Catherine Ishitani, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management
Overview
Catherine Ishitani is an applied microeconomist with primary interests in health economics and industrial organization. She studies market failures among healthcare producers and providers and the role of policy in addressing them. Her work explores procurement design, market power, and information disclosure in pharmaceutical, physician, and insurer markets. Dr. Ishitani received her Ph.D. in Applied Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, she was a postdoctoral associate at the Yale University Tobin Center for Economic Policy.
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- AB, 2014 Princeton University
- PhD, 2025 University of Pennsylvania Wharton School
Committees, Societies, Councils
- Affiliate, Columbia Population Research Center (CPRC)
Research
Research Interests
- Health Economics
- Industrial Organization
Selected Publications
The Corporatization of Independent Hospitals (with Elena Andreyeva, Atul Gupta, Gosia Sylwestrzak and Benjamin Ukert, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 2024).
New Evidence on the Compensation of CEOs at Nonprofit U.S. Hospitals (with Seema Choksy, Karen Mulligan and John Romley, Medical Care Research and Review, 2020).
What Do Nonprofit Hospitals Reward? An Examination of CEO Compensation in Nonprofit Hospitals (with Seema Choksy, Karen Mulligan and John Romley PLOS ONE, 2022).