Faculty

Richard Brian Smith

Associate Professor

CONTACT

Office: Davis 119
Phone: (727) 873-4943
Email

Bio

Richard B. Smith, whose degrees are from the University of Virginia (B.S., Commerce), Trinity College (M.A., Economics), and the University of Connecticut (Ph.D., Economics), is an associate professor of economics in the 黑料网吃瓜爆料Department of Economic, based on the St. Petersburg campus. He joined the 黑料网吃瓜爆料faculty in 2003 after completing an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) postdoctoral fellowship in the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. His focus is in health economics with research interests in the role and impact of patient knowledge in health care markets, hospital quality, and the economics of public health programs. He has been a consultant with World Bank (2003), and prior to entering graduate school, was a systems analyst at the Travelers Insurance Company.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

  • USFSP Online Teaching Certification, 2019 (Current)

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

  • 2018-2019: Quality Matters (QM) designation for Economics of Health (ECP 3530), Kate Tiedemann College of Business, 黑料网吃瓜爆料St. Petersburg.
  • 2018-2019: Quality Matters (QM) designation for Principles of Microeconomics (ECO 2023), Kate Tiedemann College of Business, 黑料网吃瓜爆料St. Petersburg.

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. University of Connecticut, Economics, 2001
  • M.A. Trinity College, Economics, 1992

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

  • Dynan, Linda, and Richard B. Smith (2022, December). "Sources of Nurse-Sensitive In-Patient Safety Improvement," Health Services Research, Vol. 57(6), 1235-1246.

  • Dynan, Linda, and Richard B. Smith (2022, March). "Hospital Quality-Review Spending and Patient Safety: A Longitudinal Analysis Using Instrumental Variables," Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, Vol. 22(1), 16-48.