Lawson, Kenneth A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
PHR 3.209C
512-471-5609
kenlawson@mail.utexas.edu

Health care costs and outcomes are receiving attention in legislative and policy debates at the national, state, corporate and organizational levels. These debates center on cost-containment and patient outcome issues. Dr. Lawson's current research activities focus on factors affecting the utilization and costs of prescription medications and other health care services (including managed health care system activities such as generic utilization incentives, benefit design, formulary restrictions, and drug utilization review). In addition, he is involved in research to evaluate the effects of educational interventions.

His primary teaching interests include health care systems in the professional program and managed health care systems, research methods, and data analysis in the graduate program.