care: the TennCare experience.” Southern Medical Journal 92, no. 11 (November 1999): 1064–70. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199911000-00004.
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    • Conover, C. J., M. L. Mah, P. J. Rankin, and F. A. Sloan. “The impact of TennCare on patient satisfaction with care.” The American Journal of Managed Care 5, no. 6 (June 1999): 765–75.
    • Sloan, F. A., C. J. Conover, and M. A. Hall. “State Strategies to Reduce the Growing Number of Persons without Health Insurance.” Regulation 22, no. 3 (1999): 24–31.
    • Conover, C. J., and F. A. Sloan. “Does removing certificate-of-need regulations lead to a surge in health care spending?” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 23, no. 3 (June 1998): 455–81. https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-23-3-455.
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    • Sloan, F. A., and C. J. Conover. “Life transitions and health insurance coverage of the near elderly.” Medical Care 36, no. 2 (February 1998): 110–25. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005650-199802000-00002.
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    • Sloan, F. A., and C. J. Conover. “Effects of state reforms on health insurance coverage of adults.” Inquiry : A Journal of Medical Care Organization, Provision and Financing 35, no. 3 (January 1998): 280–93.
    • Conover, C. J., F. A. Sloan, D. Provenzale, E. Oddone, P. S. Jowell, and M. L. Mah. “Hospital credentialing for laparoscopic cholecystectomy: is stricter better?” Clin Perform Qual Health Care 6, no. 4 (1998): 155–62.
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    • Sloan, F. A., W. K. Viscusi, H. W. Chesson, C. J. Conover, and K. Whetten Goldstein. “Alternative Approaches to Valuing Intangible Health Losses: The Evidence for Multiple Sclerosis.” Journal  of Health Economics 17, no. 4 (1998): 475–97.
    • Whetten Goldstein, K., F. Sloan, C. J. Conover, K. Viscusi, B. Kulas, and H. Chesson. “The Economic Burden of Multiple Sclerosis.” Ms Management 3, no. 1 (1996): 33–39.
    • Conover, C. J., and F. A. Sloan. “Bankruptcy risk and state regulation of continuing care retirement communities.” Inquiry : A Journal of Medical Care Organization, Provision and Financing 32, no. 4 (December 1995): 444–56.
    • Sloan, F. A., M. W. Shayne, and C. J. Conover. “Continuing care retirement communities: prospects for reducing institutional long-term care.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 20, no. 1 (January 1995): 75–98. https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-20-1-75.
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    • Weinberger, M., C. J. Conover, G. P. Samsa, and S. M. Greenberg. “Physicians' attitudes and practices regarding treatment of HIV-infected patients.” South Med J 85, no. 7 (July 1992): 683–86. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199207000-00003.
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    • Conover, C. J., and M. McLaughlin. “Spreading the Risk and Beating the Spread: The Role of Insurance in Assuring Adequate Health Care.” North Carolina Insight, December 1991.
    • Conover, C. J. “Indigent Medical Care in Kentucky.” Kentucky Economy Review and Perspective, September 1982.
    • Stumbo, W. G., D. T. Allen, and C. J. Conover. “Understanding Medicaid in Kentucky.” Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association 79, no. 3 (March 1981): 156–67.
    • Gray, C. M., C. J. Conover, and T. M. Hennessey. “Cost-effectiveness of Residential Community Corrections—Analytical Prototype.” Evaluation Quarterly 2, no. 3 (1978): 375–400.
    • Richards, R., and R. Conover. “Economic Beneifts of APRNs in North Carolina,” n.d.

  • Book Sections

    • Conover, C. “The Battle: Who Decides in Health Care?” In Who Got in the Booth?  A Look Back at the 2010 Elections, edited by Larry J. Sabato. Addison-Wesley Longman, 2011.
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  • Reports

    • Conover, C. “Congress Should Account for the Excess Burden of Taxation.” Policy Analysis. Cato Institute, October 13, 2010.
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    • Conover, C. “Why a Public Plan is Unnecessary to Stimulate Competition.” AEI Working Paper, January 2010.
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    • Conover, C. “Costs and Benefits of EMTALA.” Health Facilities Regulation Working Paper, June 2006.
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