Robert Town

5.4k citations
74 papers · 3.2k · h-index 28

Impact in

    • Healthcare Policy and Management
    • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
    • Merger and Competition Analysis
    • Global Health Care Issues
    • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
    • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare

Papers in

    • Healthcare Policy and Management 51
    • Merger and Competition Analysis 10
    • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life 8
    • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy 6
    • Global Health Care Issues 22
    • Primary Care and Health Outcomes 16

Robert Town

73 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Peers

Robert Town
Comparison fields: 5 of 151
  • Economics and Econometrics 2.0k
  • General Health Professions 1.4k
  • Marketing 359
  • Gender Studies 216
  • Health Information Management 94
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Robert Town, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1 2008248
2 2004231
3 2004227
4 2015218
5 2015206
6 2003179
7 2001159
8 1999147
9 2003119
10 2005107
11 2013105
12 2011101
13
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14 200172
15 200463
16 200360
17 201356
18 199251
19 200850
20 199750

About Robert Town

Robert Town is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Marketing, Gender Studies and Finance, having authored 74 papers that have together received 3.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Healthcare Policy and Management (51 papers), Global Health Care Issues (22 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (16 papers), Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (12 papers), Merger and Competition Analysis (10 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (9 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (8 papers) and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Economics and Econometrics (2.0k citations), General Health Professions (1.4k citations), Marketing (359 citations), Gender Studies (216 citations) and Health Information Management (94 citations). Robert Town has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Gautam Gowrisankaran, Kate Antonovics, Paul Johnson, Mary Butler, Aviv Nevo, Martin Gaynor, Kate Ho, Lacey Hartman, Beth A Virnig and Robert L Kane. Their work appears in journals such as Health Affairs, Health Services Research, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Adolescent Health and INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing.

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