William Cartwright
Unit:
Dept. of Health Administration and Policy
Mail Stop: 1J3
Office Location: Northeast Module 117
Phone:
703-993-9165
Email: wcartwri@gmu.edu
William S. Cartwright, Ph.D.,health economist, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. Dr. Cartwright has an extensive background in federal service. He first joined the National Institutes of Health with his appointment to the National Institute on Aging in 1980 as an intramural research scientist. He joined National Institute on Drug Abuse in 1990 and served until he departed to help develop the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration. Dr. Cartwright returned to NIDA in 1996 to create the economic research program in prevention and treatment of drug abuse. He publishes and lectures on financing, cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, and health policy. He received his doctorate in economics from Indiana University and his B.A. from Rutgers University.
Recent Publications
Cartwright, W.S. A Critical Review of Accounting and Economic Methods
for Estimating the Costs of Addiction Treatment. Journal of Substance
Abuse Treatment, forthcoming 2007.
Cartwright, W.S. Economic Costs of Drug Abuse: Financial,
Cost-of-illness, and Services
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, forthcoming 2007.
Courses Taught
HAP 703 Financial Management of Health Systems
HAP 512 Introduction to Health Services Research
HAP 762 Cost-Effectiveness for Health Care Management and Policy
Decisions
HAP 302 Health Care Finance