Mary Bundorf

Research Statement

Professor Bundorf's research focuses on health policy and the economics of health care systems. She has studied public and private health insurance markets, the organization of health care providers, and consumer decision making in health care.

Research Interests

• Health Economics
• Insurance
• Health Insurance

Bio

M. Kate Bundorf is an Associate Professor of Health Research and Policy at the Stanford University School of Medicine.  She is also a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.  Bundorf received her M.B.A. and M.P.H. from The University of California at Berkeley and her Ph.D. from The Wharton School.  She was a Fulbright Lecturer at Fudan School of Public Health in Shanghai, China during 2009 and 2010.  Her research, which focuses on health insurance and health policy, has been published in leading economic and health policy journals and has received funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  She received the 13th Annual Health Care Research Award from The National Institute for Health Care Management in 2007. 

Academic Degrees

• PhD, Managerial Science and Applied Economics, Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania, 2000
• MBA, Healthcare Administration, Haas School of Business - University of California at Berkeley, 1996
• MPH, University of California at Berkeley, 1996

Awards and Honors

• Fulbright Scholar, Fudan University School of Public Health, 2009-2010
• Winner of the Thirteenth Annual Health Care Research Award, National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, 2007
• Finalist of the Nineteenth Annual Health Care Research Award, National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, 2013

Teaching

Degree Courses

2018-19

MGTECON 331: Health Law: Finance and Insurance

This course provides the legal, institutional, and economic background necessary to understand the financing and production of health services in the US. Potential topics include: health reform, health insurance (Medicare and Medicaid, employer-...

2017-18

MGTECON 331: Health Law: Finance and Insurance

This course provides the legal, institutional, and economic background necessary to understand the financing and production of health services in the US. Potential topics include: health reform, health insurance (Medicare and Medicaid, employer-...

2016-17

MGTECON 331: Health Law: Finance and Insurance

This course provides the legal, institutional, and economic background necessary to understand the financing and production of health services in the US. Potential topics include: health reform, health insurance (Medicare and Medicaid, employer-...

Insights by Stanford Business

writtenA Solution to Exorbitant Health Care Spending?

April 19, 2016

Consumer-directed health plans were created to offer choice and control costs. One scholar examines their effectiveness.

writtenDaniel P. Kessler: The Hidden Cost in Changing Doctors

June 29, 2015

High fees for your own medical records can be a barrier to switching.

writtenDaniel Kessler: The Anti-Competitive Risk of “Accountable Care”

June 5, 2015

Stanford researchers find that vertically integrated healthcare systems charge higher prices.

writtenKate Bundorf: What Really Drives Medical Treatment Decisions?

May 22, 2015

Money matters, but it’s only one part of a complex system of influences.