Mahmud Khan
professor

Department(s):
Health Systems Management
International Health and Development

Email:
khan@tulane.edu

Research Interests:
Health economics; economic evaluation of healthcare interventions; burden of disease and international health

Professional Achievements:
Member, American Public Health Association
Member, International Health Economics Association
Member, Academy Health
Member, American Economic Association
Life Member, Bangladesh Public Health Association
Reviewer of abstracts for APHA conference and academic journals

1994 Excellence in teaching award
2003 Teaching Scholar award
2003 Endowed professorship (Tsai and Kung Professorship in Health Systems Management)

Educational Background:
PhD, applied economics, Stanford University, Stanford, California
MA, economics, Stanford University, Standford, California
MA, applied economics, Stanford University, Stanford, California
MSS, theoretical economics, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
BSS, economics, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangledesh

Publications:
Khan MM, Saha K, Ahmed S. Adopting integrated management of childhood illness module at local level in Bangladesh: implications for recurrent costs. J Health Popul Nutr 2002;20(1).

Khan MM, Tsai W, Kung P. Biased enrollment of medicare beneficiaries in HMO plans: implications for medicare costs. J Healthc Finance 2002;28(4).

Khan M, Ahmed S, and others. Relative efficiency of government and non-government organisations in implementing a nutrition intervention programme – a case study from Bangladesh. J Public Health Nutr 2003;6(1):19-24.

M. Khan, J. Ehreth, “Costs and benefits of polio eradication: a long-run global perspective”, Vaccine, Volume 21, 2003702-705.

Younis M, Forgione D, Khan M, Barkoulas J. Hospital profitability in Florida: a revisitation. Healthc Financ Manage 2003;8(1).

Khan M, Weiner R, Swehney M, Economic benefits of establishing a National Cancer Institute designated center in Louisiana. J LA State Med Soc 2003;155:248-254.

Kabir A, Steinmann WC, Myers L, Khan M, Herrara E, Yu S, Jooma N. Unnecessary cesarean section in Louisiana: an analysis of birth certificate data. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2004;190:10-19.

Younis M, Khan M, Okojie FA. Access to rural health services: the case of Mississippi hospitals. Jackson State University Researcher 2004;19(3).

Adams T, Bishi D, Khan M, Evans D. Methods for the costing component of the multi-country evaluation of IMCI. Dept of Child and Adolescent Health. World Health Organization. 2004.

Khan M, Khan S, Walker D, Fox-Rushby J, Cutts F, Akramuzzaman S. Cost of delivering child immunization services in urban Bangladesh: a study based on facility level surveys. J Health Popul Nutr 2004;22(4).

Evans RW, Williams GE, Baron HM, Deng M, Eisen HJ, Hunt SA, Khan MM, Kobashigawa JA, Marton EN, Mehra MR, Mital SR. The economic implications of noninvasive molecular testing for cardiac allograft rejection. Am J Transplant 2005;5: 1553-1558.

Kabir A, Pridjian G, Steinmann WC, Herrera EA, Mahmud M, Khan M. Racial differences in Cesareans: an analysis of US 2001 national inpatient sample data. Obstet Gynecol 2005;105:710-718.

Mascarenas A, Salinas J, Tasset-Tisseau A, Mascarenas C, Khan M, Polio immunization policy in Mexico: economic assessment of current practice and future alternatives. Public Health 2005; 119(6):542-549.

Khan M, Ahmed S, et al., Effects of an intervention program on nutritional status of pregnant women in Bangladesh. Food Nutr Bull 2005;26(4).

Khan M, Hotchkiss D, et al. Geographic aspects of poverty and health in Tanzania: does living in a poor area matter. Health Policy Plan 2006;21(1).

Kabir A, Whelton P, Khan M and others. Association of symptoms of depression and obesity with hypertension: the Bogalusa heart study. Am J Hypertens 2006;19(6).

Shi Hon-Yi, Chiu H, Chang J, Wang J, Culbertson R, Khan M. Evaluation and prediction of health-related quality of life for total hip replacement among Chinese in Taiwan. Int Orthop 2006.

Dhankhar P, Khan M, Bagga S. Effect of medical malpractice on resource use and mortality of AMI patients. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. March 2007;4(1).

Khan M, Hotchkiss D. How effective are health systems strengthening programs in reaching the poor: A rapid assessments approach. Bethesda, MD. Partners for Health Reformplus Project, Abt Associates Inc., March 2006.

Personal Statement:
Before joining the Tulane University faculty, Mahmud Khan was an assistant professor at Dhaka University and a visiting assistant professor of economics at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Khan is currently associated with the estimation of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) for Turkey, analysis of health care sector of Bangladesh, economic evaluation of alternative interventions for chronic care and care of the elderly, and economic evaluation of WHO's Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) module. During 1988 to 1992 he was involved with the Famine Early Warning System Project of Tulane University, which identified and monitored a number of indicators to prevent famine in six Sahelian countries. He was also the co-principal investigator of the Tulane component of Food and Nutrition Surveillance Project of USAID, health sector reform in Niger, training program for health insurance organization managers of Egypt, and economic analysis of onchocerciasis and shistosomiasis for Cameroon.

Khan has published more than 35 research articles in national and international journals.

Contact Information:
1440 Canal Street
Suite 1949
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504.988.1979
Fax: 504.988.3783
khan@tulane.edu

Level of Instruction:
graduate